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Venäläistä verta / Maschere russe. US 1926. D: William Wellman. Story: Ernest Vajda. SC: Benjamin Glazer. DP: Victor Milner. C: Florence Vidor (Vera), Lowell Sherman (Eugene Foster), Clive Brook (Norodin), El Brendel (Toberchik), Roy Stewart (Dimitri), Joe Bonomo (il forzuto), Irma Kornelia (Olga), Sidney Bracey (manager). P: Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky per Famous Players Lasky Corp. 35 mm. 71'. B&w. From: Library of Congress per concessione di Paramount Pictures
Electric piano: Antonio Coppola
The name above the title: Florence Vidor in You Never Know Women. With Eugene Pallette (party guest, n. c.).
Viewed with e-subtitles in Italian by Sub-Ti at Cinema Jolly (Bologna, Il Cinema Ritrovato), 29 June 2014
Gina Telaroli (Il Cinema Ritrovato, 2014, catalogue and website): "This 1926 Wellman silent was, according to the director himself, "My last chance", after he and B.P. Schulberg made a self proclaimed "incredibly atrocious" picture called The Cat's Pajamas. Always one for an over elaborate false start, Wellman opens with a construction worker raising a beam just as it's about to fall on a passing woman (Florence Vidor). The construction worker miraculously saves her but a rich gentleman (Eugene Foster) in a nearby car, upon noticing the woman's good looks, swoops in and takes the credit. She's part of a famed Russian vaudeville troupe, and Wellman redirects our attention to their exploits, crafting a nuanced exploration of performance, on stage and in life. This focus on theater gives Wellman one of his first chances to explore his obsession with the politics of identity and the physicality of labor. He combines the two in an impressive tracking shot of the entire cast (of both the movie and the troupe) taking off their masks on a brightly lit stage in a very dark theater, only to reveal clown make up underneath. The film marks the screen debut of vaudevillian El Brendel, who would appear the next year in Wings as Herman Schwimpf and provide a much needed (and very Wellmanesque) comedic antidote to the prestigious aviation melodrama. Here he also plays the funny man, offsetting a plot centered on a love triangle with the support of a performative duck. When the curtain came down, this last chance turned out to be Well man's breakout success as he said: "The gods smiled: it won artistic award of the year, and the bum got a twenty five dollar a week raise and Wings for his effort"." Gina Telaroli (Il Cinema Ritrovato, 2014, catalogue and website)
Antonio Coppola apologized for the electric piano, perfectly tuned but failing in the emotion of the interpretation.
AA: The circus world (including vaudeville) was an obsession during the silent era, at the latest since The Four Devils / De fire Djævle / Die vier Luftakrobaten (DK 1911, based on the novel by Herman Bang, D: Alfred Lind, Alex Christians, Robert Dinesen, Christian Rosenbaum, better than the 1920 remake by A. W. Sandberg, remade again as late as 1928 by Murnau). The world of magicians, clowns, dancers, acrobats, wild animals, varieties and fairgrounds inspired great artists, including Lubitsch, Curtiz, Sjöström, Chaplin, Browning, Dupont, Robison, Hitchcock, Lang, Murnau, and Sternberg. The approach to the circus world was at its most profound in Weimar Germany. E. A. Dupont built an international career on variations of Varieté. The most popular plot line was already introduced in The Four Devils: the triangle drama combined with perilous feats of acrobats with their salto mortales, risking their lives on the trust of the split second reactions of other team players. A favourite character besides the acrobat was the clown (at the latest since Sandberg's Klovnen, DK 1917, with Psilander) and its most heartbreaking interpretation was in the first major German sound film Der Blaue Engel by Emil Jannings (who also excelled as the acrobat in Varieté). "The world as a circus" was a tempting concept for the cinema during the silent age ever since Edison (who started with Buffalo Bill's Wild West circus acts) and Méliès, and of course, ever since.
William A. Wellman's breakthrough into the big league of Hollywood was also a drama of magicians, dancers, acrobats, clowns, and animals.
The triangle tragedy plot stems from the Four Devils tradition.
The acts of the Russian vaudeville troupe are brilliant. The action on stage and backstage is displayed in affectionate detail. The non-circus action sequence in the beginning (the falling beam almost crushing Vera at the construction site) is also thrillingly directed.
This is a Florence Vidor vehicle. She is elegant, glamorous, and charming, her Vera character one of dignity. "These are my people. I love them".
Norodin (Clive Brook), the brooding lover, is a Houdini style escape artist, a master of chains, locks, coffins, and underwater rescues. He invents new magic acts, such as an ingenious disappearence act. He is also a brilliant knife-thrower.
El Brendel is perfect as the clown Toberchick with his bespectacled duck.
Lowell Sherman plays yet another variation of his blasé and callous millionaire cad character, famous at least since Way Down East.
There are original scenes of comedy, such as the troupe setting the millionaire's dinner table with flying saucers.
There are also moments of melancholy reflection, both for Vera and Norodin.
A well-made entertainment, a display of many of Wellman's strengths, yet not quite one of the actual masterpieces of the circus genre. My favourite scene is towards the end: everyone believes Norodin has drowned into the ocean in his most dangerous stunt, but the show must go on. We observe the expressions of Vera, Toberchik, and the duck. "Sometimes you don't know your love until it's too late".
The print is fundamentally good, giving a true sense of the original concept of Victor Milner's cinematography. There are slight occasional nitrate or water damage marks from the source material, and for a moment there is a duped quality, but on the whole this is a great print.


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There's something mysterious about Bryce Canyon that makes it such an awesome place to visit. The mystery of how was this place formed? How long did it take until it looked like this? And many other questions come to the surface when you visit here.
If you get the chance to see Antelope Canyon near Bryce (just a few hours away) then you'll experience very similar questions of the mysteries of this exquisite place.
You'll get the impression that someone had to have designed and painted this canyon, because there doesn't seem to be any way for nature to just by itself create such a masterpiece.
In fact that was one of the takeaways I had when leaving Antelope Canyon, how foolish we are to think we are the premier artists and sculptors of this earth? When in fact we don't even come close to what nature does seemingly without trying.
If you're looking to go to Antelope Canyon from Bryce, here's a map with directions. Should just take you a little over 2 hours to get there from Bryce.
Now you have to get guided into the canyon so make certain you have reservations beforehand to see this place, as sometimes it can be booked up for the busy season. And if you head that way make certain you see and visit Horseshoe Bend and The Wave (the Wave is very hard to get into, in fact one of the hardest places I've ever known to get into, so make certain you have back up plans if you don't get a permit to see it).
All in all Bryce Canyon is a masterpiece, but if you have time to combine Bryce with some of the places and parks near her, then you will have a vacation you won't soon forget. Antelope Canyon is one of those places, and is certainly within driving distance to Bryce.
So, add it to the list!


This week on the Potter's Wheel we will listen to a message titled "God, are you sill there?" God is and will always be there for you. We go through hard a difficult times, but He never leaves your side. If your life is in complete and utter turmoil, this message is for you. Let us listen to Pastor Jonathan Burris teach us about the presence of our Almighty God.
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The Apostle Paul…. 9-9-15 study Stop Playing with God!


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It's rather like finding your own voice as a writer.


Give feedback on your life in the Furry Survey 2009, where we will again find out the nature of all that is fuzzy!
We here at FT love to know about the make up of the fandom, and it seems that one Alex Osaki does too! Following the huge response to the 2008 Furry Survey, in which over 5000 people took part (the largest known response to a furry survey to date), it only seems fitting to do another one.
Osaki, the man behind klisoura.com and the Furry Research Center, is presenting an improved version of the 2008 survey with more questions concerning non-furry activities and convention attendance - both topics rarely covered by other surveys of the fandom - and with a turnout expected higher than that of last year, it proves an invaluable source of information on fandom life.
It is not without potential fault however, as was a potentially skewing factor in the 2008 Survey, there are no limits in place to prevent the survey being taken multiple times. There is also the issue of purposely falsified entries in order to demean the fandom (as we found during our 2007-2008 Furry Sexuality Survey.
Unfortunately issues like these cannot be avoided without vetting every entrant, which on such a huge scale as the Furry Survey is nigh on impossible. Regardless, we wish them all the best! Now go do the survey! ... Or read the results of the last one in State of the Fandom 2008.


Born and bred in Sapporo, Sunahara is a fixture in the Shibua-kei and chillout scene. His music has a palpable retro flare which I adore. Sunahara's style oscillates between bossa nova and 70's funk.
He's been churning out music since the late 90's and has so far produced seven albums. His latest release is "Liminal" (2011). That album has more of a tech-house feel to it. It's certainly darker and grittier than his past work. You can listen to Track 4 from Liminal below!
I hope you enjoy these tracks and hang in there! The weekend is almost here! :D Happy Wednesday!


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Q E 2 "futile": Growing Number Of Economists See It
By Realistbear,
Realistbear
Location:Warwickshire
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/111037/the-futility-of-qe2
Here's What Bernanke Should Do
by Daniel "No relation" Gross
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, speaking at a conference on Friday morning, says that the high unemployment rate and low inflation signal a need for further easing, but the Fed is still weighing just how aggressive that easing should be. The most likely scenario is that the Fed would purchase hundreds of billions of dollars worth of government bonds.
The ultimate goal is to boost faltering domestic demand for goods and services. In simplistic terms, Bernanke wants to reduce the unemployment rate, get more people shopping at Wal-Mart, and get them to spend more when they do. Consumers have yet to regain lost spending power due to the weak job market and falling home values. Businesses are reluctant to hire and expand when they don't perceive strong demand.
But while there are plenty of good arguments for QE2, there's plenty of reason to believe it may not bring about the desired results. And instead of hearing him talk about what the Federal Reserve can do to get more people shopping at Wal-Mart, I'd rather hear Bernanke talk about what other people can do.
Over the past two years, the Fed has done plenty of old-fashioned easing (lowering overnight interest rates to rock-bottom levels) and new-style quantitative easing (buying $1 trillion in mortgage bonds). Rolling out the heavy firepower has helped lower market interest rates, as this two-year chart of the 10-year U.S. bond shows, but hasn't done a great deal to spur consumer spending and domestic demand.
Market analysts believe the Fed stands ready to spend $500 billion on government bonds. Opinions differ within the Fed on the effects that would have. As Reuters reports, New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley believes that would be the equivalent of reducing short-term interest rates by 50-75 basis points, while Kansas City Federal Reserve President Thomas Hoenig says it would reduce them by only 10-25 basis points. But there's no guarantee that the purchase, alone, will bring the rates down. It's entirely possible market interest rates could drift down further without quantitative easing, as investors seek a safe haven or grow concerned about deflation. And it's entirely possible market interest rates drift higher even as the Fed steps up its purchases.
But assuming rates fall, then what? Mortgage rates may decline further, which will allow more homeowners to refinance mortgages. Refinancing activity has spiked in recent weeks. But lots of people can't refinance because their homes are underwater. When people do refinance, they're more likely to swap to a lower fixed payment rather than do cash-out refinancings. It's not likely mortgage equity withdrawal will come back as a fuel for consumer spending, as it was during the boom years.
Creditworthy companies will get even cheaper access to capital, and junk-rated companies will find they're able to replace high-yielding debt with lower-yielding debt. Microsoft recently issued three-year bonds at less than one percent. But companies are taking advantage of lower interest rates to refinance existing debt, or boost their capacity to pay dividends, or conduct stock buybacks. That's good for shareholders. As The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, private equity backed companies are using favorable credit markets to issue debt to pay fat dividends to their owners. That may stimulate the economy in St. Barts and the Hamptons -- but not in Toledo.
Of course, companies could deploy capital raised through cheaper debt to invest in new productive capacity or to hire. But given the global macroeconomic climate, in which the U.S. is growing much more slowly than the rest of the world, large companies will be more likely to do so overseas than at home.
So if your goal is to empower consumers to spend more without taking on more debt, or to give small businesses the confidence to hire, spending $500 billion on government bonds may not be the most effective use of your money.
The real issue Bernanke faces is that he may have done as much as he can on his own. Stimulus can stem from monetary policy or fiscal policy. And while the nation awaits more of the former, we seem to have given up on the latter. The stimulus package, passed in early 2009, continues to roll out. But many of its effects have been offset by state and local government austerity measures -- job cuts, tax hikes, fare increases for public transit.
So instead of trying to talk interest rates down, Bernanke might perform a better service if he would begin to urge the political system to do its part. What if he summoned up some uncharacteristic passion, and begged the rest of Washington -- Democrat, Republican, Socialist, libertarian, Congress, White House -- to do something to help him help us? There are plenty of ways to get cash into the hands of people who will spend. A payroll tax holiday, rebates, tax reductions, infrastructure spending, aid to states, make-work jobs. All of the above, or some combination thereof.
Monetary policy alone didn't get us into this mess. And while it may be an extraordinarily powerful lever, monetary policy alone can't get us out
aa3
HPC Guru
They better come up with more than 500 billion USD, on Nov 3rd.. or at least the promise of more.
The home equity train he mentioned was running at 700-800 billion in the mid aughties. In addition all the developers, flippers, realtors, mortgage brokers, all types of construction workers, were getting access to the even bigger money train of the no down, stated income loans. When some moron came and bought 7 new houses for 500k each, a lot of people were getting that money on the other side.
By the end of the run, people were buying 50k cars with 5 grand on the hood, that they used to make the first payments.
Right now QE has helped the situation, which was remember in 2008 total financial implosion and failure of all financial institutions and the saver's money. But still 1 trillion USD is only 3 grand per American. Start talking 30 grand or even 50 grand per American and things will start moving.
mdman
Let's say bernanke decided on $50tn of asset purchases using printed money. Explain to us how this helps the real economy
The best way is that the federal treasury issues long term debt, like 10 year and longer. And the fed steps in and buys them all.
The federal government then steps up with helicopters full of money, and just everyting gets approved. We're already seeing the first signs of it in America. 45 million Americans uninsured.. government can pick up the tab. Pentagon wants more money for weapons systems and fighting two wars, sure blank cheque basically.
One crazy idea I heard was to juice the national lottery. Right now it pays out something like 33% of the money customers pay. But what about increasing it to 200 or 300%.
babesagainstmachines
I've got a better idea. Why don't we get a lot of men with guns to go around to middle earners houses and steal everything, then hand it to crack-whores and gangstas.
Both would be about as useful to the economy... because you are telling people that it doesn't matter if they work, or how they try and plan for retirement.... because we will screw you over whatever you do.
You are Gordon Brown and I claim my five pounds!
interestrateripoff
Carry on banking.....
Location:Ponzi Land
They cannot get out of this mess, if you are going to QE the money has to end up in the pockets of the masses to have any effect on the real economy.
However as history has repeatedly shown this merely creates a temporary blip of increased demand and also increased malinvestment which results in more need for printed money and just leads down the road to hyperinflationary destruction.
There is no pain free fix for this mess.
IMHAL
Seriously - you need help.
These financial meddlers cretaed this mess, unreformed they are continuing along their ways, they know nothing of prudence, nothing of creating wealth - past history proves them to be destroyers of both. They are manipulators of personal, company and country finances. They and their policies should have been consigned to the bin.
Edited October 19, 2010 by OnlyMe
Back in the day, a man could get a good union job and be sure to get promotions and pay increases through his life, and it goes without saying full job security. And then retirement, and a nice pension from a stable company. And additional investments he made were at generous interest rates, in secure bonds.
That world doesn't exist anymore, at least not in the private sector. In 2010 about 90% of middle Britain works for the government or a contractor to the government. And they get paid because guys with guns collect taxes.
http://questionsforamerica.com/?p=6309
Bruce Krasting: Ben Lied: How could he possibly be "confident" that this can be done? How can anyone be so certain about an uncertain future?
October 16th, 2010 | Tags: Monetary Ethics
…Ben's lies will cost us trillions, and quite possibly our way of life. His lie:
I am confident that the FOMC will be able to tighten monetary conditions when warranted,
even if the balance sheet remains considerably larger than normal at that time.
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
How could he possibly be "confident" that this can be done?
It has never been done before.
No sane man can make such a promise when there is no history to guide us.
Bernanke is sane, therefore I conclude that he is lying to us on this critical fact.
What economic environment would exist when "conditions warrant tightening"?
I would prescribe a period of de-tox (De-flation) to cure the sickess which is known as toxic bloating (unbalanced assett price inflation).
But this would be a long term plan and governments need votes to stay in power.
Seems that HPC's pin-up Babe Katie Barker agrees with the drift of the OP:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-18/barker-says-adding-boe-stimulus-risks-stoking-inflation-more-than-growth.html
Barker Says Adding BOE Stimulus Risks Stoking Inflation More Than Growth
By Jennifer "Jenny" Ryan - Oct 19, 2010 12:01 AM GMT+0100
The Bank of England risks stoking inflation with little benefit to economic growth if it expands its so-called quantitative easing program of stimulus, former policy maker Kate Barker said.
"If rising inflation expectations have followed the use of QE, there is a risk that relying on monetary policy to ride to the rescue of faltering growth might be misplaced," Barker said yesterday at an event held by Queen Mary College in London. More stimulus could "have more of an impact on inflation than on growth if it feeds through into higher inflation expectations."
Sounds like Katie has joined the growing number of economists who see deflation as the best medicine. As much as the banksters would hate it.
Edited October 19, 2010 by Realistbear
I don't understand why the fed could not tighten monetary conditions at a later date if the environment warranted it? Raise interest rates and sell some of the QE bonds back into the market is all they would have to do.
It only is hard to imagine because for the forseeable future the economy will need more and more QE and 0% interest rates.

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James S. ("Jimmy") Combs Jr. of Edgartown died unexpectedly in the early morning hours of Dec. 14, 2017. Visiting with friends and family in Ohio, he was killed in an automobile accident as the passenger of a drunk driver, a tragic and cautionary tale, leaving his family and friends shocked, their lives shattered.
Jimmy moved from his hometown in Ohio to Edgartown in February 2011, falling in love with the island. He lived with his mom, Karen Newhart, and worked in several locations in Edgartown, including Donaroma's, Dairy Queen and the Mailroom, meeting many of his closest friends on the Vineyard.
Jimmy was happiest surrounded by friends and family. He was a loving and caring brother, a favorite cousin, a cool nephew, a fun and loyal friend and co-worker. Most of all, he was a cherished and beloved son and grandson who placed his parents and grandparents above all others.
You knew with Jimmy "what you saw was what you got!" He loved you for who you were, without judgment. He was easygoing, fun-loving, the life of the party. He was ridiculously funny, and had an energy and smile that could capture you before he said, "Hi, I'm Jimmy." His affable nature and beautiful soul are ours to remember with an immeasurable sadness and acute fondness.
Jimmy was a beacon whose light was tragically dimmed. His death could have been prevented. The drunk driver, who survived the accident, was one of Jimmy's best friends. Please, if you're reading this, remind your friends and family, and yourself, to think before you get in the car with an impaired driver.
A celebration of life will be held on Sunday, March 24, at the P.A. Club, from 1 to 4 pm. If you loved Jimmy, miss Jimmy, were fortunate enough to revel in the sheer pleasure of his company; if you laughed at his silliness when you weren't in the mood, sang along to the radio with him, watched LeBron dunks with him; if you worked with him or he worked for you; if you were on the receiving end of Jimmy's excellent customer service and smile, please, come and share your stories with us on Sunday. Whether you knew him well, hardly knew him, or only knew of him, come celebrate his life, his love, his laughter on the day before what would be have been his 28th birthday. It's gonna be a lovefest, folks!
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I got a notice in my email that Ila was sending me a box. I get a little gitty when I see one of those email notices especially when she doesn't send me an email with it to tell me what it is!! I always wonder….fabric, a treasured something, a box of fruit. I never know what it will be when it comes from Ila!!
This box came and it was something she's never sent before. A three ring binder full of quilting templates!
This one made my heart go pitty pat. I've LONG wanted to make Glorified Nine Patch.
This one is also a Glorified Nine Patch only this one is a little fancier.
..oh, a Kaleidoscope! Another I've thought about doing one day.
or this this…This one I really liked.
I tried a Winding Ways in my pre-double wedding ring days and did TERRIBLE with it. I can try again!!
Of course no box from Ila is complete without fabric included!!
Lots of scraps in the small bag and look POLKA DOTS. Ila does love me!! There's quite a bit of the shirting fabric. That's awesome. Kelli has been looking for some.
I've been thinking of all of the templates. Obviously I can't use them all at once. If there is one that someone would like to borrow…I'd be fine with that. We can do a lending library if anyone is interested.
Thanks so much Ila. I've been wanting to challenge myself and make a few more difficult quilts. These templates will really help me meet that goal!!
This entry was posted in Mailbox on February 12, 2018 by Jo.
What a generous gift!! Thanks for offering a lending library for these templates. Winding Ways was deemed my "lifetime project" years ago. Honestly, I'm not sure I ever got beyond the fabric collection phase!!
Oh, I was just looking at the Wheel of Mystery templates!! A lending library would be fabulous…how about if the borrowers, when they return the templates to you, include the cost of shipping from you to them? That way you aren't out $$$ and we don't have to purchase the templates! Do my eyes deceive me?? Is the Wheel of Mystery the same template as the Winding Ways???
Yes Susan- Wheel of Mystery and Winding Ways are two different names for the same pattern. Hopefully the templates are for different size blocks!
OH, pretty! So many potential quilts.
Quilters never cease to amaze me with their generosity! What a great idea – the lending library. we all can't afford to own every "cool tool" that is out there, so I think that is a great idea.
I have a box with some cut pieces for quilts, and other goodies including things for the little ones. I just need to know where to send it, if you could email me an address! There are also a couple of quilt tops from quite awhile ago that I finally decided to pass on since I will not be using them. Happy unpacking!


Climate change is no big news to all of us, whether we believe it is caused by man's action on our planet or not. Studies are released frequently warning us and politicians that if we do not take immediate action on climate change, we might all drown or get heat strokes one day or another.
A recent study has warned that sea levels could increase up to 20 feet (6 meters) above their current levels, meaning that all those living in the coastal areas of the world are at-risk. Warnings for cities like New York, Miami and Bangkok were included in the research, and Venice is believed to become a "modern day Atlantis", being a city entirely built on water.
Researchers have reached this conclusion after analysing extensive research made on melting polar ice sheets over the past 30 years. This led them to discover that a 20-foot increase in sea levels had already occurred over the past 3 million years.
The most concerning thing is that this rise had occurred only after a "mere" one-two degree celsius increase in the planet temperatures. This is quite worrying for all, as today's climate change research always puts emphasis on the rising temperatures, which would have a direct effect on the sea levels.
This comes especially when the poles — due to geographical reasons — warm faster than the rest of the planet and are the area where ice is mostly concentrated. This means that if temperatures there increase quicker than anywhere else, the sea levels won't be struggling to rise at all.
Scientists have warned that before New York or Miami, the Maldives would be the first world country to disappear due to rising sea levels. Most of the islands of the archipelago lie just 4.9 feet (1,5 meters) above sea levels. Ironically, the country's leader is planning on buying land abroad in case the island's population has to move, if the predictions turn into reality.
In December, world leaders will gather in Paris for a summit on Climate Change — an issues concerning the whole world — hopefully introducing new legislation to further safeguard our planet.


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Eurojumelages est une association à but non lucratif, créée en 1984 et regroupant treize pays européens.

Description

Son objectif fondamental est de regrouper des fédérations, des associations de jumelage, des associations pouvant apporter une contribution dynamique et constituées au sein d'une entreprise postale ou de télécommunications, des postiers ou des télécommunicants ou de toute autre entité ayant une relation avec les métiers des postes ou des télécommunications, des différents pays d'Europe.

Eurojumelages est l'héritière d'une histoire commencée en novembre 1959, et fait suite à la fondation, en 1968, des Jumelages européens des PTT, puis, le 25 avril 1984, de l'Union internationale des jumelages PTT (UIJPTT), qui regroupait alors six associations européennes.

Historique

L'histoire d'Eurojumelages trouve ses racines dans la lettre envoyée le 9 novembre 1959 par un postier français habitant Troyes (dans l'Aube, en France), Alexandre Chappé (1912-1995) au chef du personnel des PTT de Darmstadt, ville de la République fédérale d'Allemagne jumelée avec Troyes. La lettre tombe dans les mains de Wolfgang Daub (1929-2009) qui la transmet à Hans Winkel (1913-2012), l'un de ses collaborateurs parlant la langue française. À ce premier échange épistolaire succèdent des contacts, des échanges et des relations durables entre des postiers et télécommunicants allemands et français vont s'établir. Les Jumelages européens des PTT vont ainsi naître.

Développement du mouvement des jumelages européens des PTT
De nombreux jumelages entre les villes et associations allemandes vont naître. Puis de nouveaux pays vont vouloir rejoindre ce mouvement des jumelages européens des PTT (Grande-Bretagne, Italie, Portugal). Des réunions et congrès internationaux informels et sans structures statuaires vont se tenir à Fréjus, Heusenstamm et Ronce-les-Bains.

Création de l'Union Internationale des Jumelages PTT
Il faudra attendre le 25 avril 1984 pour que l'Union Internationale des Jumelages PTT (UIJPTT) voie officiellement le jour et que les statuts de cette association internationale soient officiellement déclarés. Le siège social est alors situé au 36 rue du Commandant René Mouchotte, à Paris , dans les locaux de ce qu'était à l'époque le Centre de tri Postal de Paris-Montparnasse. Le premier Président est Jacques Domercq (France) et la Secrétaire Générale,  Odile Brunissen (France).

Évolution
À la suite de la réunion internationale du 22 novembre 1984, qui a lieu à Paris, Sydney George Creed (Grande-Bretagne) est nommé à titre provisoire deuxième Président de l'UIJPTT et succède à Jacques Domercq. Trois vice-présidents sont nommés : Nicola Di Biase (Italie), Luis Pais (Portugal) et Jacques Domercq (France).

Six associations constituent l'UIJPTT et sont déclarées comme telles :
 La Fédération Française des Jumelages européens des PTT (France)
 British Post Office European Twinning Council (Grande-Bretagne)
 British Telecom European Twinning Federation (Grande-Bretagne)
 Association de Jumelage des CTT (Portugal)
 JEPTT de Milan (Italie)
 JEPTT de Varèse (Italie)

Le 21 mai 1985, le siège social est officiellement transféré de la rue du Commandant René Mouchotte, Paris , au Centre de Tri Postal de Paris-Brune, 123/127 boulevard Brune, Paris . À la réunion de Bournemouth (Grande-Bretagne), les 17/20 octobre 1985, Claude Giroux (France) remplace Odile Brunissen comme Secrétaire Général.

En septembre 1986, à Belgirate (Italie), deux nouvelles associations rejoignent l'UIJPTT :
 Le Comité national allemand des Jumelages européens des PTT, sis à Darmstadt (Allemagne)
 L'association des JEPTT de Liège (Belgique)

Un quatrième vice-président, Werner Blank, étoffe la composition du bureau.

En juin 1986, à Willingen (République Fédérale d'Allemagne) a lieu le  officiel de l'UIJPTT en présence du Ministre des postes de la République fédérale d'Allemagne, Christian Schwarz-Schilling. Sydney George Creed est réélu Président. Au congrès de Warwick (Grande-Bretagne), en 1989, Sydney George Creed (Grande-Bretagne) est réélu dans ses fonctions de Président de l'UIJPTT, bien que le nombre de mandats était limité à deux par pays. Jean-François Logette (France) remplace Claude Giroux (France) en tant que Secrétaire Général. L'Irlande et la Norvège rejoignent l'UIJPTT. Le Danemark souhaite rejoindre l'UIJPTT.

Le 22 octobre 1991, le siège social de l'UIJPTT est transféré de Paris au 67 avenue Lénine, à Arcueil (Val de Marne). En 1992, au congrès de Porto (Portugal), Jean Lubyj (France) est élu Président de l'UIJPTT. Le mur de Berlin s'est effondré et des pays d'Europe orientale souhaitent rejoindre l'UIJPTT (Roumanie, Pologne, Russie). Jean Lubyj sera le Président de l'UIJPTT qui étendra le mouvement en Europe orientale. La Suisse rejoint officiellement l'UIJPTT.

Au congrès de Roquebrune-Cap-Martin-Menton (France), en 1995, André Szypura (France) succède à Jean Lubyj qui n'a pas souhaité se représenter pour un second mandat. André Szypura poursuivra l'action de Jean Lubyj et continuera de développer le mouvement en Europe orientale avec notamment l'adhésion de la Hongrie.

À Côme, en Italie, le 16 octobre 1998, Nicola Di Biase (Italie) est élu cinquième Président de l'UIJPTT. Une délégation espagnole sera présente pour la première fois. C'est sous le mandat de Nicola Di Biase que sera créé le site Internet de l'UIJPTT.

Au congrès de Berlin, en 2001, Nicola Di Biase sera réélu pour un second mandat. L'UIJPTT change de nom afin de s'adapter à la déréglementation européenne et devient « L'Union Internationale des Jumelages des Postes et Télécommunications » (UIJPT). Cette nouvelle appellation est confirmée. La Hongrie, lors du congrès de Berlin demande officiellement son adhésion à l'UIJPTT. En 2003, le siège social de l'association est transféré d'Arcueil (France – Val de Marne) à Paris , 57 rue de la Colonie.

À Dublin (Irlande), le 15 octobre 2004,  Mike Townsend (Grande-Bretagne) est élu sixième Président de l'UIJPTT. Mike Townsend s'emploie à changer les statuts et donner un nouveau nom à l'association à travers le projet « INUIT » et le 23 avril 2005 l'association devient EUROJUMELAGEPOSTELCOM. Au congrès de Zurich (Suisse), en 2007, Marie-Paule Richonnier (France) est élue première femme Présidente de l'UIJPT face à Mike Townsend qui n'est pas réélu. Le congrès souhaite que le nom de l'association devienne plus lisible et le nom d' « Eurojumelages » est proposé et adopté. En 2010, Eurojumelages organise pour la première fois un congrès dans un pays de l'Europe orientale, à Wisła (Pologne). Marie-Paule Richonnier (France) est réélue pour un second mandat. L'adhésion individuelle à Eurojumelages est adoptée.

Sous le mandat de Marie-Paule Richonnier, des pays où ils n'existent pas des associations de jumelage seront visités à travers les réunions du Conseil d'administration (Bratislava - Slovaquie, Sofia - Bulgarie et Chișinău -Moldavie). C'est également sous le mandat de Marie-Paule Richonnier que Malte rejoint l'association.

En 2013, la  générale triennale d'Eurojumelages a eu lieu à Madrid en Espagne. Un nouveau Président a été élu Marian Fabian (Pologne). Jean-François Logette (France) et Pierre-Yves Videlot (France) sont confirmés respectivement en tant que Secrétaire Général et Trésorier Général.

En 2016, la 11ème assemblée générale triennale d'EUROJUMELAGES a eu lieu à Malte les 11 et 12 novembre. Le Président Marian FABIAN (Pologne) a été réélu. Jean-François LOGETTE (France) et Philippe LEBEAU (France) ont été ratifiés dans leurs fonctions de Secrétaire général et de Trésorier général. Le conseil d'administration a également élu deux vice-présidents : Gerhard Klar (Allemagne) et Michel Morel (France).

En 2019, la 12ème assemblée générale triennale a eu lieu à Hendaye (France). Le Président Peter BACKES (Allemagne) a été élu. Pierre-Yves VIDELOT (France) et Philippe LEBEAU (France) ont été ratifiés dans leurs fonctions de Secrétaire général et de Trésorier général. Le conseil d'administration a également reconduit ses deux vice-présidents : Gerhard Klar (Allemagne) et Michel Morel (France).

La prochaine assemblée générale aura lieu à Wrocław (Pologne) du 29 septembre au 2 octobre 2022.

Aujourd'hui

L'objectif d'Eurojumelages reste :
 de grouper les fédérations et les associations ci-dessus mentionnées, de coordonner leur action et de favoriser la création et le développement des associations nouvelles dans les pays européens ;
 de promouvoir la réalisation de l'objet fondamental des associations de jumelage, à savoir, par le jumelage entre pays européens, entre villes, entre circonscriptions administratives ou entre services, de rapprocher davantage sur le plan humain, du personnel appartenant aux associations ci-dessus mentionnées, ainsi que leurs familles ;
 d'entretenir et d'intensifier l'esprit de jumelage consistant à encourager et à soutenir l'entente amicale et la compréhension entre les peuples, dans le cadre de la profession commune ;
 de favoriser les échanges professionnels et de diffuser des informations sur les nouvelles technologies liées au secteur postal ou des télécommunications ;
 de mettre tout en œuvre pour favoriser les relations sociales, intellectuelles, philanthropiques, littéraires et artistiques, par des échanges de jeunes, de personnels, en activité ou en retraite, par des rencontres familiales et des réunions communes, par des activités linguistiques et toutes autres actions propres à rapprocher les hommes.

En 2017, Eurojumelages réunit  membres à travers 13 pays européens (Allemagne, Danemark, Espagne, France, Grande-Bretagne, Hongrie, Irlande, Italie, Malte, Pologne (Telekom) , Pologne (La poste), Portugal, Roumanie et Suisse).

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White vans are Lara Swimmer's bête noire.
Why, indeed? But still, Swimmer usually manages to part the sea of white vans and get her shot ― one that offers something well beyond routine architectural photography, capturing the spirit of a building and somehow folding it into two dimensions. Most architectural photography allows you to see a building. Swimmer's invites you to experience it.
She returned to Seattle two years later, in a perfect coincidence with her hometown's arc into something big ― thanks to projects like the Paramount Theatre renovation, the Experience Music Project, Benaroya Hall, Safeco Field, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, and the Central Library. Swimmer landed contracts to shoot construction documentaries of all of these, and at the same time built a practice shooting finished buildings for magazines such as Architectural Record and Metropolis.
Few architectural photographers revel in the down 'n' dirty enterprise of construction shots, but Swimmer loves it. "It's like freezing segments of time, an opportunity to document something that will never exist in that form again," she says. She discovers art in the exposed steel-and-concrete viscera of a building in progress. Last year, the Central Library devoted a gallery to her photos of the library's construction, and Documentary Media published a book of the images, which, in the words of architectural writer Bonnie Duncan, "personalizes the building's struggle to emerge." In one photo, the skinless contraption seems to be exploding from its site, like a breaching sea monster. An interior shot with translucent wrappings has a spooky, cryogenic feel, like an off-limits laboratory.
In photos of finished work, Swimmer constantly tests and shatters the rules of architectural photography. She craves human life in her shots, not only for scale but also to keep buildings from looking so pristine. She loves movement, implied or real, like a worker crawling, buglike, across the canted window walls of the Central Library. Her most successful photo of the new Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles prominently features a car (not a white van, happily) whizzing by in a foreground blur, a perfect metaphor for Los Angeles and a complement to Frank O. Gehry's hyperactive architecture.
INFO: Visit www.swimmerphoto.com to see Swimmer's online gallery. Her book, Process: Seattle Central Library (Documentary Media, 2004; $15), is available at bookstores and online.
Great architectural photographs are more about developing your eye than buying equipment. Here are some tips from Lara Swimmer that apply even to vacation snapshots.
• Find your unique way of seeing the building and photograph what is most meaningful to you. Since it's impossible to literally reproduce a building in two dimensions, think of the photograph as documenting your instinctual response to it.
• Inside, "look for places where your eye isn't trapped," Swimmer says–where there isn't a solid wall that closes off the shot.
• Include people as they naturally fit into the life of the building. This requires patience more than planning; you have to sit back and wait.
• Look for the play of light and shadow. Remember that architecture is more than the tangible materials of glass, steel, and concrete.


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NEW DELHI: Businessworld FICCI CSR Award Ceremony to be held on December 7, 2012 at FICCI, Federation House, New Delhi. The Guests of Honor for the function are Shri Sachin Pilot, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs (Independent In charge), GoI, Mr. RV Kanoria, President, FICCI and Mrs. Rajsahree Birla, Chairperson FICCI CSR and Community Development Committee.
This year is the 12th anniversary of the Award. In its journey, this unique platform has seen greater interest and keen involvement amongst corporate and industry thought leaders. In its 12th year, the Award has grown manifold in stature and is one of the most prestigious awards in CSR.
FICCI and Businessworld instituted India's first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award in 1999 to encourage corporate participation in inclusive growth. The Businessworld-FICCI Corporate Social Responsibility Award, until last year was known as the Businessworld-FICCI-SEDF Corporate Social Responsibility Award.
It is an annual award that aims at identifying and recognising the efforts of companies in integrating and internalising Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into their core business operations. The award recognises efforts of the companies which engage in CSR in a strategic and systematic manner and integrate it with their overall corporate strategy. Over the years, the Award has not just grown in size but in stature and is presently recognised as one of the most coveted awards in the area of CSR. The initiative has given various companies an opportunity to showcase exemplary initiatives taken up by them.
The Award follows an exclusive three-tier assessment process, independent of the organizers – FICCI and Businessworld. Nominations received are thoroughly scrutinized by reputed international accountants and business advisors, Grant Thornton, India. Subsequently, Birla Institute of Management Technology, India, a well known Management School, conducts 'on-site assessment' of the CSR work of the shortlisted companies. Finally, an Independent Jury comprising eminent personalities from the relevant spheres makes the final selection of the Award winners. The final selection for the Award is made by an Independent Jury comprising eminent personalities from different spheres.
A number of companies including Mahindra & Mahindra, SAIL, Tata Tea, Infosys, Tata Chemicals, HINDALCO, TISCO, TELCO, Lupin, Gujarat Ambuja Cement have been recognised for their exemplary work in the area of CSR, in the past.
Over the years, the awards have been presented by luminaries like Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India, Shri P. Chidambaram, Union Minister for Finance, Shri Yashwant Sinha, Union Minister for Finance, Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry and Shri M Veerappa Moily, Minister for Corporate Affairs, Government of India.


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She and Tom stayed in close touch and, when Magali Farms changed hands, Tom called to ask, "What are you doing with the barn on the back of the property?" At first it was just a few horses, but Katie recently purchased a second property, nearby, to accommodate the growing influx of patients. The majority are Thoroughbreds affiliated with Tom, plus referrals from Alamo Pintado Equine Hospital, for whom she's handled several horses over the years. A few are Arabians whose owners have discovered the range of high quality care Katie and her team provide. Between both properties, Katie has 20 acres with stalls, paddocks, and pasture space to meet wide-ranging needs.
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Did you experience changes in your eyesight during pregnancy? I had 20/20 vision prior to my first pregnancy, and ended up needing glasses by the end. In this second pregnancy, my eyesight has gotten even worse, and I had to go for a new eye exam and purchase a new pair of glasses. My eye doctor has assured me that my vision could potentially improve after I stop nursing, but here is some information about how vision is measured.
Learn how to interpret the ways eye doctors measure your vision. From the chart used during an eye exam to what the letters on your prescription mean, you'll get an idea of what goes into correcting your eyesight.
Ever wonder what 20/20 vision means? Confused by the numbers and letters on your eyeglasses prescription? These may seem too complicated for the average person, but you don't have to be an eye doctor to understand them. Read on to decipher the meanings behind how your eyesight is measured.
The 20/20 scale measures a person's visual acuity, or sharpness of their vision. This is based on the standard eye chart, known as the Snellen eye chart, which is widely used for eye exams in the United States. Developed in the 1860s by a Dutch eye doctor, the most common variation features a large capital letter E at the top followed by ten rows of various other capital letters that get progressively smaller as they go down.
To measure eyesight, this chart is placed twenty feet away from a person's eyes, or mirrors are used to make it appear as though it is twenty feet away. Normal vision, or 20/20 vision, means that a person can read a letter at 20 feet – the distance it's been deemed a person should be able to read it from. If a person has 20/50 vision, this means they can see at 20 feet what a person with normal vision sees at 50 feet. Typically the fourth line of letters from the bottom denotes 20/20 vision, with the better-than-average 20/15, 20/10 and 20/5 below that.
What does my eyeglass prescription mean?
When you look at your prescription for eyeglasses, the first things you might notice are the two-letter abbreviations. These are abbreviations for Latin words.
SPH = sphere: This indicates the prescription's power and how strong the lenses need to be.
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Axis: This describes the degree and direction of astigmatism.
Add: This is an indicator of how much magnifying power is needed in a bifocal or progressive lens.
Prism: This indicates the amount of prismatic power needed to correct eye alignment problems. Only a small percentage of eyeglasses wearers need this.
Generally, the further from zero the numbers on a prescription are, the worse the person's eyesight is. A plus sign in front of the number indicates farsightedness and a minus sign means nearsightedness. The numbers represent diopters which is the unit used to measure the lens power necessary to correct vision.
Though a little complicated, the Latin abbreviations and numbers are used as a standardized format in an effort to make prescriptions universally readable worldwide. After your next eye exam, have your eye doctor walk you through the details of your prescription. You might surprise yourself by how much it makes sense now that you know the basics.
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New Orleans Hornets by the Numbers: New Toys From the NBA
By: Joe Gerrity
The NBA hooked us up with a new stat tool, so I'm taking it for a test drive.
Here's a nice quote about Griffin by Monty, too– "He's no fool — he knows he's making people look crazy and guys don't like that. He's gotta expect some of that. It's just gonna happen. If you jump 5 feet over somebody and dunk it and you got people coming up to you and hugging you after you do it, the opponent's not gonna say, 'Oh, man, can you do that again?'
Zero players on the Hornets are averaging over 20 points per 36 minutes.
One active Hornet (Farouq) is averaging less than 10 pts/36mins
The Hornets most popular two man lineups aren't doing too hot.
Three of the four most played five-man lineups have done well, but the exception has been terrible.
Speaking of five, there has yet to be a five-win month, but they have three chances to make it happen in March (@Warriors, @Lakers and @Blazers)
Six points total is how many the Hornets have been outscored by in the seven minutes that have taken place with less than 30 seconds to go in the game while being within 3 points of their opposition
Eight games won since the All-Star break.
In the Hornets nine wins with Jarrett Jack active, he's done less for the team than he has in their 33 losses. His usage rate and percentage of field goals attempted are both down in wins and up in losses. He also shoots better from the field in losses, while accumulating slightly more assists and a slightly better assist/TO ratio. Overall though, he appears to have the ball in his hands a bit less in wins than in losses.
Ten is the number I rate the Hornets win over the Clippers on a scale of one to ten.
The Hornets have lost 11 of the 14 games in which they've been within 3 points either way of their opposition with less than 10 seconds left
Gustavo Ayon wears number 15, but maybe he should be number one. He's a member of the Hornets most successful…
…two-man lineup (Gustavo and Vasquez combined to play 296 minutes while out-scoring their opponents by 52)
…three-man lineup (Gustavo, Vasquez and Henry have played 103 minutes, outscoring their opponents by 58)
…four-man lineup (Gustavo, Vasquez, Henry, and Farouq have played 72 minutes together and have outscored their opposition by 42)
and five-man lineup (Aminu, Gustavo, Squeaky, Summers, and Greivis are +18 in 9 minutes).
The Hornets have lost 17 of the 26 games in which they've been within five points of their opposition with less than 3 minutes to play.
They've lost 19 of the 21 games in which they've trailed trailed by less than five or been tied with 3 minutes or less to go. In 2008-2009 the Hornets won 15 of their 29 games in which they found themselves in that situation.
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Q: Custom Function Wrong Data Type - Why? Also How to debug? I have written a custom function and am not sure how to figure out the issue.
If someone knows why it is erroring out, that would be of interest for sure so that I can get it to work.
But in the spirit of learning to fish I also need to know how to sort this out on my own next time. If I change it to a sub and uncomment the test variables section (and comment the function= line at the end so the sub doesn't complain about it) I use it perfectly.
If I go to the sheet and put the function into a cell with the same info as in the test section it throws a wrong data type error. I tried setting breakpoints to step through but it doesn't event get to screenupdating=false apparently.
What it does - in case it matters - I see that frequently in posts so figured I'd preempt it. Skip this part if it doesn't matter. :-)
Basically it flips the vlookup around so that =InvertedVLookup(Q25:Q43,R25:V43,N25,5) looks at cell N25 as a string and then uses the list of strings in q25:q43 as part of a substring search. If it finds a match it returns the value from the 5th column where the match was. If it doesn't find a match it looks at the values in r25:v43 line by line, expanding comma delimited lines in order to find the line that has the most matches. Its for orders that don't have normalized text.
So Red Fire Truck truck001 in N25 would be looked at repeatedly by the parts list in column Q and if there is a truck001 it would return column 5(price). If not it would look through r:v for any that have truck then any that did it will look at the color and other descriptors. This way If we get Fire truck truck001 red or truck, fire, red truck001 it finds it. Likewise if we keep seeing the same abbreviation or misspelling we can comma delimit that so that red, redd would find the match while both are in the same cell.
Public Function InvertedVLookup(Substrings_Array As Variant, Table_Array As Variant, Target_String As String, Column_Index_To_Return As Integer, Optional Approx_Match As Boolean = True)
'by rodger.tampa@gmail.com

    Application.ScreenUpdating = False

    Dim sResult
    Dim LB As Integer, UB As Integer, LB2 As Integer, UB2 As Integer, iMax As Integer
    Dim bDuplicate As Boolean
    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Dim aExpanded_Table_Array
    Set ws = ActiveSheet
    Dim aTableDelimitersExpanded()
    Dim aApproxMatch() As Integer

    '    ' =========== test variables ==== comment out when using function instead of sub ==============
    '    Dim Substrings_Array  As Variant
    '    Dim Table_Array  As Variant
    '    Dim Target_String As String
    '    Dim Column_Index_To_Return As Integer
    '    Dim Approx_Match As Boolean
    '    Substrings_Array = ws.Cells.Range("Q25:Q43")
    '    Table_Array = ws.Cells.Range("R25:V43")
    '    Target_String = ws.Cells.Range("N26").Value
    '    Column_Index_To_Return = 5
    '    Approx_Match = True
    '    ' =========== test variables ==== comment out when using function instead of sub ==============

    bDuplicate = False
    iMax = 0

        LB = LBound(Substrings_Array)
        UB = UBound(Substrings_Array)
        LB2 = LBound(Table_Array, 2)
        UB2 = UBound(Table_Array, 2)

    Dim strTemp As String
    For i = LB To UB
        If IsNull(Substrings_Array(i, 1)) = False Then
            If InStr(LCase(Target_String), LCase(Substrings_Array(i, 1))) > 0 Then
                sResult = i
                Exit For
            End If
        Else
            sResult = "Target String Null"
            GoTo ErrorHandling
        End If
    Next i

    If IsEmpty(sResult) = True Then
        If Approx_Match = True Then
            ReDim Preserve aTableDelimitersExpanded(LB To UB, LB2 To UB2)
            ReDim aApproxMatch(1 To UB, 1 To 1)
            Dim str
            Dim strSplit() As String

            'Check for and total the number of matching qualifiers
            For i = LB To UB
                For j = LBound(Table_Array, 2) To UBound(Table_Array, 2)
                    strSplit = Split(Table_Array(i, j), ", ")
                    For k = LBound(strSplit) To UBound(strSplit)
                        If IsNull(strSplit(k)) = False Then
                            If InStr(LCase(Target_String), LCase(strSplit(k))) > 0 Then
                                aApproxMatch(i, 1) = aApproxMatch(i, 1) + 1
                            End If
                        End If
                    Next k
                Next j
            Next i

            'look at aApproxMatch table for highest value to indicate best match
            For i = LB To UB
                If aApproxMatch(i, 1) > iMax Then
                    iMax = aApproxMatch(i, 1)
                    sResult = i
                    bDuplicate = False
                ElseIf aApproxMatch(i, 1) = iMax Then
                    bDuplicate = True
                End If
            Next i

            'check for ties based on qualifiers
            If bDuplicate = True Then
                sResult = "Multiple Matches"
                GoTo ErrorHandling
            End If
        Else
            sResult = "No Match"
            GoTo ErrorHandling
        End If
    End If

    'return the result
    sResult = Table_Array(sResult, Column_Index_To_Return)

ErrorHandling:
    'If sResult = "Target String Null"
    'If sResult = "No Match"
    'If sResult = "Multiple Matches"

    InvertedVLookup = sResult
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Function

A: this should work as wanted:
Public Function InvertedVLookup(Substrings_Array As Variant, Table_Array As Variant, Target_String As String, Column_Index_To_Return As Integer, Optional Approx_Match As Boolean = True)
  Dim sResult
  Dim Bou(2) As Long
  Dim aApproxMatch() As Integer
  Dim strSplit() As String
  Bou(0) = LBound(Substrings_Array.Value)
  Bou(1) = UBound(Substrings_Array.Value)
  For i = Bou(0) To Bou(1)
    If IsNull(Substrings_Array(i, 1)) Then
      InvertedVLookup = "Target String Null"
      Exit Function
    Else
      If InStr(LCase(Target_String), LCase(Substrings_Array(i, 1))) Then
     'If InStr(1, Target_String, Substrings_Array(i, 1), 1) Then '<~~~ better use this than LCase
        sResult = i
        Exit For
      End If
    End If
  Next i
  If IsEmpty(sResult) Then
    If Approx_Match Then
      ReDim aApproxMatch(1 To Bou(1), 1 To 1)
      For i = Bou(0) To Bou(1)
        For j = LBound(Table_Array.Value, 2) To UBound(Table_Array.Value, 2)
          strSplit = Split(Table_Array(i, j), ", ")
          For k = LBound(strSplit) To UBound(strSplit)
            If Not IsNull(strSplit(k)) Then
              If InStr(LCase(Target_String), LCase(strSplit(k))) Then
             'If InStr(1, Target_String, strSplit(k), 1) Then '<~~~ better use this than LCase
                aApproxMatch(i, 1) = aApproxMatch(i, 1) + 1
              End If
            End If
          Next k
        Next j
      Next i
      For i = Bou(0) To Bou(1)
        If aApproxMatch(i, 1) > Bou(2) Then
          Bou(2) = aApproxMatch(i, 1)
          sResult = i
        ElseIf aApproxMatch(i, 1) = Bou(2) Then
          InvertedVLookup = "Multiple Matches"
          Exit Function
        End If
      Next i
    Else
      InvertedVLookup = "No Match"
      Exit Function
    End If
  End If
  InvertedVLookup = Table_Array(sResult, Column_Index_To_Return)
End Function

Skipped a lot of obsolete code...

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Pretentious writing tag
Why do we have pretentious-writing? Should we delete it?
I can't think of a constructive use of it. I vote for removal.
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I can think of one use for it - causing a someone to ask the question "What is considered pretentious writing and what is the word to describe writing that isn't pretentious?" Should be an interesting discussion that will probably end in "I know it when I see it!" :) – ColleenV♦ Feb 10 '15 at 22:36
"Why do we have this tag? Should we delete it? / We have because we do, delete we should. / We treat the trees and mustn't judge the wood / And when a tag is bad, we must admit it." (I couldn't help writing a pretentious quatrain comment :-) – CowperKettle Feb 11 '15 at 11:26
Before one lambastes this mechanism of categorization, ponder the juxtaposing scenario of diminishing standards (of which ours have attained a lofty level!) objectionable by any means, and again without which this site is fraught to devolve into the unnamed plethora of the common and the inconsequential. Ergo, we should endeavor to maintain the tag ipso facto the broader context of the tag itself. – CoolHandLouis Feb 11 '15 at 17:30
The tag should go.
It's a meta tag. Any question that only has this tag is mistagged.
It's subjective beyond the point of being useful.
No one will ever watch this tag or search for more questions about pretentious English.
If people really need to call something pretentious, they can do so without a tag.
It's not very Nice.
Let's axe it.
snailboat♦snailboat
If the tag had a different name, would it be less objectionable? (Have you read the description?) I don't understand it as a meta tag, but a tag for questions about passages with misused big words and unnecessary complexity, which a learner can easily mistake for models of clarity and erudition. – Ben Kovitz Feb 17 '15 at 14:24
About whether anyone would search for the questions: I've put a thought about that in another answer. – Ben Kovitz Feb 17 '15 at 14:53
BTW, for me, "It's not very Nice" is the strongest argument against the tag. The name pretentious-writing seems to invite mean-spirited use, even with the definition given, so I certainly favor renaming it. And if a name can't be found to fix this problem, then I favor just giving up and axing it completely, whatever benefits it has. – Ben Kovitz Feb 22 '15 at 18:08
The problem is not just the tag name, but what its described purpose is. – kiamlaluno Oct 9 '16 at 18:20
It probably wouldn't have occurred to me to create such a tag, but I do think it could be useful.
Maybe it's not the best name - purple prose comes to mind as a possible alternative, for example. But we do get asked questions about "obscure" constructions used in such contexts.
Often it's precisely because flowery/pretentious writing includes features unfamiliar to non-native speakers that we get questions about them. But in many cases it turns out that from the average learner's point of view, the most appropriate answer is something along the lines of...
The grammatical feature/vocabulary being queried is a feature of atypical "pretentious writing", which should in general be avoided.
I can see there might be problems if people start throwing the tag around indiscriminately (and one must always distinguish archaic, formal from pretentious), but that's no reason to preclude using it at all.
FumbleFingersFumbleFingers
Yes, it may not be that useless. :) But don't you think there should be a more general tag for it? Maybe something that covers speaking, as well as writing? – M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ Feb 10 '15 at 17:27
@MARamezani: Like I said, it may not be the best name. But if people agree the idea of a tag covering such usages is useful, there's nothing to stop us "synonymising" it with other names (such as purple prose, pretentious speech/language) that could reasonably be used for the same characteristic. – FumbleFingers Feb 10 '15 at 18:02
One reader's "pretentious" is another reader's "ornate" and yet another's "poetic". How about bare "literary"? That marks a distinct 'dialect' without prejudging the author's motivations, which can be left to individual answerers. – StoneyB Feb 10 '15 at 22:28
Surely that's a good bung this onto ELU indication? – Araucaria Feb 11 '15 at 0:26
@StoneyB: I actually thought about including creative [writing] along with archaic, formal as "distinct categories". I didn't include it in the end because I foresaw something along the lines of what you say (and I hoped if I kept away from it, so would everyone else! :). You're right, of course - value-laden "opinion" tags aren't really appropriate. I'll leave my answer "as is" for now, but I can see literary has more going for it than purple prose. – FumbleFingers Feb 11 '15 at 0:45
@Araucaria On the contrary, I think it is precisely learners who, even if they are fairly advanced in their studies, lack the broad familiarity with the language which would tell them which uses are 'standard' and which exclusively 'literary'. – StoneyB Feb 11 '15 at 1:26
I'm glad you decided not to propose creative [anything]; it's a term which I detest, both as a professional writer and as an erstwhile literary scholar. :) – StoneyB Feb 11 '15 at 1:28
I think we should axe it, but if I had realized it was there, I can think of several questions I might have been tempted to apply it to, questions that involved untangling the grammar of graduate-level academic writing, or archaism in poetry. Pretentious is not the right word, though. What I want is a tag meaning something like "not normal English", "triple black diamond language slope", "even native speakers struggle with this". Such a tag might be then useful for advanced ELLs, who wanted some challenging examples on which to sharpen their skills.
CodeswitcherCodeswitcher
Yes! I don't like the word "pretentious", either. Just something to indicate that the usage in question is actually misusage or unnecessarily complex—not typical, clear, straightforward English. – Ben Kovitz Feb 22 '15 at 7:08
@BenKovitz, I'm not looking for a tag that encodes value judgments such as "unnecessarily complex". That doesn't seem useful or appropriate. And I don't think having a tag for misusage is useful either. I'm proposing a tag that indicates Extreme English. For instance, we had someone in China asking questions that were clearly drawn from financial/investment documents, perhaps prospectuses, that were legally technical. The complexity of that language was not unnecessary or wrong. It was functional. But it was effectively in a dialect, "corporate legalese". – Codeswitcher Feb 22 '15 at 17:45
Working alongside a patent lawyer once, I was told explicitly that the complex grammar and confusing vocabulary is indeed chosen deliberately to obscure the meaning. It's a form of intimidation. It happens in many fields, and I think fluent speakers can usually spot it easily. I do think that cluing readers in on this kind of thing is worthwhile. But I agree with what you're saying, too, and I think a tag that enables searching for questions about this kind of difficult language (even if not intentionally obscure) would be worthwhile. Maybe difficult-language? – Ben Kovitz Feb 22 '15 at 17:57
@BenKovitz Heh, I believe it. I'm actually kind of liking extreme-english but I'm not sure it is transparent enough. – Codeswitcher Feb 22 '15 at 18:04
Maybe obscure-passage, obscure-language? – Ben Kovitz Feb 22 '15 at 18:09
@BenKovitz Not bad, but not great. I still like extreme-english better. – Codeswitcher Feb 22 '15 at 18:15
@BenKovitz I'm thinking from your suggestions that you're thinking of tags as a way of commenting on questions. Is that right? Like, a way of posting a warning. I'm thinking of them as categories, as a way of finding things that are similar. – Codeswitcher Feb 22 '15 at 18:16
Say, this user asks a lot of questions about very hard passages. I don't think that most of them are deliberately obscure or misuse big words. They're just naturally hard. How'd you like to take a look through this user's questions and see how many would use the tag you're imagining, or how hard it would be to draw a clear line between the ones that qualify and the ones that don't (so people don't argue about it)? – Ben Kovitz Feb 22 '15 at 18:16
I'm thinking of tags primarily as labels for whatever is most salient. That amounts to categories of similar things, with the restriction that whatever that makes them similar be salient. Searching is one of the main uses, but not the only use. See my answer to ColleenV's comment here for more about the many uses of tags on SE sites. – Ben Kovitz Feb 22 '15 at 18:22
Having scanned a few, I'd suggest that any question which requires understanding an unusual register or style qualifies. So questions about archaic writing, yes; questions about legalese, yes; questions about poetry, yes; questions about dialect, yes. But just because a passage is in legalese doesn't mean that you need to know legalese to answer the question: that user has a question that hinges on the simple definition of the word "circumscribe" and though the passage is legalese, the question isn't particularly obscure or difficult. – Codeswitcher Feb 22 '15 at 18:24
@BenKovitz Read your reply to ColleenV; that's all well and good, but I think we're optimizing for different usages. Your suggestions here all seem very valenced in a way that is intended to communicate something pejorative, either that something is bad style or deliberately occult or similar, as part of that "accumulated wisdom" you note in tags. I'm looking for something more neutral to better serve discovery and subscription. – Codeswitcher Feb 22 '15 at 18:29
I agree. While writing guides do mention "pretentious language" a lot, so the concept is clearly part of the accumulated wisdom, for ELL's purposes it would be better to eliminate the pejorative meaning and distinguish only the fact that the passage is in some way unusually difficult, so learners should not take it as a model of ordinary, straightforward English. (BTW, I tried to word the pretentious-writing tag wiki bluntly but without scolding readers against it. That sort of language does have its uses; I'm sure it's a part of life in all cultures. But anyway…) – Ben Kovitz Feb 22 '15 at 18:45
Actually, I think having some sort of tag for "Advanced" questions would be useful. I know @LawArea51Proposal-Commit has been looking for advanced examples and I'm sure there are other learners that would like to filter out the more basic questions. I can definitely see the collection of questions for that tag being useful, where I can't see it for "pretentious" or a less polarizing synonym. Yes, there's still some gray area in deciding where to draw the line between advanced or not, but it's much smaller. – ColleenV♦ Feb 23 '15 at 18:35
Some reasons in favor of the tag
The tag's constructive use is to clearly identify questions about passages that are unclear or misuse jargon in order to feign respectability, which an EFL learner can naïvely think are normal, clear, or respectable English.
It's similar to the archaic tag, which identifies questions about vocabulary and grammar that are no longer in common use and consequently are poetic or obscure. A fluent speaker usually recognizes pretentious language and archaic language for what they are, but an EFL learner can't yet tell the difference from ordinary modern English. A learner can easily think that the reason they don't understand the passage is because of their own lack of knowledge of basic English grammar or vocabulary. Or they can treat the passage as a model that they should imitate, because they found it in a respectable-looking source.
I think it helps to have a name for this kind of writing. The term "pretentious writing" is a little clumsy, and it unfortunately excludes speech, but it also has a lot of established usage. I assume that the same phenomenon—people speaking obscurely in order to sound wiser than they are—occurs in all languages. Tagging it helps an EFL learner see the similarity with pretentious writing in their own language.
Pretentious writing often backfires: it makes the writer appear stupid or dishonest in the eyes of people who know the topic, though it can also make the writer appear wise in the eyes of the ignorant. EFL learners should know what they're getting into if they use this kind of language.
The tag wiki provides a helpful explanation that a question-answerer can link to just by adding the tag.
An answer to a reason against the tag
Some comments objected that pretentious writing can't be defined: "I'll know it when I see it." "One reader's 'pretentious' is another reader's 'ornate' and yet another's 'poetic'."
Actually, incorrect use of big words is pretty clear-cut in many cases. For example:
Wolfgang von Heisenberg, the penultimate quantum mechanician, proved resolutely by rigorous tangential methods the volutional structural consciousness which is indisputable (as Noam Chomsky facetiously observed in his own pioneering studies) by all the most educated scientists and physicists.
gets Heisenberg's name wrong, misuses "penultimate", misuses "resolutely" for "absolutely", uses the malapropism "volutional" for "volitional", uses "structural" with no apparent meaning, misuses "facetiously", etc. Overall, it doesn't really mean anything despite the big words and name-dropping. The sentence tries to sound very formal and credible, and unwittingly invites snickers. It could have been written by a native speaker unwittingly demonstrating their ignorance, or by a non-fluent speaker struggling to get respect for an idea, but either way, it comes across as phony and inflated and it doesn't convey any clear meaning. Part of learning English is learning to recognize that.
Overcomplicated syntax is less clear-cut, but take a look at the example in the tag wiki and see if you don't think that's unmistakably obscure. A simple test is if rewriting the passage in plain English reduces the meaning to almost nothing. I was inspired to create the tag when I saw this question, which contained an extraordinarily dense paragraph that turned out to mean only a triviality.
(By the way, if I quoted you above, it doesn't mean I think you've decided against the tag. It means I think this objection deserves a serious answer.)
Another reason against the tag
A possible problem with this tag is that people might start using it to tag pet peeves about individual words. For example, some people don't like saying "ascertain" instead of "find out". I'd prefer that the tag be limited to questions about passages that are hopelessly obscure, and which an EFL learner should not even bother trying to unscramble or imitate.
My overall feeling right now, though, is to let the tag stay, see if problems develop, and figure out how to address them when and if that happens. I've tried to word the tag wiki to keep the tag limited to its use for EFL learners.
Ben KovitzBen Kovitz
I'm not objecting to anything in your answer, but it made me wonder "What is the purpose of a tag on ELL?" Is it merely to categorize questions, or is its purpose to help folks looking for an answer to narrow their search? If learners are unable to easily identify "pretentious writing", does the tag help them find answers to their question? Will a learner ever initially tag their question with it, or will it only be reviewers that tag it after the fact to categorize the question? – ColleenV♦ Feb 11 '15 at 19:17
@ColleenV I wondered the same thing myself for a long time. At first, I thought tags were just to help questioners search for answers. Then I discovered (on stackoverflow.com) that people subscribe to a tag because they like answering questions about a specific topic, or to learn about it. On ELL, I found myself using tags just to see what people had asked about a topic. If you want to see how EFL learners struggle with the present-perfect, looking over questions with that tag is great way to do it. Eventually, it dawned on me that the tags themselves are a kind of accumulated wisdom.… – Ben Kovitz Feb 11 '15 at 21:55
@ColleenV …Just by looking at the list of tags, you learn something important about the overall topic (not something you can put into words, though). And then I saw that answerers often tag a question with some insight that the questioner couldn't possibly have before asking: "Your question is actually about subject-verb agreement." My current thinking is that tags serve a function like words or file folders: they embody a conceptualization of the topic. There's no way to exhaustively list all the uses of that. A rough way to say the purpose would be: to mark important question categories. – Ben Kovitz Feb 11 '15 at 21:57
I agree that looking over the tags is a great way to generate a catalog of information for the topic, and I think that tagging things appropriately is a very important activity for reviewers. I just wonder when I click on the "pretentious writing" tag whether that accumulation of questions will be particularly useful. I often use tags to run down potentially related questions, so even if you don't put them in the search box, they're still essentially a search tool. It's difficult to imagine wanting to search for or follow "pretentious writing". – ColleenV♦ Feb 11 '15 at 22:03
This answer is so long that I think it qualifies for the tag. – levininja Feb 12 '15 at 4:05
About whether anyone would search for the questions: I've encountered a number of EFL learners who unwittingly sound pretentious (and unknowingly suffer for it). I can't say for sure that it would be useful to tell them "look over some of these questions", but I understand pretentiousness to be something like register and grammaticality: obvious to a fluent speaker who knows the topic but hard for a naīve reader to perceive. It's an important aspect of language, which many basic writing guides explain (examples).
How many questions are there that are about pretentiousness rather than something that can have different, more meaningful tags applied, like register or meaning-in-context? Is a question that is only about how pretentious the writing is on-topic if there isn't a more specific concern? I think this is categorizing the source of the question rather than the question itself. I feel the same way about the "lyrics" tag. A question that was inspired by a song lyric can be about grammaticality, for example. – ColleenV♦ Feb 17 '15 at 17:26
@ColleenV The tag might not be a good idea, but I'd hate to see it rejected because it refers to the source of the question. Part of the glory of multiple tags is that they let you categorize simultaneously in different ways. Currently, there are no questions about pretentiousness; however, the tag might encourage someone to ask, since tags themselves teach concepts. – Ben Kovitz Feb 17 '15 at 18:13
In your opinion, is the question "Is this paragraph I read considered pretentious writing?" on topic? I would close that as primarily opinion based. In fact I think in many instances the application of the pretentious writing tag is opinion based, which isn't really good for categorizing things. One man's pretense is another man's poetry. – ColleenV♦ Feb 17 '15 at 18:23
Also, I think that trying to categorize questions by the source they came from is a huge can of worms we don't want to open. If the question is about verb agreement, it shouldn't matter whether it came from pretentious writing, lyrics, a fiction novel, or a wikipedia article. The only sources that matter in terms of categorization are the ones that have their own rules, like legal or headlinese. – ColleenV♦ Feb 17 '15 at 18:33
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Ghana: Socialist Movement of Ghana Condemns Criminal Tag On Assange
Ghanaian Times (Accra)
The Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG) has condemned the effort to criminalise Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks and the practice of "investigative" journalism.
According to them, the effort had involved the abuse of judicial processes to extradite Julian Asange to the United States of America for allegedly leaking state secrets and endangering the lives of operatives deployed in the illegal war in Iraq and the adventures of the USA and its allies in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Director of International Relations Department, Justice Henaku and copied to the Ghanaian Times in Accra yesterday.
It said "we are deeply conscious of the fact that the secrets which Assange and WikiLeaks allegedly released are evidence of the abuse of state power in the commission of crimes against humanity."
The statement said the crimes had included extra-judicial killings, kidnapping, torture and other horrendous forms of abuse of the fundamental human rights of people including journalists and non-combatants.
"It is indeed shocking that the perpetrators of these crimes are walking free and are even in some cases treated as distinguished statesmen and women whiles Assange is being hounded as a common criminal," it added.
It said "this twist of values must be troubling for all those who are committed to the building of a new world based on the principles of probity, accountability and transparency."
The statement said those engaged in the criminalisation of free expression were the very forces which had held themselves as the moral compasses of all societies and had been pontificating on strict adherence to the value and principles of democracy including the construction of open societies.
"These are countries which have gone to war resulting in the deaths of millions of people under the cloak of resorting the democratic rights of citizens," it stated.
The SMG, therefore, called on the Ghana Journalists Association, the West African Media Foundation, organisations of lawyers, civil society organisations and individuals to declare their unflinching solidarity with Julian Assange.
"We must come together to mobilise world opinion in support of the struggle to free Assange from the stranglehold of abuse of the right to free expression," it added.
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