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Taking Hannanism seriously
Jerry Cohen, the Oxford political philosopher who died this month, dedicated a lifetime to the political principle "to each according to need". But he would also have understood very well what motivated Dan Hannan's unpopular attacks this week on the Marxist "NHS".
As Cohen wrote of ideology in politics.
Considered as practical proposals, the theories of Friedman, Hayek and Nozick were crazy, crazy in the strict sense that you would have to be crazy to think that such proposals (eg abolition of all regulation of professional standards and of safety at work, abolition of state money, abolition of all welfare provision) might be implemented in the near, medium or long-term. The theories are in that sense crazy because they are uncompromisingly fundamental: they were not devised with one eye on electoral possibility. And, just for that reason, their serviceability in electoral and other political contest is very great. Politicians and activists can press not-so-crazy right-wing proposals with conviction because they have the strength of commitment that depends upon depth of conviction, and depth comes from theory that is too fundamental to be practicable in a direct sense.
(With thanks to Jonathan Rutherford for the link to Cohen's 1994 New Left Review essay, in the thread discussing Stuart White's tribute to Jerry Cohen's work last weekend).
Yet look at how quickly Dan Hannan's fairweather friends foresake their hero now.
Was it not ConservativeHome which successfully campaigned for Hannan to get a keynote speaking slot at the Tory spring conference. Indeed 87% wanted him to get a keynote slot this Autumn?
And why not, Dave. Why not?
Now one editor Tim Montgomerie notes that Hannan's deriding the NHS as Marxist has "zero relevance" to Tory health policy. His co-editor Jonathan Isaby twitters that he will be on Sky News between 7pm and 7.30pm tonight "wondering how a backbench Tory MEP can provoke such a media storm". With apologies for being sacriligeous, you may well hear the cock crowing three times if you tune in.
Yet Hannan's real model is John the Baptist - also known as Keith Joseph - who acted as an outrider for Margaret Thatcher by maintaining an ideological Hayekian position when it was politically off the agenda. Hannan is equally committed to sticking to the fundamentals of his deeply ideological position in public debate even if, and especially when, it is politically inconvenient.
So let this be said in praise of Dan Hannan. He believes that ideas matter in politics - and he knows what he believes.
Granted, his ideas are often quite mad. Many of us stuck here in the "reality-based community" were bemused when Hannan's advocacy of the complete national and international deregulation which made Iceland a model of freedom and prosperity for us all changed not one iota when that country went bust.
YouGov polling shows that his view that the NHS was a mistake from the start is shared by 1% of the British population. But Hannan is irrepressible in the face of such opposition. I have no doubt he will be thinking that there is a constituency of half a million Hannanites from which to build, right there.
So, of course, the Conservative Party knows that it would be political and electoral suicide to be entirely Hannanite. And David Cameron has been expressing his own support for the NHS today.
Yet here are three reasons why Hannanism matters rather more than some of its slightly more moderate supporters will want to admit this weekend.
1. The big idea: Hannan is both the most strident and the most feted contemporary British advocate of what has been the dominant idea in the Anglo-American right for the last thirty years.
The idea is that "less state equals more freedom".
There is still every reason to think that this remains the dominant ideological belief in the Conservative Party.
Listen carefully to debates on the right and objections to Hannanism are often matters of strategy and tactics. Many Conservatives disagree with the vehemence with which Hannan expresses his views. But these are usually differences of degree, rather than differences of directionality. Few want to go as far as Hannan in taking arguments to their logical conclusion.
So the content of Hannanism - less state, less tax, less regulation, less Europe - remains the content of most Conservative public advocacy.
This is why Hannan does often succeed in framing debates within the Conservative party, and why he has often proved effective in creating ideological space for more moderate right-wingers.
He has not won the argument for getting out of the European Union, but he is confident that he is advancing quickly. And he can point to significant successes in holding his leadership's feet to the fire. When David Cameron finally had to face up to a choice between breaking a pledge to Hannan's Eurosceptics or a deep diplomatic rift with Merkel and Sarkozy, it was not Dan Hannan who ended up disappointed. (I have written before than Hannan is something of a Tory Trot, but you would struggle to find comparable policy successes of Labour's Campaign Group left within their own party in the last twenty years).
2. Generational change:
This generation of Conservatives were deeply influenced by the Thatcher-Reagan counter-revolution of the 1980s. They understand the need to modernise the party's image. But, on the whole, they do not accept that there is a case for a deep shift in the party's underlying ideological and political beliefs.
It is fair to say that this comes across fairly strongly in surveys of the next generation of PPCs, conducted by ConservativeHome and The Guardian.
It is never difficult to hear from "outriders" who believe that Cameron will succeed if he is bold in becoming more right-wing in office. Fraser Nelson, Tim Montgomerie, Iain Dale and all in different ways promote a modern Conservatism as the politically successful rehabilitation of the party's Thatcherite core beliefs. A more Hannanite view still is expressed from outside the party in the populist libertarianism of Guido Fawkes.
By contrast, you may search the blogsophere in vain for prominent Conservative grassroots voices who are "outriders" to the left of the frontbench, upstream of the occasional delphic progressive arguments of Mr Letwin or Mr Willetts. The uber-modernisers are a small group party strategists, journalists and think-tankers. They, so far, lack any significant constituency in the party. The so-called progressive Conservativism has been much more discussed in The Guardian, at Demos, on Liberal Conspiracy or on Next Left than they are in right-of-centre think-tanks and websites.
3. Where is the alternative?
Perhaps the main reason that Hannanism retains its grip because David Cameron has not identified an alternative position of any substantive depth or coherence.
That does not mean that Cameron is not aware of the dangers and limits of Hannanism. One Tory frontbencher David Willetts cleverly described himself as a libertarian who had had children; other Tory frontbenchers might be described as Thatcherites who have looked at the opinion polls. Boris Johnson's London Mayoralty, with its equality strategy and centrist noises, demonstrate the difficulties of Hannanism in power.
So Cameron has attempted a more pluralist Toryism. He has tried to sponsor delicate blooms of Green and Red Toryism which would barely exist without his patronage. But nothing has yet put down any significant roots in the party iself.
This is why Cameronism has often looked like a media strategy in search of a big idea. As one Tory frontbencher told John Harris recently, David Cameron "wants to find a view of the world which is right-wing and Tory yet which explains why he doesn't want village post offices to shut". Cameron is something of a dispositional Conservative: he doesn't want his party to become narrowly libertarian, fearing that a Toryism "that knows the price of everything and the value of nothing" is inadequate.
Cameron gets "mood music" on this from Phillip Blond. But even the party leadership recognises this is work in progress at best, and freely admits that the 'progressive' Cameron agenda at the top is a very elitist, top down project, involving perhaps a dozen people at most.
This lack of any coherent alternative also helps to explain why the Tory frontbench's response to the recession saw it so quickly return to the comfort zone of Margaret Thatcher's household economics, eschewing the Tory progressive tradition of Macmillan's Keynesianism.
So Dan Hannan has dug in for the long-game. He surely knows that he will never entirely prevail. But that may be to miss the point.
He can already claim to be the party's most influential backbench voice, all the more impressive when billeted between Brussels and Strasbourg and not in Westminster.
And, beneath the sound and fury of Fox TV, Hannan may already be having rather more of an uncharacteristically quiet influence than many recognise.
Labels: Conservatism, Dan Hannan, David Cameron, Thatcherism
I've been reading Next Left for a while now, and this is absolutely one of the best articles I've ever seen on this site.
I'm sort of surprised there's no other comments...but often the best articles get the fewest comments, because they leave nothing more to be said.
holgate said...
Yes, this is a very good piece.
Those who are near-contemporaries of Hannan, and remember his political baby-steps, are likely to have somewhat visceral reactions to his approach to politics. It's worth stepping back from all that.
Bruce Anderson made a comparison between Hannan and Enoch Powell today. Given Anderson's background, and looking at Powell in his 'Who governs Britain?' phase, in 1974 and beyond, you have to wonder.
Soho Politico said...
I agree, not much left to add. Perhaps because of this, I picked up on something fairly minor in the piece: the quote from the Conservative 'insider' about Cameron's ambition to find 'a view of the world which is right-wing and Tory yet which explains why he doesn't want village post offices to shut'. This is what they are calling 'progressive conservatism now'. But there's nothing progressive about it: this is just being rightwing and a pie-eyed optimist about what will happen when you implement rightwing policies. As I've said on my own blog today, after reading your piece, someone needs to ask the 'progressive' Tories what their priorities will be in the event that all goods things do not coincide - smaller state and free market, or helping the poor and saving post offices.
Very nice breakdown. This notion of Hannanism will surely be the backbone of much criticism pertaining the Tory right. Incidentally, should, in the first paragraph, the word Marxist be in quotes, not NHS? Unless I'm wrong, in which case I've got some thinking to do.
Sunder Katwala said...
Thank you all for your v.kind positive comments. There is now a fair amount of (slightly less convinced) discussion of this at Liberal Conspiracy.
holgate - would be interested in further reminisciences of political baby steps
I thought SohoPolitico's point in the linked post - and the quote from the Demos researcher - was well made. I felt there was a real sense in those comments of how limited any ProgCon mobilisation is; if you compare what Hannan has written about the ability of Hannanites to win constituency selections (this is about Mark Reckless who was his best man, and organised a Eurosceptic stag night) by being clear that they do not back the leadership line.
I have to agree with Paul. This is one of the most important, well written and incisive insights into unreconstructed Tory thinking I've read in a long long time.
Thanks Sunder. I'll link to this article as much as a I can. I'm already finding that most the Tory Trolls on Labourlist support him, with a majority saying "The NHS is a mistake".
Guido Fawkes said...
Good piece of analysis. Though I think it is a bit poor to call Hannan mad just because he is radical.
There are a few Tory outriders on the Tory left - the Platform 10 crowd of modernising wets and the TRG (of which Cameron is a patron). That Red Tory Blond is a bit out there, though he is all over the place on the left-right spectrum.
That is a fair point. "Mad" was probably a bit much, if we are taking ideology seriously. The Hannan argument on Iceland was intended to give ideological directionality to a public argument rather than being proposed as practical politics or policy, so may be "crazy" in the sense Cohen is using it in that quote.
Sunday's Observer Focus did seem to me to highlight an extraordinary political/organisational weakness of the ProgCons. I will now look up Platform 10 as they were not on my radar.
re: Hannan's baby steps -- the Cherwell archives (which were bound and shelved in the Oxford Union, last time I checked) from the early 90s offer probably the best contemporary narrative of Hannan's rise up the OUCA ranks.
Doubting Richard said...
"...Tim Montgomerie notes that Hannan's deriding the NHS as Marxist has "zero relevance" to Tory health policy" is strictly true. It is irrelevant how supportive Conservative Home is of Mr Hannan, they cannot offer him influence on Tory policy.
Libertarian said...
This is one of the poorest pieces I've seen on the blogoshere.
You wouldn't know the real world if it bit you on the backside.
Lefty bollox spouted by the intelligensia in order to keep the little people of the working class in our place and grateful.
Wake up an experience the real, real world
Parliament's golden age that never was
Hannan: poor weather forecasts call climate scienc...
What Hannan gets wrong about Enoch
Chuka Umunna: The primary motivation
Boris must know Grayling's Wire argument is piffle...
A Rawlsian defence of top pay?
How to win the argument for fair rewards
The annual 'dumbing down' debate isn't helping any...
John Harris: why primaries would help the right
Exposed: the primaries conspiracy
Hannan: I determine Tory manifesto without hassle ...
The impeccably New Labour case for scrutiny of top...
Spectator, not Labour, in 'send' mode
George Osborne's dishonest defence on inheritance ...
Or tweet to abolish the NHS, if you prefer
So let's have a sensible debate about health
We love the NHS
All about primaries
Jerry Cohen
Optimism in Oz
Last dance for no-links candidates
You can't have localism without postcode lotteries...
On failing the citizenship test
Save the Obs!
Sarah Palin denies divorce report


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THIS WEEK IN SOCIAL: A BIT OF CONTEXT
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Giving Context
Facebook is testing a new context button that could help users to decide whether the news they are reading is biased or fake, without leaving their News Feed. The Context button would source information from news outlets from all over the web to better inform users. Facebook says the new feature would not affect the distribution of content in the News Feed.
VR is Here
You may soon be able to play with VR objects on Facebook, even without the Oculus headset. Facebook this week previewed 3D posts, a new type of News Feed post where users can interact with a 3D object. For instance, you might be able to open the door on a VR car. Facebook promises that third party creators will soon be able to share their VR creations.
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Being able to save tweets for later has long been at the top of users' wish lists. And now Twitter is working on a feature that could make that wish a reality. This could lead to Twitter being more useable as a way to consume news, as articles and links can be kept for information 'grazing' times.
Women Boycott Twitter
Thousands of women are boycotting Twitter this week in protest against the suspension of Rose McGowan's account. The actress was suspended after talking about sexual harassment in Hollywood. Some users are unimpressed with the new community policy and blocking feature, saying that much harassment still goes unchallenged on the site.
Instagram Down
Instagram and Facebook were both hit by major disruption in Europe and North America this Wednesday, due to a 'networking issue' (although an official reason is yet to be issued). Both the app and desktop versions were affected, but were resolved within a few hours.
Snapchat Context Cards
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Day of the Girl
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Q: Finding graphs with a given number of spanning trees All of the graphs considered in this question are connected. We can find the number of spanning trees $t(G)$ of $G$ using Kirchhoff's matrix-tree theorem or the deletion-contraction method. I'm interested in the converse of this problem. That is, given $n$, find $G$ such that $t(G)=n$.
Without some restrictions on $G$ this problem becomes almost trivial. For example, the cycle $C_n$ has $n$ spanning trees. Additionally, if we identify a vertex of graphs $G$ and $H$, the resulting graph has $t(G) \cdot t(H)$ spanning trees. Likewise if we join $G$ and $H$ with any path. So if we could factor $n$ we would just be dealing with the same question for smaller numbers. Thus I would like to restrict $G$ from being a cycle or a graph with a cut-vertex or cut-edge.
My question is then, given $n$, can we always find a graph $G$ which is not a cycle and which has no cut-vertices or cut-edges such that $t(G)=n$? If it is possible to find one, is it possible to find many, or all graphs that satisfy those properties? If it is not possible in general, are we able to determine which $n$ it is true for?
I've gone through all of the relevant graphs up to six vertices from http://www.graphclasses.org/smallgraphs.html and calculated the number of spanning trees for each. The smallest graph which satisfies all of the criteria is $K_4-e$, which has 8 spanning trees. The first ten $n>8$ for which I haven't found a respective $G$ are 9, 10, 13, 18, 22, 25, 33, 37, 42, and 46. All of these numbers are one less than a prime or one less than 2 times a prime.
Thank you.

A: Let $n = pq$ for two numbers $p,q \geq 3.$ Consider the graph $B_{p,q}$ obtained by taking two cycles of length $p$ and $q$ that share a common vertex. Then $t(B_{p,q}) = pq = n.$ Hence for any $n$ that has two divisors $\geq 2$ you can find a graph satisfying your equality. Note that you can generalize this to any number of divisors of $n$ as long as they are all greater than $2.$
The second thing is to consider the theta graph $\Theta_{a,b,c}$ which is the graph obtained by taking three internally disjoint paths of length $a,b$ and $c$ respectively.
It is easy to see that $t(\Theta_{a,b,c}) = ab+ac+bc$ and hence if you can express $n = ab+ac+bc$ for $a \geq 1$ and $b,c \geq 2$ you obtain the desired graph.
It is well known that there are only finitely many numbers $n$ that are not expressible as $n = ab+ac+bc.$ They are called Euler Idoneal numbers.
Hence, for any but a finite number of $n$ you can find a $2$-connected graph satisfying your equality.
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I used to be a school teacher and part of my duties was to help run a jumble sale my school ran throughout the year.
We are talking 25 to 30 years ago now when i last worked at the school and helped run one of these sales. On this last occasion we were packing everything up and the goods which were not sold were being bundled up to either be thrown away or given to charity.
My eye spotted this Winnie the pooh bear sitting forlornly on one of the tables. Yes he did not look anything special and he was rather tatty but i still could not believe that no one wanted to buy him. I couldn't bear the thought that he was going to be thrown away again and so for the grand price of 25p I brought him home to join my other bears.
I know nothing about his history or what company made him as he has no labels. I know he is at least 25 years old and looks like he is based on the drawings of Winnie the pooh in the books rather than the Disney films. It would be interesting to know if anyone else has a similar bear and if they know more about him.
He currently sits on my bed where he keeps company with about 12 other teddy bears and moves to a chair every night so that both I and my husband can get into bed. My husband seems to have a soft spot for him too as i think he brings back memories from our early days together.
I also think I have this bear. The seams are all in the same places as my beloved Pooh bear, but as with all things, my mother had a tendency to shrink everything in the washing machine so he looks a lot 'tighter' than this one! I was born in 1982 and all I know about him is that Dad bought him from a lady who worked in his office. My bear also had a wee red waitcoat that is no longer. I don't remember it - he's always been naked! He's very worn and very well loved. He's very special to me and even to this day, I take him in my handbag when I move house, just to make sure he's safe!
I have no idea when this original request for info was made but I just came across this page when trying to find some information on my beloved Winnie the Pooh.
He was given to me when I was born in 1980 and was apparently purchased in London at Hamleys. He is rather well loved now but wore a wee red waistcoat when he was new.
There is something special about this bear and I would love to find out more about him too if anyone else has come across him!


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Jacopo Caraglio, Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio or Gian Giacomo Caraglio (c. 1500/1505 – 26 August 1565) known also as Jacobus Parmensis and Jacobus Veronensis was an Italian engraver, goldsmith and medallist, born at Verona or Parma. His career falls easily into two rather different halves: he worked in Rome from 1526 or earlier as an engraver in collaboration with leading artists, and then in Venice, before moving to spend the rest of his life as a court goldsmith in Poland, where he died.

In Italy, he was one of the first reproductive printmakers, rendering versions of specially made drawings (mostly) or paintings rather than creating new works for the print medium, although detailed comparison of surviving drawings with the prints made from them show he had input into the creative process.  He was in Rome at the brief period when the small but flourishing printmaking industry created by Raphael working with engravers to diffuse his work had been disrupted by Raphael's sudden death in 1520, cutting off the supply of new designs, and other artists were recruited fill the gap.

A. Hyatt Mayor describes Caraglio as "the most individual member of the group", who had a particular influence on French printmaking of the First School of Fontainebleau, although unlike Rosso he never went there.  His skill in engraving was available to artists developing the early style of full-blown Mannerism, and played a significant role in diffusing advanced Mannerist style around Italy and Europe.

Life

Italy
Caraglio was probably trained as a goldsmith before learning advanced engraving techniques from Marcantonio Raimondi, in whose circle in Rome he first appears in records in 1526.  Raphael's former associate il Baviera, who probably acted as his "publisher", introduced him to Rosso Fiorentino, with whom he collaborated on numerous prints, including sets of The Labours of Hercules (Bartsch 44–49), Pagan Divinities in Niches (Bartsch 24–43) and Loves of the Gods (Bartsch 9-23).  He engraved gems and designed and cast medals as well as producing reproductive engravings after the works of Rosso, Parmigianino, Giulio Romano, Baccio Bandinelli, Raphael, Titian, Michelangelo, and Perino del Vaga.  Bartsch records 65 prints, though missing perhaps another five. His style is summarized by Françoise Jestaz: "Numbered with Agostino dei Musi and Marco Dente in the Roman school of engravers in the circle of Raimondi, Caraglio showed a greater freedom of line. With Rosso Fiorentino and Parmigianino, he discovered new modelling effects with subtler lighting and more animated forms, for example in his engraving of Diogenes (b. 61) and in the first state of the Rape of the Sabine Women (b. 63)."

He worked from drawings created by Rosso and others for the purpose, and a proof of a print after Rosso at Chatsworth House has a landscape background in pen added to printed figures, presumably by one of the two, Rosso's initial drawing having only included the figures. He worked closely with Rosso and Parmigianino, and a number of their drawings for his prints survive, usually at the same size and in the reverse sense of the prints.

His Loves of the Gods were, with I Modi, one of the "two best-known series of Renaissance erotic prints", and altogether one of the most successful Renaissance print series.  Unlike I Modi they successfully avoided censorship by avoiding depicting genitals and actual penetration in favour of "slung leg" positions, and by virtue of their ostensibly mythological subjects. This was despite one showing two males, Apollo and Hyacinthus, together, if not actually making love. Both sets were much copied, with five different copies of Caraglio's set, and in 1550 a dealer bought 250 sets of French copies, a very large number for the time.  They were even used as sources for illustrations in medical textbooks later in the century, as well as one of a set of Flemish tapestries of about 1550, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The first two designs were by Rosso, but the pair then fell out, and Pierino did most of the rest, probably with an unknown weaker artist contributing some designs.  Caraglio's prints were also often used as sources to be expanded into designs for maiolica.

Caraglio fled to Venice on the Sack of Rome in 1527, in which his colleague Marco Dente was killed, and the whole circle dispersed.  He seems to have remained there until at least 1537, working with Titian and others.

Poland
In 1539 he is recorded at the Polish court of Sigismund I. He had probably been introduced there through Pietro Aretino, a friend in Venice, and his contacts with the circle of the Italian-born Polish Queen Bona Sforza (1494–1557), such as Allesandro Pessenti, Bona's organist.  In Poland he mostly worked for the court on medals, gems and goldsmithing rather than printmaking.  Vasari presents this as, in Caraglio's view, a step up the hierarchy of genres and as offering a better social position, and indeed the status of printmaking was on the decline as the merely reproductive print, commissioned by publishers, had largely driven out the original print.

The Renaissance medal was a novelty in the Polish court, but promoted by Bona, and in July 1539 Caraglio wrote to Aretino enclosing two medals, one of Pesenti and the other of Bona, the first evidence of his presence in Poland. Some copies of the former survive, but none of Bona's medal, as of some other recorded ones Caraglio made in Poland.  Only one copy survives of the medal he made of Sigismund I in 1538 from the gold sent as dowry for the wedding of Elizabeth of Austria (1526–1545), the first wife of the future Sigismund II, which was handed out to wedding guests.

Caraglio was appointed royal goldsmith to Sigismund I in 1545, with a salary (probably more a retainer in modern terms) of 60 zloty, and continued serving under Sigismund II Augustus from 1548, when Sigismund I died. Having taken  citizenship in Krakow, he was knighted (as equitatis aureati), with a patent of nobility, in April 1552, after which he made a brief return trip to Italy. It was presumably on this visit that the portrait now in the Wawel Castle in Krakow by Paris Bordone was made to celebrate his knighthood. The royal white eagle has the monogram of Sigismund II on its chest, and the upper background shows the Roman amphitheatre at Verona; on the bench are the tools of a goldsmith rather than a printmaker.

In 1565, he is recorded in a court action over a debt of 80 zloties owed by  another Italian emigre artist, the sculptor Giammaria Mosca, known as "Padovano", which Caraglio claimed from the executors of yet another Italian, a royal doctor, whose tomb Padovano had completed.  Caraglio married a Polish woman and acquired property, and died in Krakow, where he is buried in the Carmelite church. Vasari apparently did not know this, but probably knew that he was buying land near Parma in anticipation of a retirement that never arrived.

He was also known as Cahalius or Jacobus Veronensis or Parmensis, the latter presumably after his estate near Parma, and these were used to sign some plates.  Caraglio has never been the subject of a monograph.

Works
A small number of identifiable surviving works other than prints include signed intaglios in the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris (the Annunciation to the Shepherds in rock crystal) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Queen Bona), and an unsigned attributed piece in the Ambrosiana in Milan (Bona in crystal), medals in Padua and elsewhere, and cameos in Munich (illustrated) and elsewhere.  He also produced relief plaquettes in bronze.

About 70 prints by Caraglio are known, from 1526 to 1551. They include:

 Set of 15 Loves of the Gods (Bartsch 9-23), 1527, 12 after Perino del Vaga, 2 after Rosso.
 Set of 20 Pagan Divinities in Niches (Bartsch 24–43) after Rosso, one dated 1526,
 Set of The Labours of Hercules (Bartsch 44–49), after Rosso, including Hercules piercing with his Arrows the Centaur Nessus; Hercules slaying Cacus
 Mars and Venus after Rosso's drawing in the Louvre, c. 1530 - now mostly thought not to be by Caraglio.
A Battle with the Shield and Lance; The Virgin kneeling, with the Infant and St. Ann; and Holy Family after Raphael.
Diogenes (Bartsch 3); Alexander and Roxana; Martyrdom of SS. Peter and Paul; Portrait of Pietro Aretino; and Marriage of the Virgin after Parmigianino.The Virgin and Infant, under an Orange Tree (to his own design).  The Annunciation and The Punishment of Tantalus; after Titian. The Rape of Ganymede after Michelangelo. Anatomical Figure holding skull; Nymphs and Young Men in  Garden; and Rape of Sabines after Rosso Fiorentino.The Triumph of the Muses over Pierides: The Death of Meleager and The Creation; after Perino del Vaga.Portrait of Aretino.

Notes

References

Bayer, Andrea, ed. Art and Love in Renaissance Italy, 2008, #101 and see index, Metropolitan Museum of Art, , 9781588393005, Google books

Bury, Michael; The Print in Italy, 1550-1620, 2001, British Museum Press,
Jacobson, Karen, ed (often wrongly cat. as George Baselitz), The French Renaissance in Prints, 1994, Grunwald Center, UCLA,
Jestaz, Françoise, "Caraglio, Giovanni Jacopo." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press, accessed March 1, 2013, subscriber link
Kris, Ernst, "Notes on Renaissance Cameos and Intaglios", Metropolitan Museum Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Dec., 1930), pp. 1-13, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, JSTOR
Landau, David, and Parshall, Peter. The Renaissance Print, Yale, 1996,
Mayor, Hyatt A., Prints and People, Metropolitan Museum of Art/Princeton, 1971,
Morka, Mieczysław, "The Beginnings of Medallic Art in Poland during the Times of Zygmunt I and Bona Sforza", Artibus et Historiae, Vol. 29, No. 58 (2008), pp. 65-87, JSTOR
Moulton, Ian Frederick, Review of Taking Positions: On the Erotic in Renaissance Culture by Bette Talvacchia, Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 52, No. 4 (Winter, 2001), pp. 532-535, Folger Shakespeare Library in association with George Washington University, JSTOR
Pon, Lisa, Raphael, Dürer, and Marcantonio Raimondi, Copying and the Italian Renaissance Print, 2004, Yale UP,
Schulz, Anne M., Mosca, Giammaria, Giammaria Mosca Called Padovano: A Renaissance Sculptor in Italy and Poland, Vol 1, 1998, Penn State Press, , 9780271044514, google books
Shearman, John. Mannerism'', 1967, Pelican, London,

Further reading
 H. Zerner: 'Sur Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio', Actes du XXIIe Congrès international d'histoire de l'art: Budapest, 1969, pp. 691–5
 S. Boorsch, J. T. Spike and M. C. Archer: Italian Masters of the 16th Century (1985), 28 [XV/i] of The Illustrated Bartsch, ed. W. Strauss (New York, 1978–)
 B. Talvacchia: Taking Positions: On the Erotic in Renaissance Culture (Princeton, 1999)
 J. Wojciechowski: 'Caraglio w Polsce', Rocznik Historii Sztuki, xxv (2000), pp. 5–63
 J. Wojciechowski: 'Caraglio' [catalogue raisonné], self-publishing, 2001 [2017]

External links
45 prints online from the British Museum (also many copies)
57 prints and copies from the Ashmolean Museum

1500s births
1565 deaths
Artists from Verona
Italian goldsmiths
Engraved gem artists
16th-century Italian artists
Italian engravers
Italian medallists
Renaissance engravers
Mannerist artists
16th-century medallists

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Q: Inline
A: Style rules can be attached using:

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*External Files

*In-page Style Tags

*Inline Style Attribute

Generally, I prefer to use linked style sheets because they:

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*can be cached by browsers for performance; and

*are a lot easier to maintain for a development perspective.

However, your question is asking specifically about the style tag versus inline styles. Prefer to use the style tag, in this case, because it:

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*provides a clear separation of markup from styling;

*produces cleaner HTML markup; and

*is more efficient with selectors to apply rules to multiple elements on a page improving management as well as making your page size smaller.

Inline elements only affect their respective element.
An important difference between the style tag and the inline attribute is specificity.  Specificity determines when one style overrides another. Generally, inline styles have a higher specificity.
Read CSS: Specificity Wars for an entertaining look at this subject.

A: To answer your direct question: neither of these is the preferred method. Use a separate file.
Inline styles should only be used as a last resort, or set by Javascript code. Inline styles have the highest level of specificity, so override your actual stylesheets. This can make them hard to control (you should avoid !important as well for the same reason).
An embedded <style> block is not recommended, because you lose the browser's ability to cache the stylesheet across multiple pages on your site.
So in short, wherever possible, you should put your styles into a separate CSS file.

A: From a maintainability standpoint, it's much simpler to manage one item in one file, than it is to manage multiple items in possibly multiple files.
Separating your styling will help make your life much easier, especially when job duties are distributed amongst different individuals.  Reusability and portability will save you plenty of time down the road.
When using an inline style, that will override any external properties that are set.

A: I agree with the majority view that external stylesheets are the prefered method.
However, here are some practical exceptions:

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*Dynamic background images. CSS stylesheets are static files so you need to use an inline style to add a dynamic (from a database, CMS etc...) background-image style.

*If an element needs to be hidden when the page loads, using an external stylesheet for this is not practical, since there will always be some delay before the stylesheet is processed and the element will be visible until that happens. style="display: none;" is the best way to achieve this.

*If an application is going to give the user fine control over a particular CSS value, e.g. text color, then it may be necessary to add this to inline style elements or in-page <style></style> blocks. E.g. style="color:#{{ page.color }}", or <style> p.themed { color: #{{ page.color }}; }</style>

A: Here's one aspect that could rule the difference:
If you change an element's style in JavaScript, you are affecting the inline style. If there's already a style there, you overwrite it permanently. But, if the style were defined in an external sheet or in a <style> tag, then setting the inline one to "" restores the style from that source.

A: It depends.
The main point is to avoid repeated code.
If the same code need to be re-used 2 times or more, and should be in sync when change, use external style sheet.
If you only use it once, I think inline is ok.

A: Whenever is possible is preferable to use class .myclass{} and identifier #myclass{}, so use a dedicated css file or tag <style></style> within an html.
Inline style is good to change css option dynamically with javascript.

A: There can be different reasons for choosing one way over the other.

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*If you need to specify css to elements that are generated programmatically (for example modifying css for images of different sizes), it can be more maintainable to use inline css.

*If some css is valid only for the current page, you should rather use the script tag than a separate .css file. It is good if the browser doesn't have to do too many http requests.

Otherwise, as stated, it is better to use a separate css file.

A: You can set CSS using three different ways as mentioned below :-
1.External style sheet
2.Internal style sheet
3.Inline style

Preferred / ideal way of setting the css style is using as external style sheets when the style is applied to many pages.
With an external style sheet, you can change the look of an entire Web site by changing one file.
sample usage can be :-
<head>
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</head>

If you want to apply a unique style to a single document then you can use Internal style sheet.
Don't use inline style sheet,as it mixes content with presentation and looses many advantages.

A: Inline CSS have more precedence than CSS within  tag.
There are three ways to add CSS.
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Amidst soft soothing music blending with the natural rhythm of the Indian Ocean, the Sunset Jetty is adorned in white decorations. The bride arrives by speedboat and proceeds with the groom along a footpath with delicate flower petals to the venue.
Friendly staff are dedicated to giving you and your family a memorable stay. You can sleep well on this small island, with the doors wide open if you choose, knowing that you are completely safe. With no television in any of the villas, children and their parents will be encouraged to spend time in the old fashioned way, such as reading books, fun in the sun, board games and playing. Be advised that there is a restriction on children under the age of 12. If you would like family resort suggestions, please speak to and Luxur Holidays Travel Consultant.
Whether you are planning your wedding, renewing your vows, on honeymoon, celebrating an anniversary or just enjoying an intimate getaway, Banyan Tree caters to lovers. Extreme quiet makes for watching a peaceful sunset undisturbed. Brides and grooms can choose to "tie the knot" in a unique underwater ceremony, dreamy, private island ceremony, or romantic, sunset ceremony preformed on the jetty. Designer spa services are available for two, to prepare you for your big day. Or, share intimate moments in the privacy of your own villa with an essential oil bath for couples. Romantic dining can be arranged to suit your needs. Imagine surprising your loved one with a moonlit dinner (including personal chef) on your very own sandbank, waves gently lapping around your feet.
Entertainment is left largely up to you and how you want to spend your time, be it with a good book, your family, significant other or just having an after lunch siesta! Of course, a promenade along the beach at sunset comes highly recommended.
Banyan Tree Spa is a central feature of the resort and a definite highlight for many guests. The spa has been honoured by numerous prestigious awards such as Best Spa Operator in 2006. The spa originated over ten years ago and has since attracted a clientele that expects outstanding service. Trademark Banyan Tree products have a distinct quality that sets them apart from other spas. It is referred to as "a sanctuary for the senses" and is certain to satisfy the highest of expectations. Spa enthusiasts will rejoice in the quality and diversity of spa treatments allowing you to unwind your body and mind. Skilled Banyan Tree therapists will be sure to leave you feeling well cared for and invigorated with their trademark treatments.
Sports enthusiasts will be energized to know that a variety of water sports are available and offered by the fully equipped Dive Centre. Activities such as night fishing, windsurfing, sailing and snorkelling are all including in the price. Snorkelling just off the island is excellent due to a close and very good house reef. Venturing underwater is as different as flying to the moon; you will be amazed at the abundance of fish and the bio-diversity just feet below the surface. Sightseeing tours and island hopping are a good choice for the traveller who wants to see more of The Maldives. Lucky guests may have the exhilarating experience of sighting dolphins swimming playfully in the surrounding lagoon. A glass bottom boat is available for those who want to see the beauty of the underwater world without even getting their feet wet. Teeming with an astonishing abundance of soft corals and fish sparkling in brilliant colours, the exquisite beauty of this tropical haven is brought to you.
The Banyan Tree Resort and Spa has received much recognition worldwide for its vision in tourism and work towards environmental and culturally aware practices. The awards are too numerous to list but Luxur Holidays would like to include a few. Notably, Banyan Tree was honoured for efforts helping rebuild a local neighbouring island, which was Tsunami damaged. The Lotus and Turtle Research Project earned Banyan Tree the prestigious PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association) Award 2002 for Corporate Environmental Programme. Also, named Best Spa Operator by the TTG 17th Annual Travel Awards 2006, attesting to their unbeatable expertise in spa operating.
Missing Maldives already! We're absolutely satisfied with our trip to Maldives, what a very amazing experience! Would love to visit Maldives again, thinking about next year, also this time will bring my two kids along :).. I bet they also will love it! Will spread the words about Maldives and Luxur Holidays to our circle of friends and family. Thanks again for providing the good service to ensure our holiday went smoothly.


Single Parent Date Night is a comedic short film about two single parents attempting to reenter the dating pool for the first time. After going thru the dating process once already, surviving the break up of a failed relationship and the shifting priorities of parenthood, the two characters are beyond the typical first date chit chat and are ready to get honest about what they want and who they want it with. In the end they have to decide what's more important; a friendly ear or a successful date?
After moving into a haunted house, a childless couple learn the strains that a little one can put on a relationship when a paranormal guest becomes the newest member of their small family.
Setting house rules can be tough, especially when rule number one has to be 'Don't eat me'. That's My Monster was not filmed before a live studio audience.
The credits flying by at the end is meant as a joke, but that doesn't mean we don't appreciate the people who worked on this and feel they should be credited properly. So if you don't have the vision of The Flash here is what you missed.
Jen & Ian have been roommates for 1 year and 37 days. They've been secretly in love with each other for 1 year 36 days and 23 hours. Everyday they go through their morning routines while planning a 'spontaneous' encounter with each other. Today could be the day it finally works.


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Ро́та (від  < *u̯rota, що має загальноіндоєвропейське походження) — в судовому процесі княжої Київської Русі договірна присяга, клятва. Початково рота означала спір, битву і мала значення Божого суду, себто судного поєдинку. У значенні присяги рота відома вже в договорах Русі з греками X століття і в «Руській Правді».

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Посилання
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We demonstrate the SoundScape Renderer (SSR), which is an open-source software package that performs realtime spatial sound reproduction based on various different loudspeaker-based methods as well as headphones. The implemented algorithms include wave field synthesis, amplitude panning Ambi-sonics, VBAP, and binaural reproduction amongst others and cover the entire range from single-person sound reproduction to large-scale loudspeaker arrays. SSR comprises a TCP/IP interface that allows for its entire functionality to be controlled remotely. Any software running on any platform can connect to SSR and serve as a remote control. We describe two such examples: 1) The BoomRoom, a system for mid-air direct interaction with virtual sound sources, and 2) an Android-based remote control that allows for interaction with SSR using the touch screen of a smartphone.


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Taiwan steps up security after truck breach
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Taiwan stepped up security at its presidential office and the surrounding area after a driver rammed a 35-ton truck into the building's main gate.
The state-run Central News Agency quoted Timothy Yang, head of the Presidential Office, as saying security around the office block will be improved as soon as possible.
"I have asked that a security-enhancing special task force be immediately established at the Presidential Office," he said.
CNA reported Chang Teh-cheng, 41, rammed his truck into the part of the building where the cars carrying President Ma Ying-jeou, Vice President Wu Den-yih and other senior government officials park each day.
Police said he drove the truck through public railings and a bullet-proof security screen, and up a flight of stairs before jamming it into the gate leading to the office area's main building.
The driver was knocked unconscious and taken to the nearby National Taiwan University Hospital for serious, but not life-threatening, injuries, police said. No one else was injured.
Police said they will try to establish Chang's motive for the breach of security.
CNA reported it was the most serious security breach in years involving the presidential office.
Ma was not in the country at the time, having left Friday for the island republic of Sao Tome and Principe, lying in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of central Africa.
CNA reported Ma is on the first leg of an eight-day three-nation tour. He goes to Burkina Faso on the African mainland before traveling to Honduras in Central America to attend the Jan. 27 inauguration of Honduran President-elect Juan Orlando Hernandez.
Ma is hoping to boost trade with Sao Tome, which established diplomatic relations with Taiwan 17 years ago.
The visit is the president's latest round of diplomatic tours designed to cement relations with countries that recognize Taiwan as independent from the People's Republic of China.
Ma and his entourage need to persuade countries to start or continue with business relations, even though they may not recognize Taiwan -- officially called Republic of China -- as independent.
Taiwan remains defiant against the claim by the ruling Communist Party in Beijing that Taiwan is a province of the PRC.
Beijing claims Taiwan has been an integral part of China since 1949 when the nationalist army retreated there following its defeat on the mainland at the hands of the the Communists.
Beijing generally is quick to condemn moves by Taipei to establish diplomatic relations with countries. It decries countries that maintain links or wish to establish them with Taipei.
But in a mood of realpolitik in November, Beijing reopened its diplomatic mission in Sao Tome -- potentially rich in offshore oil and natural gas deposits. Beijing cut off official diplomatic relations when Sao Tome recognized Taiwan.
Africa has been an important market for China's expansionist global business empires, especially in the field of oil and natural gas development in the past decade.
China-U.S. Focus, a non-government, non-profit organization based in Hong Kong, said in November at the time of Beijing's re-engagement with Sao Tome the move could help boost significantly the island nation's flagging economic prosperity.
Recent times have been hard for Sao Tome's less than 200,000 population because of poor cocoa harvests.
"There is every geological reason to assume that the territorial waters of both Sao Tome and Principe also hold exploitable reserves of oil and gas," China-U.S. Focus said.
"China intends to build a massive deep-water port in Sao Tome, which will make exporting oil easier and generally facilitate sea-borne commerce. Sao Tome and Principe has, for several years, been seeking outside assistance for such construction," China-U.S. Focus reported.
Ma Ying-jeou


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Ма́рково — деревня в Краснинском районе Смоленской области России. Входит в состав Нейковского сельского поселения. Население — 110 жителей (2007 год).

Расположена в западной части области в 18 км к юго-западу от Красного, в 20 км южнее автодороги , на берегу реки Любанка. В 18 км северо-восточнее деревни расположена железнодорожная станция О.п. 478-й км на линии Москва — Минск.

История
В годы Великой Отечественной войны деревня была оккупирована гитлеровскими войсками в июле 1941 года, освобождена в сентябре 1943 года.

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Населённые пункты Краснинского района (Смоленская область)


Lightning, I think it's the same coal as previously but I got a consistent sized nut this time.
I had a heart to heart with my hauler before he brought the load.
As long as you get a mano reading of .02 your ok.
As a long time reader, you remember that I have little faith in my mano.
I do look at it, though.
Make sure to zero your mano with it 100% level. Unhook the hose and turn the knob to zero it. Sometimes they need a little fluid added as it seems to evaporate some. Otherwise they are about useless.
Thanks for the info, warminmn.
I did that a couple weeks ago.
I'm just not a big believer in them.
What are you expecting a manometer to show or do for you?
"What are you expecting a manometer to show or do for you?"
I'm getting from a coal tipple in Shelocta, Pa.
The owner of the tipple owns a mine.
It's pretty decent coal if I can get nut coal.
My hauler is a local guy that does a little bit of general hauling.
He charged me $80 for 5 tons.
But, previous loads he brought me unscreened.
Load prior to this was full of fines.
I have an 18" floor in my coal bin of fines packing the coal in.
So far, I'm real satisfied with this load.
It seems to burn pretty clean; few clinkers, not a ton of ash.
Sure seems like I've made a big dent in the coal pile already.
Just got 5 tons around 5 weeks ago.
I seem to fire almost the same whether it's 50 or 20.
I add 3 times a day and pretty much forget about it. Average of 5 shovels full each time.
About the only adjustments I make is the MPD and close it until smoke starts to come out.
The primary is only adjusted occasionally.
Someday, I may take Lightning's advice and do something with the grates and all the slop.
I have cracked the same brick twice so far.
Not sure if that's coincidence or some other reason.
Right now my only complaint is how much ash dust I get through the house.
Everything is always covered in it.
Thinking I should get the ducts cleaned this off season.
Been a while so, an update.
It's not balmy in here.
Propane furnace is running constantly as well as the coal furnace.
Propane is set for 63 and in the warmest room in the house.
Aren't they promising us global warming?
I'd like me some of that.
Don't see the downside from here.
I made a small change to my firing technique a few days ago to see if I could get more heat.
I opened the ash door damper wide open assuming that more air makes a hotter fire.
Also, putting less coal more often.
Putting 2-3 shovels full right in the middle of the fire box instead of banking during the day.
Assuming that I get more heat with keeping a hotter fire.
I seem to have used a lot of coal so far this year.
I may have about a ton left from the 5 tons I got in the middle of November.
Nice to hear from you Larry. Sounds like your managing keep up the good work! I've been burning a lot of coal the last few days too.
As for the ash dust, are you dumping the ash pan into a container in the basement? Or do you take it straight outside?
I dump into a bucket to let any hot coals cool and take the bucket out once or twice a day when full.
As far as usage, it's been steady.


This FAA handbook provides knowledge for earning the Aviation Maintenance Technician certificate, Airframe section. The FAA Airframe test questions are drawn from here. Newly updated for 2018, these new editions reflect current technologies, equipment and procedures.


Need to know about Open Banking? This article is a good start in appreciating the changes Open Banking is likely to bring to the industry. finPOWER will be at the fore of any changes and will ensure you are kept abreast of the changes.
If you haven't heard about open banking, this is what you need to know to get up to speed. Open banking is on the horizon for Australia and will allow consumers to share their transaction history to get better deals.
This changes the game completely, as it gives power back to the consumer by seeing banks evolve from a traditionally closed model to an open one. Open banking will cause a huge shift in retail banking as it will need to keep up with the modern day consumers who will expect products and services tailored to them.
2. When will open banking be introduced to Australia?
Open banking will be gradually introduced to Australia in February next year. During the first phase, the 'big four banks' will have to share data with their customers relating to credit and debit cards, deposit, transaction accounts, and later mortgages. All other banks will be given a 12 months grace period to fully embrace open banking and get on board.
3. How safe is open banking?
One of the major concerns with open banking is cybersecurity and data privacy, as the sharing of data will need to be completely secure in order for banks to comply with Australian regulation.
To improve the security of data sharing, Australia has already introduced something called the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme. This scheme goes hand in hand with the Privacy Act (1988) to make sure all agencies and organisations involved in handling personal data are held accountable.
This new legislation will shine a spotlight on ensuring personal information is stored in the most secure manner with serious consequences if data is breached.
To top that, the Consumer Data Right (CDR) was put in place to put the consumer first when it comes to personal data.
Another layer of safety can be seen through the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) who over the next four years will develop policies to protect data exchange, which will be pivotal to Open Banking. The ACCC will also make sure that the Consumer Data Right is implemented across all Australian organisations.
A lot more legislation is expected to follow to support open banking and ensure Australians are in safe hands.
4. What will open banking mean for consumers?
Australia will follow UK's lead, as well as parts of Europe and Japan as they've already implemented open banking into their economy.
Ross Sharrott, Founder of Moneytree, who was involved in Japan's open banking roll-out, says that Australia has a real opportunity to be leaders in this field in creating a stronger economy which uses open data sharing to benefit its people.
Moving towards an economy that embraces open data sharing has the potential to create a brighter future focused on improving the consumer's experience.
Gaps will be exposed, traditional business models will be forced to create room for innovation and people will be empowered.
5. How will open banking affect the future?
The biggest thing open banking will do is create more choice, which produces more flexibility for people wanting better products.
Open banking won't just touch the banks, but the idea of open data sharing will eventually flow into energy, telecommunications and other services.


ALGONQUIN – McHenry flirted with losing a game in which starter Joe Kaminski struck out 10 of the first 11 batters he faced and allowed one runner through four innings.
The Warriors committed three errors in the fifth, which led to Jacobs scoring five runs and grabbing the lead. McHenry tried to remain upbeat after that frustrating turn of events.
"It was one of those games that you almost felt like this could be the difference in a good season or a bad season," McHenry coach Brian Rockweiler said.
While the bottom of the fifth was as ugly as it gets, the Warriors' top of the seventh was a thing of beauty.
Eight of the first 10 batters got hits. They pushed across six runs, held Jacobs in the bottom of the inning and came away with a 9-5 victory to even their Fox Valley Conference series on Monday.
No one was happier in the seventh than Winter, who committed two of the three errors that led to four unearned runs in the fifth, then ripped a two-run double to tie the score at 5-5 in the seventh.
"It was real good to have that opportunity to make up for it a little bit," Winter said.
Winter has been one of McHenry's best run producers while hitting in the middle of the lineup.
Nolan Shannon led off the inning with a single and Jake Evans doubled with one out. Winter's double scored them and Winter advanced to third on an error, then scored the go-ahead run on Cam Begley's sacrifice fly to right field.
McHenry (8-2, 3-1) was not finished. Sean Richards knocked in a run, and Carter Foat brought home two.
Richards then pitched a scoreless seventh inning.
Jacobs (5-6, 2-2) had put only three balls in play in the first four innings. Kaminski struck out 11 in 4 2/3 innings, allowed three hits, one earned run and two walks.
The Golden Eagles' rally started with two outs when Max Bielawski blooped a double down the right-field line. Six more Jacobs' batters reached base before reliever Jacob McLean struck out Luke Holub with runners on second and third to end the inning.
Jacobs put two runners on with one out in the bottom of the seventh and Kyle Washington lined a shot headed toward left field, but Shannon, playing third base, leaped to snag the ball and threw to first for a game-ending double play.
Shannon was 4 for 5 with a home run, a double and two RBIs, and he started the winning six-run rally in the top of the seventh with a single. He also ended the game with a leaping catch on a line drive and throw to first for a double play.
10: Strikeouts among the first 11 batters faced by McHenry starter Joe Kaminski.
Jacobs center fielder Daniel Klein was the only player among the first 12 batters to put a ball in play against Kaminski. He flew out to center field in the first, then ripped a first-pitch fastball to right field with two outs in the fourth to break up a perfect game.
WP: Jacob McLean, 1-0 (1.1IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1K, 1BB). LP: Krzysztof Solis, 0-1 (1.2IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 2K, 2BB).
Top hitters–McHenry: Carter Foat 1-4 (2RBIs), Nolan Shannon 4-5 (2B, HR, 2RBIs, 2R), Jake Evans 2-3 (2B, 2R), Mark Winter 3-4 (3RBIs), Sean Richards 1-3 (2B, RBI). Jacobs: Daniel Klein 1-3 (SB), Kyle Washington 1-4 (2RBIs), Andrew Balkcom 1-3 (RBI), Max Bielawski 1-2 (2B, R).


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Vodafone Portugal Foundation launches innovative 'Beaches Live' app with information about water, air and ultraviolet radiation parameters
Vodafone Portugal Foundation launches innovative 'Beaches Live' app with information about water, air and ultraviolet radiation parameters
The Vodafone Portugal Foundation, in partnership with the Portuguese Navy's National Lifeguard Institute, today launched the 'Beaches Live' application – an innovative Web App with information in real time about beaches in Portugal. The UV index, water temperature and pH, air temperature and humidity, percentage dissolved oxygen, and wind speed and direction are just some of the data provided on the 24 bathing beaches around Portugal covered by this initiative in the launch year.
The innovative feature of this application consists basically in the way mobile technology is used in the measurement of the water, air and ultraviolet radiation parameters by means of mobile monitoring stations that transmit the measured data continuously to the app. The data is transmitted on Vodafone Portugal's GPRS network.
The 'Beaches Live' app is available in web version for tablets, PCs and smartphones at and via SMS by sending the name of one of the beaches covered to 91 569 00 83.
This application forms part of the Safety aspect of the 'Healthy Beaches' programme begun by the Vodafone Portugal Foundation in 2005, which aims to help improve safety and environmental quality on beaches, and accessibility for disabled people. The Vodafone Portugal Foundation has invested around seven million euros in implementing this programme over the past seven years.


Silos, cliques, groups, crowds. However you label them, they exist in your company's culture. They seem to be good things, at first: like-minded individuals, pushing each other and helping one another grow both professionally and intellectually. The common idea is that two heads are better than one: if you have a group of business analysts working beside one another, it's better than each business analyst alone.
While that all sounds great, it could not be further from the truth. In today's culture, we are seeing more and more of these focused groups; not only within an organization, but in professional groups outside of the workplace, whether they be Product Managers-only groups or UX Designers-only groups. If you want an organization to really grow, silos could be one of the worst concepts to implement.
Create cross-functional teams that have nothing to do with one another. This should not be confused with cross-functional teams on the same engagement. Put together a team of individuals who do not regularly work together and are not working on the same project, and they can learn from one another. Break the routines! The goal is to have your workforce mix and mingle with other specialties outside of their engagement. This allows them to bounce ideas off of one another, learn from their past, cultivate relationships that would not have happened otherwise (which builds trust on future engagements), and to learn more about what the organization is doing (not just what is occurring on their engagement and what is sent out in the corporate newsletter).
Encourage employees to change where they sit. I've recently begun moving around the office. It's amazing how much you can learn and how many productive convsersations you can have just as a result of changing up where in the office you sit and who you sit with. What if your organization does not allow this? Well, get up, move, and disrupt the status quo. We are professionals, not elementary school students with assigned seats! This isn't the lunch room where jocks sit with jocks and band sits with band. We are grown adults! Order a few standing desks for your office and see how - or if - it leads to people breaking out of their ordinary routines.
Culture, when broken down, is dependant on the sum of the individuals that comprise an organization. To change culture means to change individuals; to start change you need willing individuals, yourself included. When individuals in your organization feel like they are part of a team beyond their smaller day-to-day unit, they are both happier in the workplace and a better representative of the organization as a whole. Let everyone get to know one another's work better, and they will have a better appreciation for those in the corner of the office they don't get over to much. Create a clique-free culture, and you create open communication among teams that will learn from one another to better serve your clients.