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Apartment in Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation Renovated to Original Design by Philipp Mohr
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Architect Philipp Mohr has led the renovation of an apartment at Le Corbusier's iconic Unite d'Habitation in Berlin, carried out to the architect's original design. Over the course of two years, Mohr's team engaged with archival research, antique shopping, and the surveying of the Unite d'Habitation Marseille in France.
Mohr purchased the apartment in 2016 and embarked on a journey of demolition, measurement, and extensive renovation including lowering ceilings and moving walls in order to recreate the interior likely envisioned by Le Corbusier.
An examination of plans from the archives of the Foundation Le Corbusier in Paris revealed that the Berlin apartments were originally intended to be identical to those in Marseille. However, a dispute between the Berlin authorities and Le Corbusier likely resulted in the interiors being altered beyond recognition from their original design by a 1950's design team in Berlin.
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For the apartment's renovation, the ceiling light has been lowered by 24 centimeters, from 2.5 meters to 2.26 meters, while the kitchen and stairs were removed and replaced by ones auctioned off from the Marseille scheme. Paint colors were chosen in line with Le Corbusier's paint chips, while lamps and furniture were chosen from studying photographs from model apartments in 1952, adorned with Corbusier books purchased from antique stores in Berlin, Marseille, and Paris.
The project seeks to make Le Corbusier's ideas and theories accessible, from his five points of architecture to his color theory and furniture design. Apartment 258 has been visited by architects from around the world since its opening in 2018, with a buyer found in order to sell the apartment as a complete design-build project.
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Is Britney Spears Dropping A New Song Soon? Let's Examine The Evidence
By Alex Kritselis
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We're only four days into 2016, and we're already experiencing the year's first major pop music emergency: Britney Spears may have a new song coming out soon. This is not a drill, people. In fact, the Princess of Pop could debut something as early as this week! Whoa-whoa-whoa. Here's the deal: On Sunday, in-demand music producer DJ Mustard announced he's dropping a new track on Fri., Jan. 8 that features a mystery artist — and some music sleuths think it could be Spears. Why? I'll give you a rundown...
DJ Mustard revealed that he'd hit the studio with Spears all the way back in July 2015 during an interview with UK radio station Capital FM. (He called his song with the 34-year-old superstar "harder than hard.") Then, a few months later, he described the tune as a "super big hit" when he took over Billboard's Snapchat account in November 2015, and even confirmed on Twitter that it would arrive "soon." Does "soon" mean this upcoming Friday? It's definitely a possibility.
After all, Spears' manager, Larry Rudolph, told Billboard in March 2015 that the singer was going to focus on "putting out a few great singles" before she worried about putting out a whole new album. Thus far, Spears has only given us one (kinda mediocre) single — "Pretty Girls" with Iggy Azalea— so it stands to reason that she'll release at least a couple more new tracks before the premiere of her next LP. Not convinced yet? Perhaps this next piece of evidence will do the trick...
On Sunday, DJ Mustard launched a countdown for his forthcoming song on his official website.
As you can see, the featured artist's name is almost completely covered up — but that didn't stop Spears' fans from trying to figure it out! The Photoshopped image below certainly makes a compelling case:
According to the Las Vegas Sun, Spears is currently taking a break from her wildly successful Piece of Me show in order to make a few changes to the setlist. Will she add her collab with DJ Mustard? We'll just have to wait and see what happens when she returns in February.
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ENFORCER SIGN TO NUCLEAR BLAST, ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM
· December 4, 2012 ·1 min read
Swedish trad metal outlaws Enforcer have recently signed a new worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Records.
The German label will release their new album, 'Death By Fire', in February 2013.
Frontman Olof Wikstrand commented: "It feels great to finally have finished this
long awaited third Enforcer record. Now with Nuclear Blast on board we're gonna make sure to spread it to every corner of this planet. You can expect nothing but the total, self-defining Enforcer record".
According to a press release, 'Death By Fire' "refines the sound of the previous two records – more focused, with strong melodies, outstanding riffs and a voice as strong as steel".
Wikstrand elaborated on the new release: "The album title refers to the most horrific ways to die. All lyrics on 'Death By Fire' hold the same theme throughout the record: death – in all different shapes".
"We decided to do the ultimate Enforcer record rather than trying to break new ground. Take all elements that make us stand out from all other bands of today and exaggerate it 1000 times. Behold. DEATH BY FIRE!"
Once again, the album has less than 40 minutes of playing time, "an Enforcer trademark": "We write all music for the vinyl format and a normal LP can never be longer than 19 minutes on each side without losing sound quality. None of my favourite records are longer than 39 minutes anyway. The record is made for listening to as an entirety and when it's over the listener should be craving for more, not less. We don't write any fillers."
The album artwork was created by Jonathan Hultèn of Necromantic Art and "captures pretty much everything we wanted from a cover. Simple and direct!" says Wikstrand.
'Death By Fire' (2013):
1. Bells Of Hades
2. Death Rides This Night
3. Run For Your Life
4. Mesmerized By Fire
5. Take Me Out Of This Nightmare
6. Crystal Suite
7. Sacrificed
8. Silent Hour / The Conjugation
9. Satan
Enforcer will head out on the road with Angel Witch and Grand Magus in February 2013.
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Hector Lawas
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JUSTICE Secretary Menardo Guevarra yesterday said the convicts in the 1997 murder of the Chiong sisters in Cebu do not qualify for the benefits under the good conduct time allowance law.
Guevarra revealed this less than 24 hours after he and Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año signed the revised implementing rules and guidelines of Republic Act 10592,
"These people were found guilty of a heinous crime. So they're not supposed to benefit from the expanded GCTA law. Their early release was thus erroneous, if not anomalous. They should thus be recommitted to prison to serve their remaining sentence," Guevarra said in a message.
In 1997, sisters Marijoy, 21, and Jacqueline Chiong, 23, disappeared while waiting for their ride home outside a mall in Cebu City.
Marijoy's badly-decomposed body was found but Jacqueline's body, to this day, is still missing.
In 1999, a Cebu court convicted Francisco "Paco" Larrañaga (great grandson of the late president Sergio Osmeña, Sr.), Rowen Adlawan, Roberto Caño, Ariel Balansag, Josman Aznar, James Andrew Uy, and James Anthony Uy. The Supreme Court upheld this decision five years later in 2005.
In 2007, a Spanish foreign minister convinced the Philippine government to allow Larrañaga, a Spanish citizen, to serve his sentence in Spain under a treaty the Philippines signed with Spain only in November 2007. Larrañaga left for Spain in October 2009.


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Memoriał im. Jana Ciszewskiego 1995 – 12. edycja turnieju żużlowego poświęconego pamięci znanego polskiego komentatora sportowego Jana Ciszewskiego, który odbył się 26 sierpnia 1996 roku. Turniej wygrał Daniel Andersson.

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Mueller Report Conclusion: Trump did not knowingly collude with Russia; he was merely their unwitting dupe!
Mueller Report: Trump did not collude with Russia; he was merely their unwitting dupe!
It's official. After nearly two years and multiple indictments of persons affiliated with Trump and his 2016 campaign, the Special Council investigation has reached its conclusion. According to the Mueller Report, Donald Trump did not knowingly collude with Russia; he was merely their unwitting dupe.
Mueller Report Finding: "Trump Is Too Stupid to Collude with Anyone"
According to anonymous sources within Robert Mueller's team, the investigators quickly realized that there was no way Trump could have colluded with Russia: the President lacked the intelligence, foresight, and self-control needed to participate in such a conspiracy.
"Trump is too stupid, to put it bluntly," said one official. "There's no way Trump would have been smart enough to pull something like that off. Trump doesn't even know his asshole from a hole in the ground. You think I'm joking; I'm not. One time, Trump came out of the lavatory on Air Force One smelling like horseshit. It turned out, he didn't realize that he had actually been wiping a hole in the ground, instead of his ass. He had shit all over his drawers. It was a real mess!"
"Trump couldn't have conspired with Putin to influence the election," said a former staff member. "Trump would have blown the conspiracy by Tweeting about it. And Putin was too smart to involve a dummy like Trump in his plans. No, Putin just played Trump like a fiddle and got his 'Manchurian Candidate' into the White House. Trump still doesn't know how he won. His ego is so big, and his brain is so small, that he thinks he did it all by himself."
Trump's Ignorance Saved Him from the Mueller Investigation
According to historian Amanda Ryder, Trump's ignorance and low intelligence saved him from being destroyed by the Russia Investigation. "The reason Nixon was impeached was not because of Watergate, but because he knew about Watergate and the cover-up," Dr. Ryder explained. "Generally, Presidents know what is going on in their Administrations, and candidates know what is going on, at least in the big picture, with their campaigns. However, in the case of Trump, he really didn't have a clue. If he had more intelligence, if he was more naturally curious and aware and competent, who knows. He probably would have known about what was going on with his campaign and the Russians. But as it was, he simply didn't understand how his campaign worked, and he doesn't understand how his Administration works. And as it turns out, that ignorance is what has saved him."
At a press conference last week, a reporter for the Bloom County Beacon directly asked Trump, "Mr. President, from a first-hand perspective, would you say that the popular saying is true, that ignorance is bliss?"
"I don't know," replied the President, confused. "I don't understand your question. Can you say it again, this time in plain English?"
Putin Denies Collusion; Vows to Stomp out Vicious Lies
On Wednesday, an unnamed Russian journalist asked Vladimir Putin, "Mr. President, why did Mueller Investigation miss obvious connection between Russia and Trump campaign." Suddenly, the reporter burst into flames and ran from the room, before collapsing in the middle of the street and dying a horrible death. "Forgive me if I forgot the reporter's question, in light of how she spontaneously combusted. Therefore, I will move onto another question."
Later that day, the Kremlin released a statement about the reporter's strange demise. "We have determined that the reporter died of natural causes. She was a victim of spontaneous combustion, a rare but fatal disease caused by congenital defect and lack of patriotism. We also wish to make a statement on a completely unrelated topic: the Mueller so-called investigation. We will stomp out these lies that are being spread by American media once we have completed stage three."
Vladimir Putin's press secretary would not elaborate on what was meant by "stage three."
Conclusion of the Mueller Investigation: Trump Was an Unwitting Dupe
According to anonymous sources familiar with the document, the Mueller Investigation's report concludes with the following statement: "Donald Trump did not knowingly collude with Russia during the campaign or afterwards. Instead, he was their unwitting dupe."
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OP-ED: Ruth Bader Ginsburg bent the moral arc toward justice
by Rev. Irene Monroe
This article shared 1604 times since Mon Sep 21, 2020
Like so many Americans across the country, I, too, am mourning the news that U.S. Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died due to complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer. She was 87.
As a soft-spoken firebrand and feminist icon, Ginsburg leaves a titanic influence on the law, a legacy unmatched by any other jurists. As a feisty octogenarian on the Supreme Court bench, Ginsburg earned the moniker "Notorious R.B.G."—a take on the deceased rapper Notorious B.I.G. And, as a pop-culture phenom, her image as the "Notorious R.B.G." is on T-shirts and coffee mugs. A 2018 film, On the Basis of Sex—which depicts Ginsburg's life as an attorney—has inspired a new wave of young feminists and little girls to follow in her footsteps.
Ginsburg followed in the footsteps of a legal giant, too. Ginsburg was called the Thurgood Marshall of the 1970s women's movement. ( Marshall most famous court victory was Brown v. Board of Education ( 1954 ). ) In referring to Marshall in a September 2014 interview in The New Republic, Ginsburg stated, "He was my model as a lawyer. You mentioned that I took a step-by-step, incremental approach; well, that's what he did until he had those building blocks to end separate-but-equal. "
One of Ginsburg's famous dissents was the 2007 case of Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, on gender discrimination. Lilly Ledbetter argued pay disparity because of her gender, citing that was a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. A five-to-four vote favored Goodyear. Ginsburg wrote the dissenting opinion, stating, "Pay disparities often occur, as they did in Ledbetter's case, in small increments; cause to suspect that discrimination is at work develops over time. Comparative pay information, moreover, is often hidden from the employee's view." In a bold move, Ginsburg read her dissent publicly from the bench. In 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, making it easier for women to challenge wage discrimination.
Ginsburg's fought not only for women's right but also, among other things, LGBTQ+ rights, like same-sex marriage ( Obergefell v. Hodges, 2015 ), African American voting rights ( Shelby County v. Holder, 2013 ), the rights for persons with disabilities ( Olmstead v. L.C., 1999 ) and environmental justice ( Earth v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, 2000 ).
Ginsburg's lens on justice was intersectional before the word became popular in the public sphere because of her identity with a persecuted group, citing her Jewish history and the Holocaust. "My heritage as a Jew and my occupation as a judge fit together symmetrically. The demand for justice runs through the entirety of Jewish history and Jewish tradition. I take pride in and draw strength from my heritage," Ginsburg said in a 2004 speech at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Ginsburg's death comes as a crushing blow to those of us who believe in building a multicultural democracy and a participatory government, where protests are understood as a citizen's First Amendment right to do so. As Ginsburg is laid to rest, a fierce fight is unfolding over her successor at a time of intense political polarization and with just weeks away from the presidential election. However, in her final days, Ginsburg told her granddaughter, Clara Spera, the following: "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed."
As this battle ensues, thousands of women, myself included, recently gathered at vigils that took place across the country to mourn and celebrate the life and work of this feminist icon and trailblazer. Ginsburg's 27 years on the nation's high court as a preeminent litigator played an epic role in advancing women's rights, gender equity and civil rights. She was a voice for all Americans.
Ginsburg was the first Jewish woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. She died on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. According to Jewish tradition, a person who dies on this High Holiday is a "tzaddik," a person of great righteousness.
Also, Ginsburg was a humble person who exuded a quiet grace. In a 2015 interview with MSNBC, Ginsburg said she "would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. And to help repair tears in her society, to make things a little better through the use of whatever ability she has."
Ginsburg's advocacy for justice was unwavering and showed it, especially with each oral dissent. In another oral dissent, Ginsburg quoted a familiar Martin Luther King Jr. line, adding her coda:" 'The arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice,'" but only "if there is a steadfast commitment to see the task through to completion." Like the outstanding Americans we have lost in the last couple of months—civil-rights icon Congressman John Lewis and Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman—and who bent the moral arc toward justice, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did, too.
R.I.P., RBG.
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Bottleneck  peut signifier :
 bottleneck, un tube souvent de verre ou de métal qu'un guitariste place sur un doigt de la main gauche (pour un droitier), donnant ainsi un son métallique ;
 bottleneck, terme anglais pour goulot d'étranglement, une expression qui désigne la limitation d'un processus due à une étape sous-dimensionnée dans ce processus.
 Bottleneck (K2), un passage vers le sommet du K2.

Voir aussi
 Bottleneck Peak, un monolithe naturel de 1 952 mètres d'altitude, situé en Utah aux États-Unis


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The Alphabetical Order by Andrew Gunn
In the book Conversations with Woody Allen by Eric Lax, Woody says that the problem with being an auto-didact is that you can be very conversant and knowledgeable in your own areas of interest and preference, but lack a basic education in other, sometimes fundamental, subjects. For example, I learned the term "auto-didact" from the book Conversations with Woody Allen.
What it means for a writer of anecdotage and miscellany is, I never know whether I'm waffling about a hitherto undiscribed phenomenon (Oxygen and Equinox) or just plain waffling (James Bond: Pottymouth).
Either way, what happened was that I was playing with my son's alphabet bricks.
Mr Boy got a wooden trolley for his first birthday. It has space for 33 bricks of five different colours. Each brick has a letter of the alphabet or a shape (star, rectangle, what have you).
The trolley bed has room for five rows of five bricks, one row of three between the legs of the push-bar, and another row of five. You already know this if your eye has wandered below.
It's one of Mr Boy's favourite toys, and within moments of receiving it from his Auntie Lizzie the bricks were all over the goddamn flat like bear-traps. I found them in the washing machine. I found them in my pillow case. I found them in my shoes.
One day I realised I'd never actually seen the bricks laid out in their trolley, so I decided to figure out the pattern. Were the colours random or part of a design? Which way was up? Using trial and error, with the five colours as a guide, I arrived at this arrangement (with [ ] denoting a shape):
This was not only aesthetically pleasing, it also gave me a tremendous sense of achievement. So naturally I wasn't finished with those bricks.
Mr Boy and I frequently have occasion to view breakfast television, and while his eyes glaze over at the various news and magazine shows on offer, he is quite intent on watching Countdown (one channel away from Peppa Pig, which follows) as I make his porridge. I think he likes the big clock—but he may also be absorbing valuable anagram-solving skills. Based on this interest I've been attempting to teach him the difference between vowels and consonants.
To demonstrate this, I rearranged the alphabet bricks to highlight the vowels and was surprised and delighted to discover this pattern:
The self-taught man is uneasy at such a discovery. I can't be the first to see the alphabet in this way. I'm probably not even the first parent to do this with their child's bricks. Maybe there are books on this pattern, maybe there are college courses and bumper stickers. Maybe Andy Kaufman had a routine about it. I don't know.
But look at that shit!
Nobody has a goddamned clue as to who actually sat down and put the alphabet in alphabetical order. A cursory internet search taught me that the concept of an order itself can be traced back to the cuneiform script Ugaritic, which was a Semitic language used in Syria around 1400 BC. Unfortunately those crazy Ugaritians didn't keep meticulous and durable records of their linguistic history, although the Sumerians say they were absolute fiends at Scrabble.
As the arsenal of letters was traded through cultures and eras, the shapes changed and new ones were added. In the last 400 years the U/V shape became the distinct U and V, and then expanded to W. Some of the other letters moved around—Z was abandoned for a time before being re-admitted but sent to the back of the class.
So the order seems to have developed somewhat organically. All the more intriguing, then, that divided into vowels and consonants it should assume such a pleasing shape.
My theory is this: it looks like a Christmas tree, or one of those keys with the teeth on both sides, which is like someone telling us that vowels are like the trunk or spine of the alphabet. Except there was never a someone—shit just unfolded on its own.
Which means that we are the someone. We have given this message to ourselves unconsciously, either without design or with design of unfathomable patience and complexity.
In hanging our mess of consonant sounds upon an upright of essential vowels, we are assuring ourselves of two things:
1. Our natural tendency is to create order;
2. Necessity is the backbone of order.
Mr Boy may have been assured, but he was not so intrigued. Immediately after I'd laid out my vowel-consonant diagram, as pictured above, he swept the bricks onto the floor with a satisfied squeal.
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Mayan identity revealed, pyramids all over the place, experts say pyramids or signal transmitters
There are many ancient civilization sites on the earth. The most famous one is the pyramid. Generally speaking, the first thing we think of is the pyramid of Egypt. In fact, there are also pyramids in America. Although they are not as large as Egypt, they have their own characteristics. With the excavation of Egyptian pyramids by archaeologists entering the final stage, some secrets of the pyramids will eventually be revealed.
According to experts, the pyramid is most likely related to the disappearance of the Mayan civilization in history. People know about the Mayan civilization mainly because of the "2012 doomsday theory". The prediction is that the earth will end on December 21, 2012, after which the world will no longer exist. Why do people believe this prophecy, which can upset people all over the world? It's mainly because of the Mayan civilization. There are five predictions in the Mayan civilization, and all the other four predictions come true. So people think that the Mayan civilization prediction is so accurate, and all four predictions are right. Will this last one be true?
It is for this reason that many people worry about the end of the earth after 2012, and the people of the world have their own ways to deal with the end of the world. Some rich people have built shelters at high prices. A young man in China believes this prediction too much. As a result, before the end of the world, he is depressed and plays, does not work all day, and spends all the money he earned from working in the past After money, we wait for the arrival of December 21, 2012. As a result, this day has arrived, and nothing happened. The earth is the same as before. Now this young man is stupid.
This kind of thing happened all over the world before 2012. The fifth prediction of the Mayan civilization did not come true. People were relieved. Maybe the prediction of the end of the world of the Mayan civilization was not interpreted by people themselves. Maybe the end of mankind is another meaning, but we don't know it.
Maya is a very mysterious race. It seems that they suddenly appeared on the earth and disappeared after countless years of development. They really come and go without a trace. Now, from some relics of Maya civilization and some historical records left behind, scientists have a conjecture that Maya people will be aliens? Only aliens may have the ability to come and go without a trace. After all, they have spaceships.
If the Mayans are aliens, what are these pyramids for? Is it just for fun? Scientists have found several miniature pyramids in the ruins where the Mayans once lived. This shows that pyramids are very important to the Mayans. What will they be?
Some people speculate that this would be the house of the Maya on these alien planets? After all, the appearance of every civilized house is different. People on earth like this kind of house. Maybe the aliens made the house into a pyramid?
Later, some scientists came up with the possibility that these pyramids would be a signal receiving and transmitting tower? We can make such a guess. Thousands of years ago, after an alien spaceship came to the solar system, the spaceship broke down suddenly and had to find a planet to make a forced landing. Finally, the target was the only living planet in the solar system: Earth.
These extraterrestrials are the Mayans. After the Mayans landed their spaceship on the earth, they were unable to enter the space to return to their home due to the serious loss of the spaceship. Although the spaceship can't navigate, it can send signals. When the Mayan fleet or parent star in space receives their distress signal, they will send a spaceship to pick them up.
In this way, the Mayans began to build signal transmission towers on the earth: pyramids. In order to achieve better launch effect, they need to build more pyramids. The Mayans used the advanced machinery on the spaceship to transport large stones from the far mountain and cut them into standard squares. As a result, pyramids were built and the signals were sent out as scheduled.
Although the signal is sent out, it is not possible for the Mayan parent star to receive the signal in a short time. It is possible for the Mayan people to live on the earth for decades or even hundreds of years. Many people have to live on the earth, so the Mayan civilization was established and lived on the earth, waiting for the flying ship of the parent star to pick them up.
After receiving their distress signal, the parent star sent out rescue spaceships according to the received earth coordinates. Countless years later, the Maya people on the earth have also multiplied from generation to generation, but they always know that the earth is not their hometown, and they have been waiting for the day to go home. Finally this day came, the rescue spacecraft of the parent star came to the earth, repaired the spaceship on the earth, connected all the Mayans on the earth to the spaceship, and then left the earth. This is also the reason why the earth people think that the Maya people are very mysterious, disappeared too suddenly. Only the pyramids they left behind and some of their star knowledge and prophecies show that they have lived on the earth for countless years.
In order to restore hellhound, scientists carried out a cruel experiment, and the first double headed dog was finally released!
"Face" octopus is found in Indonesia, and "nine legged Octopus" is found in Japan. Is Maya's prediction right?
China's Phoenix Mountain UFO incident: he was attacked by aliens, and had offspring with female aliens?
Can the fossils of paleontology discovered survive as tenaciously as Xiaoqiang?
"Fireballs" appear in the sky of the United States. 15 states have received 700 reports. What is this time?
Three kinds of living fossils in the animal kingdom are recognized as tenacious, but they are on the verge of extinction!
NASA has spent millions to develop a space pen. Why not use a cheap pencil?


Our organizational policies stand firmly in the way of a creative bang. Most organizations have policies that prohibit employees from moving the desks or installing their own software on their computers. Some mandate what people must wear and what times they must be in the office. Some companies don't allow their employees to tape things to the wall or bring in their own furniture, and most frown on employees sleeping under their desks or drinking alcohol at work.
These things do not cause creativity: sleeping at work or wearing jeans and a t-shirt are not indicators of a creative organization. But rules themselves are indicators of a culture where employees must seek, and gain, permission before taking action. The default message in these cultures is "you cannot do things." Creative exploration is about doing things Just Because. "Acceptability" is not part of a creative problem exploration, particularly when that exploration is intended to lead to innovative outcomes.
When the message of "seek permission first" is explicitly repeated over and over, one can't help but hear it. And that echoing voice of "don't do things unless you have permission and a good reason to do them" flies in the face of creative exploration. Telling an employee that they can't move their desk because it isn't acceptable, or that they can't sleep at work because it isn't acceptable, beats the drum that there are acceptable things and unacceptable things. Our culture limits creative exploration before we've even started.
Additionally, this idea of permission-seeking means that there is a top-down approval process for doing things. This says that someone at the top has a better answer than you do, and underscores that your work is to be hierarchically aware, rather than without borders. In a hierarchical culture where people above know more than the people below just by the weight of their title, it's hard to rationalize those low on the totem pole taking chances.
And, rules and policies introduce the idea of repercussions, where there is the potential for punishment based on action. This is a culture of fear, even if it is only a slight fear, and reinforces that risky behavior may be met with ill consequences. Perhaps it's better to do predictable things and follow a predictable process, one that hasn't resulted in negative repercussions in the past.
One of the many reasons smaller startups are able to pursue wild and crazy ideas so quickly is because they have no rules at all.
"Do whatever you want" comes with all sorts of problems, of course.
Without HR rules, startups have a reputation for breeding sexist behavior. Without legal assistance, companies find themselves running afoul of local laws, as is the case with ride sharing or online alcohol delivery services. Without facilities regulations, a company can look like a shanty-town and present an unprofessional aesthetic to investors or customers. People sleeping under their desks is gross, and probably a health risk. These are real challenges with real repercussions.
It's not just corporate policies that limit creativity. It's also our working processes, particularly those focused on understanding and delivering a value promise. That value proposition is the creative commitment we make with our product and service offering. Buy this, we say, and we promise you will receive this benefit.
But in that promise is risk. The need for the value is unproven, because the innovation has never been seen or considered before. We are promising a benefit, but we're unsure if people actually want or need that benefit.
This risk can be an expensive one. It's not cheap to bring a new product or service to market, and that's money lost if the innovation crashes and burns. And, there's an opportunity cost associated with innovation, as limited resources constrain our ability to pursue every creative idea. It's reasonable that organizations have developed processes, techniques, rules and methods to help squeeze the risk out of the creative process.
On the front-end of the process, we've created ethnographic research methods that identify latent wants, needs, and desires. By watching people work and live, we can find places where their experiences can be improved by new innovations. This form of research puts boundaries around risk, attempting to steer the boat in the direction of a real market need from the start.
We've created various forms of product management and marketing structures to ensure the new product offering, and accompanying risk, are understood by the organization. These take the form of the popular "business model canvas" or Amazon's "internal press release", tools that try to succinctly describe what to make and why we're making it, before actually spending time producing it.
We've created an iterative process of informed trial and error through launch cycles like lean, where we put incomplete thoughts and ideas into the market to understand if there's appeal. Often, this means shipping a product so early that we don't even understand if there's a market need at all, and using feedback from the market to then develop the idea itself. This mitigates the risk of funding the wrong idea from start to finish, and allows an idea to change during the development process.
These processes have benefits like faster time to market, increased in-team communication and alignment, and building empathy with end users. Fundamentally, the processes are intended to minimize risk. Ethnographic research attempts to guarantee we solve a real problem with real need. Product management rationalization documentation is intended to force the team to consider externalities and work through complexities that may cause a product to fail as it's brought to market. And lean allows us to course correct quickly when we see that our risks are not actually being mitigated.
Minimizing risk is fiscally responsible and is probably a Good Idea. But it itself comes at a price, and that price is a loss of creativity. Creativity is about dreaming, and the strategies described above temper those dreams.
By itself, ethnographic research tends to identify pragmatic problems, leading to equally pragmatic solutions. These are often problems of utility, efficiency and error reduction, and solutions to these problems tend on the side of safe innovations: ideas that have, naturally, less risk through their predictability.
A business canvas grounds a new idea in the pragmatics of a business, asking and requiring answers to: do we have a supply chain in support of this idea? Are we locked into contracts with existing customers? Have we considered how our ideas will be received by our partners? The answers to these questions minimize and temper the extremism of a new idea, contextualizing new ideas in traditional structures.
And a test and measure approach requires that something can be quickly testable, almost ensuring that a new idea will be small and incremental rather than large and grandiose.
A culture without rules and without processes; is this really what you want? Do you want to have a structured, operational, predictable machine of a company, or do you want to have a creative powerhouse that may or may not be one creative idea away from a total meltdown? A pursuit of creativity can quickly go sideways, and turn into the small business that manically pursues every new thought of its founder, or the corporate innovation incubator that never actually launches anything, or the startup that dreams up the coolest ideas that no one actually wants, needs, or will buy. Is that really where you want to take your organization?
It's not a binary choice between operational success and creative success, of course. The answer to this question is on a spectrum, one where either extreme is probably not healthy. And it's not necessarily a decision you have complete control over, as the answer may evolve organically based on the personalities in the company and market forces outside of it. But it's not entirely left to chance, either. As a leader, you have levers to pull, if you want to push towards a less structured, more creative culture.
First, remove as many rules as you can that have nothing to do with creativity itself. Consider the policies, procedures, and structures that have built up over time, and then reconsider them. Sure, there's probably a good reason that facilities has bolted the furniture to the ground. But is their justification more or less important than your thirst for creative innovation?
Then, allow fixed processes to change. Your teams may have developed a well-oiled process for bringing products and services to market, but encourage them to reinvent that process over and over, even if it's at the expense of predictable, measurable productivity.
Finally, make bets across the spectrum of risk. When you look at creativity through a lens of risk, well-substantiated and well-reasoned ideas look appealing. But make some bets on the ideas that have no rationale at all, but just seem wonderful. Consider the funding of these bets as "Vegas money" – you'll probably lose it. But in funding or supporting these ideas, you'll send a message to your team that it's OK to go big – creativity is welcomed here.
Modernist can help you drive creativity through your organization.
The biggest barrier to design strategy is fear. The design process is unfamiliar, and it's tempting to fear things that are new and risky.


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16 days, 80 films: the UK Jewish Film Festival coming in November has something for everyone.
The UK Jewish Film Festival comes to London on 7 November, hosting a range of film screenings and talks from popular Jewish directors, actors and industry experts.
It looks to make a spectacular start, kicking off with the UK premiere of Closer to the Moon at the Jewish Film Festival opening gala at BFI Southbank. A fast-paced comic heist set in Communist Romania, Closer to the Moon is based on the true story of a group of Jewish friends and former Resistance members who set out to rob a bank, starring Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong.
Further highlights include the Best Debut feature which includes Cannes nominee Son of Saul: a terrifying holocaust drama from László Nemes. Elsewhere there's gritty British boxing drama Orthodox, which draws upon is the parallels between religious orthodoxy and dedication in the sporting world.
The festival's First Timers series will showcase outstanding performances from rising stars of the big screen. We love the look of Valley, Sophie Arthus' debut film, sold as a cross between Lost Boys and Lord of the Flies, which promises to be a gripping portrait of unloved teenagers.
Next up is the Radicals series, where you can find real-life tales of people who've changed the world: look out for Yona on the 15th November, which follows the dramatic life-story of one of Israel's most celebrated cultural icons, Yona Wallach. A lone woman making her first steps in the realm of Hebrew poetry, her tragic life and brilliant talent have been compared to Sylvia Plath.
If you're after something more on the cheesier side, there's also this year's big musical theatre number The Last Five Years, which stars Anna Kendrick and Hollywood heartthrob Jeremy Jordan: read our interview with him here.
The festival doesn't hesitate to look outwards either. Find answers as to how world attitudes towards Israel affects the choice of subjects, storylines, participation in festivals and film distribution with a panel of Israeli film-makers on 15 November. They'll be discussing how to keep their voices unique under pressure, both at home and abroad.
Finally don't forget Fauda, one of the best TV series to come out of Israel, which will be screened in its entirety over three evenings. Co-created by Middle East analyst Avi Issacharoff and former Israeli soldier Lior Raz, Fauda draws on their in-depth experience to craft a brilliantly realised depiction of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Website Click here to go to the Jewish Film Festival website.


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Australia's federal Biosecurity Act has been extended until April
Emergency measures granted under the Biosecurity Act 2015 have been extended for a further two months, it has been announced by Health Minister Greg Hunt.
The *very necessary* powers will remain until April.
BIOSECURITY EXTENDED
Australia's coronavirus pandemic emergency measures implemented under the Biosecurity Act 2015 have been extended for a further two months.
Health Minister Greg Hunt confirmed on Friday in a statement the emergency period, which has been in place since March 18, 2020, would now continue until April 17, 2022.
This extension was declared by the Governor-General after what is described as "specialist medical and epidemiological advice" was provided by the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) and the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer.
"The AHPPC has advised the current wave of Omicron cases in Australia warrants a further extension of the emergency period," the statement reads.
"Whilst the peak of the Omicron wave has largely passed, the health advice is that this is an appropriate response while the Australian Government continues to develop and implement management strategies to mitigate the impacts of Omicron."
The never-ending cycle continues behind the scenes during this second period of false freedom.
A number of existing emergency requirements will remain in place until April 17, including mandatory pre-departure testing and mask wearing for international flights, restrictions on outbound international travel for unvaccinated Australians (still not permitted to escape), and restrictions to 'protect remote' communities.
Hunt has since confirmed the details of remote community extensions, particularly in the Northern Territory.
The measures could be 'revoked early' if the health advice changes as the Omicron peak passes.
However, just as happened at the end of 2020 with the Trump theatre saga, COVID hysteria will take a short vacation ahead of the 2022 Federal Election before clocking back on again.
In the statement, Hunt said the emergency requirements "have helped Australia respond to coronavirus, which 'first emerged' in China in December 2019.
Funny that there was a pandemic exercise happening two months before this period.
"These emergency requirements have helped Australia respond quickly to manage the number of inbound and outbound travellers, reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading on flights and at international airports in Australia, further manage the number of cases in quarantine facilities, and ensure the accessibility and affordability of rapid antigen test kits," the statement says.
It feels like yesterday we first reported the passing of this bill in 2015.
Now, here we are all these years later, and it continues on.
"It is important that the human biosecurity emergency period remains in place to ensure the appropriate legislative powers are available to the Australian Government during Omicron outbreaks, as well as to protect vulnerable communities in Australia."
Sure thing, Greggles.
Just like the quarantine camps that are opening right as things 'start to go back to normal'?
Importantly, the emergency requirements will be reviewed regularly.
Whatever happens moving forward, Hunt won't be too concerned about any continued damaged that may be caused by these emergency measures, as he will be retiring in just as few months time.
'See ya, folks!'
Greg Hunt officially announced his retirement from parliament at the next election in December 2021.
He has been in Australian parliament since November 2001.
2001? Right after September? What a coincidence.
Hunt announced he is poised to pull the pin on his political career at the next election, with a number of his colleagues congratulating him for his long 'contributions' to Australian society.
Just like Gladys, Jeanette, Baird and many others, the revolving door of political actors rolls on, as Hunt looks to slip out the back door after being the Federal Health Minister for this entire operation.
He is expected to remain in the health portfolio until election day, which they say will help Morrison avoid appointing a replacement during the vaccine booster program and new coronavirus variants.
What a great bloke..
He has publicly denied on several occasions this year that he was considering retirement.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told reporters Mr Hunt was one of his "closest friend in this place".
"We are very dear friends and he has been an outstanding Health Minister through this crisis," Frydenberg said.
Hunt is one of only three Liberal MPs, along with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, to have served in federal cabinet since the Coalition came to power in September 2013.
He has held the health portfolio since January 2017, after taking over from Morrison.
Zoe McKenzie, an NBN non-executive director who advised Andrew Robb during his time as trade minister, is Mr Hunt's preferred successor.
Perhaps he will slip in one more extension of this legislation before he bows out of the political realm.
We shall wait and see.
In the end, at least we will always have this classic moment to remember him by..
Dang it, Greg!
'We're live, pal!'
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We do not have a Governor General , left in January !!!
Dephyant says:
My thoughts also. How did the Gov General make these decisions when not in the country or signed in by the fictitious pseudo Queen of Australia her Manager-sty?
How are they coming up with these fantastic cases numbers ?? The PCR test is bogus and the RAT test is just as bad…. what exactly are they testing for Coivd is pure fiction…. period.
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Let's not forget that Hunt is a former strategist for the World Economic Forum. He almost certainly helped to actually plan the PLANdemic. Hunt might be doing a runner, but he won't be forgotten. When the good people get their country back, and we implement the Covid Trials, there will be a special place on the gallows for this evil traitor.
R4M845 (@R4M845) says:
What a coincidence just a month before the election lol
Has there ever been a federal "health" minister as corrupt as Hunt?
On a different note, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this article. I LOVE the humour woven into it which had me laughing. Thank you Tott News!


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Business community calls on government to introduce climate legislation
Rotterdam, 25 October 2016 - The Dutch business community has embraced the Paris climate objectives for 2050 and is calling on the government to prioritise the acceleration of the energy transition. Thirty-nine (39) players, including initiators Siemens, Van Oord, Eneco, Shell, and Rotterdam Port Authority, have joined forces in a Transition Coalition to request the government to draw up climate legislation to implement the agreements reached at the Paris summit.
The Transition Coalition is calling on the government to:
draw up climate legislation to implement the aims of the Paris climate agreement in 2050, with specific intermediary objectives in 2030 and 2040
appoint a minister for economy, climate and energy, who will ensure policy cohesion
set up an independent climate authority that binds the parties and calls them to account regarding a dynamic and consistent implementation, and guarantees the agreements made irrespective of which government is in power
establish a national investment bank that facilitates investments in further innovation and major energy projects
The Transition Coalition wishes to be part of the solution and is opting explicitly for the acceleration of the energy transition. Acceleration is more expensive, but it also yields more. Acceleration will offer the Netherlands the opportunity to become a sustainability leader and to create more green prosperity as a result. In addition to climate legislation, the Transition Coalition is therefore calling on the next government to appoint a minister for economy, climate and energy, to set up an independent authority to guarantee agreements made irrespective of which government is in power, and to establish a national investment bank to facilitate investments in green innovation and major energy projects.
During the climate summit in Paris in December 2015, the participating countries formally agreed to do their best to keep global warming to well below 2 degrees centigrade compared with the pre-industrial era. The Transition Coalition has embraced this agreement and considers it to be a crucial breakthrough in the political decision-making process. For the Netherlands, this means a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 of 80 to 95 percent. At present, Dutch energy policy is fragmented across several governmental departments, with a focus on the short term. Achieving the reductions will require ambition and a shared vision that extends to 2050. We are asking for a long-term framework for an acceleration of the Dutch energy transition.
The transition to a nearly carbon emissions neutral society will require no less than a new Delta Plan. Citizens, public authorities and businesses will have to speed up their actions and make major efforts. The energy transition offers the opportunity to develop a new economy, with new revenue models and new jobs. The Transition Coalition believes that this will require an enterprising state that creates space for the market. A long-term, solid policy framework is essential for a rapid and successful implementation.
In the proposed climate legislation, specific intermediary objectives must be established for 2030 and 2040. The suggested minister for the economy, climate and energy will ensure that the opportunities offered by the new economy are grasped. The independent authority will guarantee the agreements made for the long term by binding and calling the parties to account regarding a dynamic and consistent implementation, while the proposed national investment bank will facilitate the major investments that will be required.
Initiators Transition Coalition
Eneco – contact: Toby Ellson, Manager Media Relations & PR, 06 3104 7763
Rotterdam Port Authority – contact: Sjaak Poppe, Press Officer, 010 252 1427 / 06 2246 6553
Shell Nederland – contact: Wendel Broere, Press Officer, 070 377 8750
Siemens Nederland – contact: Leo Freriks, Government Affairs, 06 5584 4833
Van Oord – contact: Robert de Bruin, Head Corporate Communication & Markets, 088 826 8234 / 06 5344 0890
The number of affiliated businesses is growing by the week. The following businesses and organisations have now jointed the Transition Coalition:
Achmea, Aegon, Alliander N.V., Arcadis, Arkema, AVR, Deloitte, Deltalinqs, DHV-Haskoning, DNV GL, DONG Energy, Dura vermeer, ECN, Ecofys, Eneco, Energie-Nederland, Engie, Essent, Evides Industriewater, Friesland Campina, Groningen Seaports, Havenbedrijf Amsterdam, Havenbedrijf Rotterdam N.V., Havenschap Moerdijk, Heijmans, IBM, Indorama Ventures Europe BV, KPN, NS, Nuon Vattenfall, NWEA, Oram, Rabobank Nederland, RET, Royal Schiphol Group, Shell Nederland, Siemens Nederland, Van Oord, Zeeland Seaports
Press release - Business community calls on government to introduce climate legislation
Pleidooi voor versnelling van de energietransitie (NL)
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ROME - Antonio Orlando, leader of the Italian Mafia-type crime syndicate Camorra, was arrested Tuesday morning after 15 years at large in Italy. The 60-year-old criminal, among the 15 most wanted Italians, was found hiding in an apartment in Mugnano, a Neapolitan municipality.
Orlando has been charged with two warrants of precautionary prison custody, issued by a Preliminary Hearing Judge at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate. He had been hiding in the apartment for a few days before the investigative team of Castel Cisterna's Military Police Corps came to raid it. The timing of the raid was of great importance, for according to reports Orlando was not intending to stay in the apartment for long.
Investigations have accused Orlando of trafficking large amounts of high-quality hashish under the label of 'iPhone' from Morocco. The operations earned him enormous sums of money. Testimonies written by the penitent Roberto Perrone, who in recent years organized drug trafficking operations from Spain with the 'Nuvoletta' and 'Polverino' clans, prompted Orlando's arrest. He provided investigators with information detailing the boss' rise through the ranks, from 1990 to 2010.
In a memorandum published April 4, 2016, Perrone wrote that, due to tensions between 'Nuvoletta' and 'Polverino', Orlando's group was forced to choose between the 2 clans. Orlando allied his group with Polverino, and the newly-formed clan arranged the trafficking of hashish to the Neapolitan municipalities of Marano, Quarto and Calvizzano. After Polverino's arrest in Spain on March 9, 2012, Orlando changed allegiance, choosing to work with Nuvoletta instead.