PARIS -- The industry landscape among China's fabless chip companies -- fragmented among too many little players fighting for a low-margin smartphone chip business in the domestic market -- is about to change.
Through Tsinghua Unigroup's initiative to acquire the leading TD-SCDMA baseband chip vendor Spreadtrum Communications (announced in July) and now China's RF IC leader RDA Microelectronics (disclosed earlier this week), hopes are running high in China that its domestic electronics industry might finally get a consolidated entity powerful enough to compete with Taiwan's MediaTek, if not quite an equivalent to Qualcomm in the United States.
According to several sources in China's electronics industry EE Times talked to this week, getting acquired by Tsinghua Unigroup is the most logical and probably the best option left for Spreadtrum, which needs to compete with MediaTek on the high-end smartphone business while fighting off RDA on the low-end of the market.
Further, consider that both Spreadtrum and RDA are "competing in a low end market where the profit is razor thin, and the market is declining," one Chinese executive noted. "The consolidation of the two companies is a good thing for China electronics." He expects to see this happen more in the future. The Chinese semiconductor industry, with a lot of smart people working but all of them competing on lower and lower margins, is not sustainable, he explained.
While many Chinese industry sources see the recent development positively, opinions differ about what comes next. Some Chinese executives view Tsinghua Unigroup's move as "a pure financial play," while others put more stock in a behind-the-scenes ploy by the Chinese government to strengthen China's electronics industry. Others even go further, predicting a doomsday scenario for other Chinese fabless companies such as Allwinner and Rockchip.
Little is known about Tsinghua Unigroup -- especially in the West. When it comes to details of the group's business and people involved in running the business, it's not all that clear even in China, either.
Here are the basics. Tsinghua Unigroup is 51 percent owned by Tsinghua Holdings, a 100 percent state-owned limited liability corporation funded by Tsinghua University in China. Forty-nine percent of Tsinghua Unigroup is owned by private entity -- Jiankun Investment Group Co., Ltd. -- controlled by Zhao Weiguo.
Weiguo serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tsinghua Unigroup.
According to one Chinese electronics industry executive, Weiguo is "playing the whole game by leveraging Tsinghua resources and getting enough bank loans for supporting this deal." He called Weiguo "a real businessman and understands China economics/complicated politics and capital market very well." In short, Weiguo is "somebody who can smell blood from thousands miles away." He is set to make money investing in the high-tech sector, rather than the real-estate business, which isn't looking good right now in China.
It's important to note that Tsinghua Unigroup is paying a premium to buy both Spreadtrum and RDA.
Tsinghua Unigroup's acquisition of Spreadtrum is a $1.78 billion deal, while RDA is selling itself to Tsinghua Unigroup for about $910 million. The $18.50 per share deal announced by RDA earlier this week represents a premium of 5.5 percent to RDA's Friday close of $17.53 on the Nasdaq.
The question is, then, how is Tsinghua Unigroup financing all these deals.
Another Chinese industry source said, "The notable thing about Tsinghua Unigroup is that it has a market cap of $820 million, less than what they proposed to RDA." He suspects that the real buyer of RDA is "not Unigroup, but a $2-$3 billion fund which is related to Unigroup." He then added, "That's the beauty of China's state-owned public companies: there is nothing transparent."
The Tsinghua Unigroup's website shows that the group has its hands in various fields ranging from information technology, energy/environment, science of life, and science of materials to occupational education, finance services, international trade, and real estate.
Those who see Tsinghua Unigroup's acquisitions as "a pure financial play" pose a three-step scenario. First, the consolidation of China's two leading fabless chip companies (Spreadtrum and RDA are currently both public companies traded in Nasdaq) will help them both survive before the two companies get clobbered by MediaTek. Second, by going private again under the umbrella of Tsinghua Unigroup, the two companies will gain more leeway in business development -- in addition to access to the IP portfolio of Tsinghua Unigroup and Tsinghua University. Third, the new Spreadtrum, consolidated with RDA under Tsinghua Unigroup, will "go public in the near term," the sources said. Tsinghua Unigroup won't waste time making a big financial gain by doing so, they added.
Where everyone agrees is about the complementary roles RDA and Spreadtrum can play under the new structure.
One Chinese semiconductor industry observer explained, "Spreadtrum is weak in everything except TD-SCDMA, while RDA is strong in RF. Both are weak in application processors." Further, he added, "Spreadtrum's IC R&D is weak, but strong in software. Meanwhile, RDA is very strong in IC R&D, but has no real software development." As a result, combining these two "means doomsday for Allwinner and Rockchip," he noted, because Spreadtrum and RDA could ramp up tablet application processor efforts.
The Chinese industry's expectation is that the final entity (new Spreadtrum-RDA) will focus more on new wireless technology R&D, while they will spend less time competing in a declining low-end market. As for the market in feature phones for GSM, the serious competition comes down to just MediaTek and Spreadtrum, they explained.
Asked about the latest shopping spree by Tsinghua Unigroup, Will Strauss, president of Forward Concepts (Tempe, Arizona), noted that he knows almost nothing about Tsinghua Unigroup. But he added, "Actually, if you wanted to create a China-based company that could (with a lot of work and a lot of money) someday rival Qualcomm, Spreadtrum and RDA are the two companies that I would pick."


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 "More Action! Less Tears!" – 5:20
 "Microphones in the Trees" – 9:47
 "Pretty Little Lightning Paw" – 10:01
 "There's a River in the Valley Made of Melting Snow" – 5:08

Musik und Text von A Silver Mt. Zion.

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 Aimee – (schreit auf "More Action! Less Tears!")
 Chad und Nadia – Gesang (auf "Microphones in the Trees" und "Pretty Little Lightning Paw")

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 Harris Newman – Mastering

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 Infoseite für The "Pretty Little Lightning Paw EP" auf der Website von Constellation Records.

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Liars and statistics
Written by Alan Kline (admin)
Tuesday, June 07 2011 13:44
Many years ago, in a country far away, a propagandist mastered the concept of the "Big Lie". That is, if you tell the same lie often enough, and loudly enough, people will begin to accept it as fact. That same concept is being practiced today by those who attack passenger rail.
The most recent is by a guy named Bob Confer, who writes for a website called "NewAmerican". You can Google it; I'm not giving them the benefit of any links from our site. It's the most amazingly ignorant and deceptive article I've read recently. Confer begins by taking Amtrak's daily system ridership of 78,000, and comparing it to the total American population of over 300 million people. Stating that the ridership is 0.025 percent of the total population, Confer claims that this means that "public transportation via rail is unpopular, if not useless, in the United States." That's a blatant lie. The truth is, the vast majority of our population is not traveling between cities by any means of transportation on a given day. That's fortunate--if 307 million people tried to move from one city to another on the same day, the result would be gridlock and chaos. A better comparison would be measuring Amtrak's daily passenger count against the total number of people traveling intercity via any mode of transport on a given day. It still isn't completely valid, because such a comparison fails to take into account the fact that not every trip is the same length. Confer's thesis simply proves the old adage, "Statistics lie, and liars use statistics". I could also claim that Amtrak's 28 million annual passengers--9 percent of the total population--make Amtrak a success. But that still wouldn't paint a truly accurate picture.
Confer then trots out the tired old complaint that passenger rail is somehow a threat to Truth, Justice, Freedom, Liberty and The American Way of Life. Usually, that complaint takes the form, "Them lib'ruls are gonna take away our cars!" Another old lie. The truth is, those of us who advocate for passenger rail understand the need for a truly balanced transportation system, which uses the strengths of each form of transportation--highway, air, and rail--to offset the weaknesses of each. And we're not all "liberal"--at most, I'd consider myself to be centrist or moderate. There are also, believe it or not, conservatives who support rail. One of the best known is Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, who regrettably has chosen to retire from the Senate at the end of her current term. No one who advocates for passenger rail has tried to suggest that the government should forcibly take away anyone's cars. What we're looking for is a future where people have the choice of a range of alternatives that best suits their needs for a particular trip. In our house, we try to practice what I preach--we own one car, and to the extent possible plan our schedules around that. When we can't, I use the bus, which conveniently stops in front of our house. (That's not by chance, either--that was one of our criteria in buying a house) We use our car when it makes sense, but also use public transport when we can. I don't care if someone else owns 3, 4, or a dozen cars--I just want the ability to not use mine, when another mode makes better sense. The truth is, it's people like Confer who are trying to take away our liberties. He and others of his ilk are trying to force people into a lifestyle where they have no option but to own and operate a motor vehicle--preferably, several. The only way that they can do that is to lie, cheat and deceive the public wherever possible, because there are few rational arguments in their favor.
Obviously, the premise of Confer and others of his ilk is that government has no business operating passenger rail or other forms of public transportation. They generally define "public transportation" as anything that benefits the less affluent, or transportation which doesn't run on rubber tires or wings. There's a huge bit of hypocrisy at work here--these people have never suggested that the government also get out of the business of building highways and airports--which can also be considered "public transportation" They've never suggested that publicly-owned airports, which generally are exempt from property taxes, be turned over to the private sector. By the way, that's another typical extremist comment--they claim that if American needed rail, the private sector would do it. Why don't they make that same demand for private-sector airports and highways? After all, if airports were profitable, wouldn't there be corporations fighting each other to get a piece of the action? If the extremists can somehow justify public subsidies for airports and highways, they have no rational way to oppose subsidies for rail. Confer and others like him ignore the historic fact that hundreds of billions of dollars of government money have been spent on public infrastructure--those highways, airports and the air traffic control system--which left the privately owned and operated railroads unable to compete. That's why Amtrak was created in 1971, and the situation has only worsened between 1971 and 2011. It's tough for any business to compete against subsidized competition, in transportation or any other industry.
Confer also manages to confuse, probably deliberately, the distinction between commuter rail and intercity rail (Amtrak). Absurdly, he tries to imply that the President's goal of connecting 80 percent of the population with high-speed rail won't work because most jobs today are located in suburbs, not downtown areas? Excuse me? What kind of weird logic is this? HSR connects one city to another, not suburbia to downtown. That's as idiotic as claiming that we shouldn't have airports because I can't fly to my job downtown. HSR, conventional intercity passenger rail, and commuter rail are different tools for different purposes. Again, The Big Lie at work. Confer is trying to confuse his readers.
Who are these people? As always, Google is your friend. A few seconds of searching reveals that the "NewAmerican" magazine is the mouthpiece of the John Birch Society, an extremist libertarian group that is so far to the right that it makes Rush Limbaugh look like a flaming liberal. And not surprisingly, the same Google search reveals that the John Birch Society is one of the many "astroturf" groups which was either founded, co-founded and/or bankrolled, either directly or indirectly, by the Koch family or Koch Industries, the oil and energy conglomerate--and an enemy of any form of lifestyle which involves the reduced use of petroleum. The Kochs have also bankrolled other notorious anti-rail groups--"think tanks" (an inappropriate name if ever there was) like the Cato Institute and the Reason Foundation. Cato and Reason both repeat the Big Lie over and over again, quoting each other in their bogus "studies" to give them a veneer of credibility, to the point where the mainstream media starts to believe them. Of course, they refuse to respond to any media inquiry about their finances or funding. Cato and Reason have both received substantial amounts of funding from other oil companies, auto builders, sprawl promoters like Wal-Mart, and many other enemies of rail. There's an irony in their practice of concealing their supporters. These are the same kind of people who decry the activity of unions, of both public and private employees, in the political arena. But the unions, at least, are proudly open about who they are and what they support. Unions don't try to hide anything, unlike the Kochs and their various astroturf groups--"Americans for Prosperity", the soul of the Tea Party, is another. Oh, one last point: Parsing the Wikipedia article on the John Birch Society indicates that at its peak, the society had around 100,000 members, or about 0.03 percent of the current American population. Using Bob Confer's "logic" and his own words, the society is "unpopular, if not useless, in the United States."
So it's no surprise, really. Confer's attack is simply another extremist attack on a form of transport which is contrary to the Kochs' vision of a Utopia where we continue to be a nation dependent on the oil they sell. The Propaganda Minister would be proud of them.
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Blasting permit (Mareeba) - Queensland
You need this permit to:
store explosives
prepare explosives for use
detonate explosives.
You must not store explosives unless:
you have a permit to use the explosives in blasting operations and comply with permit conditions applicable to storing explosives
another law authorises you to store explosives.
Council may only grant permits for specific blasting operations or a specified series of blasting operations to be conducted over a period specified in the permit.
Contact council for more information on the current application process and relevant form.
Your permit does not take effect until you produce evidence (to an authorised person) that you have taken out an insurance policy insuring (on terms and conditions that are acceptable to council) both you and the council against liability for any personal injury and/or property damage resulting from operations.
When applying for a permit, keep the following in mind:
council must be satisfied that the person who is to carry out the blasting operations has the necessary knowledge and experience and has the necessary licence or authority required under the Explosives Act 1999
local law policy may specify criteria for granting blasting permits
council may only grant a permit to the person who will be responsible for carrying out the blasting operations.
Blasting regulations are intended to ensure, as far as practicable, that:
the council receives appropriate advance notice of the use of explosives in its area
the explosives are used in accordance with appropriate safety standards
the use of explosives does not result in personal injury, property damage or environmental harm.
You must carry out blasting operations in accordance with the Explosives Act 1999, the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999, the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999, the Petroleum Act 1923 and the Environmental Protection Act 1994.
Council may grant permits with certain conditions, such as:
you must limit the quantity of explosives used
regulating when you may carry out the blasting operations
regulating the placement of explosives
requiring you to give advance notice of the blasting operations to occupiers of adjacent land
requiring you to report operation results to Council (including the nature of rock or earth formations encountered in the course of the operations)
your compliance with specified safety requirements in carrying, storing and using explosives (in addition to the requirements of other laws)
prescribing conditions that may be imposed in a permit (or that would ordinarily be imposed in a permit).
You must take all reasonable precautions to prevent personal injury and property damage.
Business uses of this permit include:
excavations.
Mareeba Shire Council
65 Rankin Street
Mareeba, Queensland 4880
info@msc.qld.gov.au
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A great post from Glug co-founder and Chief Executive at Output Group, Ian Hambleton about the importance of making the difference. Previously posted here.
Having run my own agency for nearly 15 years (eek), things are slowly starting to become clearer. Certainly in terms of how we pitch the business to new clients, and even existing ones.
That's why at Output Group we've been channeling more money into the creation of self initiated and client investment projects and away from traditional sales & marketing functions.
These self-initiated projects have helped to push the quality of our work, while at the same time ensuring our team are creatively challenged. Effectively, it delivers on point 1 and 3 – and we often get to invite our clients to screenings and events, so it also helps build relationships.
It's not been easy and at times has taken some nerve to do this. Last year we spent nearly £250,000 (in time and materials) on self-initiated projects, but we're starting to see results already off the back of them. In 2017 we're doubling down on this strategy, while reducing our marketing and pitching budgets for the year.
Projects like Mondegreen, The Dog and the Elephant, and the youth voting campaign #RizeUp have not just seen creative acclaim, but they've won us new work, often without a pitch. They've also ensured we have a happy team, built the profile of the agency and made Output a place where the best talent wants to work.
With our client investment projects the approach is slightly different. Here we'll put aside a pot of time and use this to go above and beyond the brief. We'll look for a business problem that we think we can help solve and then we'll work with the clients to create new solutions. A sort of value add for clients.
Both approaches seem to be working. It probably means we'll have to turn down some pitches this year, which in itself is another incentive. After all, that's not how we tend to do our best work. We find the most effective and rewarding work happens when we're working in collaboration with clients, not when we're asked to go away and solve a business problem in isolation, without their insights.
I'm really interested to hear the client viewpoint on this approach and other agency views. Does the hard sell ever work? How do you best sell yourselves as an agency? Do clients always prefer to pitch a job out? What are you looking for in an agency?
Making the difference through design.
A series of short posts and ponderings on my learnings about running an agency and how this can improve way we work with marketeers and brands.


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Ready for a walking tour of the whole Fortnite map? Your challenge this week is to visit the center of Named Locations in a single match. It's not as easy as it sounds, but we're here to help.
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You'll have to visit four of these in a single game to complete the challenge. To find the centre, you're looking for a white glowing pole. Once you go near it, it'll raise a flag that matches your emblem.
In terms of strategy, you want to stick towards less popular landing spots. This means places like Tilted and Risky Reels might not be the best place to go straight away.
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If a whole new set of challenges isn't fun enough, we've also had confirmation that Fortnite Season 5 will start in the second week of July.
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Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the linguine according to package directions. Drain and reserve.
While pasta is cooking, heat a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add 2 Tbsp. of the olive oil. Sauté the fennel until softened and lightly browned in places, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and continue to cook until aromatic, another 30 seconds. Stir in the raisins, cherry tomatoes and lemon juice. Cook to heat through and soften the raisins, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Toss in the linguine and sardines, breaking up the sardines into bite-sized pieces without letting them break up too much.
Divide between 4 bowls. Drizzle with remaining olive oil and sprinkle with parsley.
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package io.compgen.ngsutils.vcf.annotate;

import io.compgen.ngsutils.vcf.VCFAnnotationDef;
import io.compgen.ngsutils.vcf.VCFAttributeException;
import io.compgen.ngsutils.vcf.VCFAttributeValue;
import io.compgen.ngsutils.vcf.VCFHeader;
import io.compgen.ngsutils.vcf.VCFParseException;
import io.compgen.ngsutils.vcf.VCFRecord;

public class TransitionTransversion extends AbstractBasicAnnotator {

	@Override
	public void setHeaderInner(VCFHeader header) throws VCFAnnotatorException {
		try {
            header.addInfo(VCFAnnotationDef.info("CG_TSTV", "1", "String", "Is the variant and transition (TS) or transversion (TV), skips all multi-variants and indels"));
        } catch (VCFParseException e) {
            throw new VCFAnnotatorException(e);
        }
	}

	protected void annotate(VCFRecord record) throws VCFAnnotatorException {
		int tstv = record.calcTsTv();

		try {
			if (tstv == -1) {
				record.getInfo().put("CG_TSTV", new VCFAttributeValue("TS"));
			} else if (tstv == 1) {
				record.getInfo().put("CG_TSTV", new VCFAttributeValue("TV"));
			}
		} catch (VCFAttributeException e) {
			// won't happen -- vcf attributes above are hard-coded to be good values
		}
	}
}

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Munching on chocolates is your guilty pleasure? Yes, did you really say Guilty? Why?
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If you are afraid to binge on the chocolaty, thinking about the amount of sugar that goes into your system, then my dear, like anything else- excess of chocolates is also bad, but if taken in sufficient quantities and having the right kinds then chocolates can prove to be a super healthy option (a small portion of a chocolate pastry isn't a bad dessert choice afterall).
Helps Keep Your Heart Healthy: Chocolates is known to reduce the risk of stroke, as well as prevent many other cardiovascular diseases. The compounds present in chocolate are found to fight against the bad cholesterol (LDL) and increases the level of good cholesterol (HDL). Many a researches have all come down to conclude, that eating chocolate surely reduces heart risks, as no counter observation has till now.
It's a Mood Elevator: Easily the best way to feel better when low. Grab a chocolate bar, and your nerves will soothe. Chocolates are best known for their mood-lifting characteristic, as some chemical compounds in chocolates conspire to positively distract your mood. The chemical, Phenylethylamine, which is produced in the brain that makes you have the feel of being in love, is also present in chocolate. No wonder you've heard of the orgasmic effect of chocolates.
Powerful Antioxidant: A power house of antioxidants. Dark chocolate has these wonder elements that help your body get rid of the free radicals. Free radicals are said to be stimulating aging as well as be a major cause of cancer. It is therefore good to include in your healthy diet plans food items that are rich in anti-oxidants to fight these harmful elements in the body.
Improves Brain Function: Chocolate is proven to improve the cognitive function of the brain, as it improves blood circulation to brain and heart. It is due to the cocoa that is found in it, which also has caffeine and theobromine which act as stimulants that result in short term better brain functioning. Consuming chocolate has also been found effective in improving verbal fluency in many people with related issues.
Protects Your Skin & Provides Glow: Eating chocolates is one of the healthy habits for glowing skin you should adopt. Chocolates that are rich in high flavanols are observed to have a protective role against the sun. Also, this sugar doesn't cause acne or breakouts. In fact chocolate massages and spa treatment can provide enviable glow to your skin. The antioxidants help your skin get firmer, and plumper. The caffeine improves circulation which in turn rejuvenates the skin.
Prevents Tooth Decay: Sugar is definitely the worst enemy of your teeth, but not necessarily chocolate, or atleast dark chocolate. Chocolate comes from the source cacao, which has high antibacterial agents. The amount of cacao in white chocolate is significantly low as compared to the sugar content. It is however, the opposite in case of dark chocolate. Therefore, high cacao content in Dark Chocolate can help prevent tooth decay too.
Chocolate Consumers Live Longer: Regular chocolate eaters are observed to have a longer life span than those who stay away from this tempting food item. Researchers of Harvard too back this observation, and have found chocolate consumption adding almost two years to one's life expectancy rate. Isn't that the most easiest (delicious) way of ensuring to live longer?!
Surprisingly, Can Help in Weight Loss: Picking up dark chocolate over others, as part of your weight loss diet may not seem like the logical option when calculating caloric content of different foods, but it is actually quite the right thing to do. The reason being, dark chocolate can effectively control your cravings for not just more sweets but also for other salty and fatty foods. Having dark chocolate in moderate amount can help you stick to your diet routine better, due to it's satiating effect.


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In Isolated Times, Chris Tomlin's New Collaborations Project Finds Fellowship
by Carena Liptak
Chris Tomlin; Photo by Robby Klein
"It was truly organic, and truly this amazing, divine intervention," Chris Tomlin recalls, thinking back on the origin story behind his new album, Chris Tomlin & Friends.
The project is a team effort between the Christian singer and a slew of gusts, the bulk of whom come from the country format. While Tomlin grew up a fan of the genre, he hadn't done much collaborating with its artists before beginning what would eventually become his new album. In fact, the singer first forayed into working with country performers last year, when a fateful chance encounter with Thomas Rhett led to Tomlin's participation in a song called "Be a Light."
"Last year, I did a thing called Good Friday Nashville, which was at Bridgestone [Arena]," Tomlin explains. "I had been trying to get Thomas Rhett to do it with me — like, to be my surprise guest. And it never happened. But then I'm walking up to do my soundcheck this past year, and I finish my soundcheck and walk offstage, and my road manager says, 'Hey man, why don't you come backstage? Thomas Rhett just walked up and wants to meet you.'"
As it turned out, while Tomlin was soundchecking, Rhett was in the arena's rehearsal space preparing for his upcoming summer tour. He'd realized that Tomlin was in the building after recognizing the music coming from the stage, and wanted to come say hello and introduce himself as a fan.
"So we just connected right there…What are the odds, right?" Tomlin continues. After all the time he'd spent trying to figure out the logistics of bringing the country superstar out onstage during his show, it was a lucky encounter that finally brought the two performers together.
I am so grateful for guys like @thomasrhettakins who has an absolute heart of gold and was willing to be a part of this project…."Thank You Lord" featuring TR and @floridageorgialine is available everywhere now!
A post shared by Chris Tomlin (@christomlin) on Jul 2, 2020 at 6:39pm PDT
"We started talking about music. He said, 'Why don't we get together and maybe see if we can write some songs together?' I thought, 'Man, that would be so cool.' We talked about how much we loved each other's music," he adds. "And then it was probably just a couple of weeks later that he sent me that song, 'Be a Light.'"
Released in March in part as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, "Be a Light" also featured the likes of Keith Urban, Reba McEntire and Lady A's Hillary Scott. Its release marked Tomlin's first preview into how a country fan base would respond to a collaboration between him and country artists.
But by the time that song came out, Chris Tomlin & Friends was already well underway: In fact, it wasn't long after meeting Rhett that Tomlin had another chance encounter that would go on to hugely impact his duets project.
"Like, two weeks after I ran into Thomas, I was on vacation down in Florida after my tour ended, and so was Tyler [Hubbard] from Florida Georgia Line," he continues. The pair met while working out in the same gym, and just like in his meeting with Rhett, a simple introduction led to plans to write together sometime.
"We smashed up our genres and wrote songs, never thinking we were gonna make a record," says Tomlin. "It wasn't like the label came and said, 'Let's put these artists together…'We just started writing some songs and were like, 'Wow, we're sitting on some really great stuff. What would it be like to do this together, make a record together?'
"So we started getting more people involved. Like, 'Let's go out and find those people who are of like heart, like mind and like faith, and let's do this,'" he adds.
Soon, acts like Lady A, Brett Young, Russell Dickerson, Cassadee Pope and RaeLynn had also signed on to the project, and FGL took on an executive producing role. Many of the artists lending their voices had a hand in songwriting, too — a particularly appropriate approach for a collaborative project that seems to have emerged largely out of organic connections and sit-down songwriting sessions.
"We were writing songs together. We were producing it together. Singing it together. It wasn't like, 'Hey, you go sing your verse, I'll sing mine and we'll never even see each other,'" Tomlin explains, going on to say that being surrounded by country songwriters afforded him the freedom to experiment with lyrical style in a way that was new for him.
"Country music is [for] the common man," he points out. "So it allowed me to say things and write things that I really wouldn't write in my songs, because my songs are more for singing to God and worshipping God. It's a different kind of language. It gave me license to use language in a different way that I really, really loved and have always wanted to do."
As an example, he cites "Thank You Lord," a song that boasts both Rhett and Hubbard as co-writers and guest vocalists.
"If you ever told me I could sing a chorus like, 'For my babies, for my girl / For the way they changed my world'…all these things we're singing, it doesn't really work on a Sunday morning in church," Tomlin says. "But then when you get to the bridge of the song…it really is kind of more of a praise [lyric.] It's beautiful how that worked together."
Just like Rhett saw "Be a Light" in a different context after the pandemic broke out, Tomlin says that 2020 has expanded the scope of his new album in ways he couldn't have predicted. More than anything, the idea of collaboration itself — two or more people in a room together, sharing space as they work toward a common goal — means more today than it ever could have even six months ago.
"Because first of all, we feel so isolated with the pandemic. With the quarantine, there's more isolation than ever, which causes so much stress and anxiety," Tomlin elucidates. "Then with all the racial tensions — man, we really need each other. We're really the same. We're really one people. So this record is not even trying to do that, but it's meant in a way that's really special."
Cassadee Pope, Chris Tomlin, Florida Georgia Line, Lady A, RaeLynn, Russell Dickerson, Thomas Rhett
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With a land mass of only 25km², the city of Manila – capital of The Philippines – is heavily packed with about 1.6 million people. Throw in the more than 1 million tourists that visit the Pearl of the Orient each year, and we can see why area hotels reach so far into the sky. In that relatively minuscule space, there are 3 thriving Manila casino resorts, but as a fourth USD $1.1bn gambling destination prepares to open, analysts are concerned about market saturation.
While demand for casino resorts is still moderate in Manila, it's not what it was two years ago, when plans for the new resort were established. The experts at Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. now fear that the added supply could be a detriment to the city's gambling industry.
"The Manila Bay Resorts project of Kazuo Okada's Universal Entertainment Corp is set to open in Entertainment City before the end of this year, with its approved gaming capacity potentially growing total market supply by another 53 percent," wrote Daiwa analyst Patricia Tamase.
The heads of Manila Bay Resort told local press in September 2014 that the new Manila casino could contain as many as 3,000 slot machines and 500 gaming tables. At that time, demand was incredibly high for integrated casino resorts. Since then, however, an economic downslide and anti-corruption campaign from China have seen the gambling market growing at a much slower pace than in recent years.
The upcoming Manila casino will be entering a gaming space that's already occupied by three major operators. Resorts World Manila has been here the longest, having opened in August of 2009, and is the most trafficked of all due to its prime location, adjacent to the city's Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
The Solaire Casino Resort on the east coast at Manila Bay opened in March of 2013, presenting Resorts World with its first formal competition. Then in December 2014, the long-awaited City of Dreams Manila casino held its grand opening.
"Gross gaming revenues from the three Philippine integrated resorts grew by 18 percent year-on-year to PHP70.1 billion [USD $1.51bn] in 2015, mainly due to the PHP13.6 billion in fresh contribution from… City of Dreams Manila," Tamase said.
However, "With this fourth entry into the local gaming space, the market's bigger concerns would be on how quickly demand can match the new supply, and which existing operators will be taking the biggest hit in market share," wrote Tamase.
Further compounding matters is Resorts World's stated commitment to integrate a second Manila casino destination, Resorts World Bayshore, where phase 1 of the USD $1.1bn project is already being erected just south of Solaire Casino Resort on Manila Bay. The company's flagship, Resorts World Manila, is also undergoing an expansion.
According to company briefs, between the three existing casino resorts, visitors are privy to a grand total of 4,600 slots/electronic gaming devices, and 964 table games. If the new Manila Bay Resort installs its previously projected machines, those numbers would rise to 7,600 slots (40% increase) and 1,464 table games (34% increase).


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List of nominees for 63rd annual Golden Globe Awards
(CNN) -- Here are the motion picture and television nominees for the 63rd annual Golden Globe Awards announced Tuesday. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is scheduled to present the awards on January 16 in Beverly Hills, California.
Motion picture nominees:
1. Best motion picture -- Drama:
-- "Brokeback Mountain"
-- "The Constant Gardener"
-- "Good Night, and Good Luck"
-- "A History of Violence"
-- "Match Point"
2. Best actress in a motion picture -- Drama:
-- Maria Bello, "A History of Violence"
-- Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica"
-- Gwyneth Paltrow, "Proof"
-- Charlize Theron, "North Country"
-- Ziyi Zhang, "Memoirs of a Geisha"
3. Best actor in a motion picture -- Drama:
-- Russell Crowe, "Cinderella Man"
-- Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"
-- Terrence Howard, "Hustle & Flow"
-- Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"
-- David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
4. Best motion picture -- Musical or Comedy:
-- "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
-- "Pride & Prejudice"
-- "The Producers"
-- "The Squid and the Whale"
-- "Walk the Line"
5. Best actress in a motion picture -- Musical or Comedy:
-- Judi Dench, "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
-- Keira Knightley, "Pride & Prejudice"
-- Laura Linney, "The Squid and the Whale"
-- Sarah Jessica Parker, "The Family Stone"
-- Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"
6. Best actor in a motion picture-- Musical or Comedy:
-- Pierce Brosnan, "The Matador"
-- Jeff Daniels, "The Squid and the Whale"
-- Johnny Depp, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
-- Nathan Lane, "The Producers"
-- Cillian Murphy, "Breakfast on Pluto"
-- Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line"
7. Best foreign language film:
-- "Kung Fu Hustle," China
-- "Master of the Crimson Armor aka The Promise," China
-- "Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noel)," France
-- "Paradise Now," Palestinian territories
-- "Tsotsi," South Africa
8. Best supporting actress in a motion picture:
-- Scarlett Johansson, "Match Point"
-- Shirley MacLaine, "In Her Shoes"
-- Frances McDormand, "North Country"
-- Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener"
-- Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain"
9. Best supporting actor in a motion picture:
-- George Clooney, "Syriana"
-- Matt Dillon, "Crash"
-- Will Ferrell, "The Producers"
-- Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"
-- Bob Hoskins, "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
10. Best director in a motion picture:
-- Woody Allen, "Match Point"
-- George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
-- Peter Jackson, "King Kong"
-- Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"
-- Fernando Meirelles, "The Constant Gardener"
-- Steven Spielberg, "Munich"
11. Best screenplay:
-- George Clooney and Grant Heslov, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
-- Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, "Crash"
-- Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, "Munich"
-- Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain"
12. Best original score:
-- Alexandre Desplat, "Syriana"
-- James Newton Howard, "King Kong"
-- Gustavo Santaolalla, "Brokeback Mountain"
-- Harry Gregson-Williams, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
-- John Williams, "Memoirs of a Geisha"
13. Best original song:
-- "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" from "Brokeback Mountain"
-- "Christmas in Love" from "Christmas in Love"
-- "There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway" from "The Producers"
-- "Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica"
-- "Wunderkind" from "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
Television nominees
1. Best television series -- Drama:
-- "Commander in Chief," ABC
-- "Grey's Anatomy," ABC
-- "Lost," ABC
-- "Prison Break," Fox
-- "Rome," HBO
2. Best actress -- Drama: Patricia Arquette, "Medium"
-- Glenn Close, "The Shield"
-- Geena Davis, "Commander in Chief"
-- Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"
-- Polly Walker, "Rome"
3. Best actor -- Drama:
-- Patrick Dempsey, "Grey's Anatomy"
-- Matthew Fox, "Lost"
-- Hugh Laurie, "House"
-- Wentworth Miller, "Prison Break"
-- Kiefer Sutherland, "24"
4. Best television series -- Musical or Comedy:
-- "Curb Your Enthusiasm," HBO
-- "Desperate Housewives," ABC
-- "Entourage," HBO
-- "Everybody Hates Chris," UPN
-- "My Name is Earl," NBC
-- "Weeds," Showtime
5. Best actress -- Musical or Comedy:
-- Marcia Cross, "Desperate Housewives"
-- Teri Hatcher, "Desperate Housewives"
-- Felicity Huffman, "Desperate Housewives"
-- Eva Longoria, "Desperate Housewives"
-- Mary-Louise Parker, "Weeds"
6. Best actor -- Musical or Comedy:
-- Zach Braff, "Scrubs"
-- Steve Carell, "The Office"
-- Larry David, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
-- Jason Lee, "My Name is Earl"
-- Charlie Sheen, "Two and a Half Men"
7. Best television miniseries or movie:
-- "Empire Falls," HBO
-- "Into the West," TNT
-- "Lackawanna Blues," HBO
-- "Sleeper Cell," Showtime
-- "Viva Blackpool," BBC America
-- "Warm Springs," HBO
8. Best actress -- Miniseries or Movie:
-- Halle Berry, "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
-- Kelly MacDonald, "The Girl in the Cafe"
-- S. Epatha Merkerson, "Lackawanna Blues"
-- Cynthia Nixon, "Warm Springs"
-- Mira Sorvino, "Human Trafficking"
9. Best actor -- Miniseries or Movie:
-- Kenneth Branagh, "Warm Springs"
-- Ed Harris, "Empire Falls"
-- Jonathan Rhys Meyers, "Elvis"
-- Bill Nighy, "The Girl in the Cafe"
-- Donald Sutherland, "Human Trafficking"
10. Best supporting Actress -- Miniseries or Movie:
-- Candice Bergen, "Boston Legal"
-- Camryn Manheim, "Elvis"
-- Sandra Oh, "Grey's Anatomy"
-- Elizabeth Perkins, "Weeds"
-- Joanne Woodward, "Empire Falls"
11. Best supporting actor -- Miniseries or Movie:
-- Naveen Andres, "Lost"
-- Paul Newman, "Empire Falls"
-- Jeremy Piven, "Entourage"
-- Randy Quaid, "Elvis"
-- Donald Sutherland, "Commander in Chief"
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City Kitchen, the eclectic American brasserie in University Place, Chapel Hill, perfectly embodies its name. The lively atmosphere coupled with a unique style and daring dishes, gives the impression that one would find the restaurant on the corner of a bustling New York City street. The back walls are dyed cherry red and are covered with a wide variety of modern and antique paintings. Diners can peek into the open kitchen and get a glimpse of the culinary magic happening behind the scenes. Choose to dine under glowing light fixtures in the large indoor dining room equipped with a sprawling bar or enjoy a seat on the patio surrounded by lush shrubbery—either way, you won't be disappointed.
We chose to sit outdoors on a busy night and enjoyed summery cicada calls and the laughter of our fellow patrons. At first glimpse, the menu lists a variety of dishes inspired by cuisines and techniques all around the world. Many caught our eye: pan-seared scallops atop spaghetti squash and dusted with parmigiano reggiano and a garlic agrodolce, roasted frenched chicken breast paired with crispy artichoke hearts, carrot puree and chimichurri…the list goes on. After weighing the options we chose the charcuterie plate and a special pork belly appetizer to start, and I chose the butternut squash and kale risotto for my main course.
Our eyes were delighted as we watched our appetizers weave their way through the crowd to our table. The wooden slab decorated with a selection of salami, prosciutto, pâté, pepperoni, marinated roasted red pepper, whole grain mustard, pickle skewers and artisanal toasted sesame crackers left us speechless. Each bite yielded a new flavor combination, surprising our taste buds every time. The pork belly was exceptional—the bites were extremely tender and immediately melted in our mouths. Garnished with garlic sautéed kale and thinly sliced radish, it certainly lived up to our expectations.
Next to the table was the warm, hearty bowl of risotto. The arborio rice was cooked to perfection and mixed with tender butternut squash, lacinato kale and parmigiana reggiano. A pillow of microgreens and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil topped off the dish. Each creamy, cheesy spoonful was more delicious than the last.
City Kitchen is definitely all that it's cracked up to be, plus more. This is your destination for group outings—birthday dinners, Greek events—you name it and City Kitchen can accommodate you in style. The staff is genuinely passionate about creating a memorable experience for guests, and I guarantee every worldly bite you taste will leave you wanting more.


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Almost three-quarters of UK firms unaware of 'Brexit freedoms' plans
Hattie Francis
Most UK businesses have no interest in or understanding of the government's flagship "Brexit freedoms" plan to scrap EU regulations, according to a survey of bosses.The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said almost three-quarters of company directors were either unaware of the government plans or did not know the details. Across all business areas, about half in the survey of almost 1,000 firms said deregulation was either a low priority or not a priority at all.William Bain, the head of trade policy at the BCC, which represents thousands of firms of all sizes across the country, said: "Businesses did not ask for this bill, and as our survey highlights, they are not clamouring for a bonfire of regulations for the sake of it."They don't want to see divergence from EU regulations which makes it more difficult, costly or impossible to export their goods and services."Rishi Sunak's government is under growing pressure from business leaders, unions and political critics to withdraw the EU retained law bill, commonly referred to as the Brexit freedoms bill.The plan to purge a wide range of EU laws from the British statute book was a key policy reform introduced under Liz Truss's short-lived premiership, promoted by her business secretary, Jacob Rees-Mogg.The BCC said as few as 4% of businesses comprehensively understood the Brexit freedoms bill and its potential impact on them. When asked which regulations they would keep, amend, or remove completely, more than half (58%) said they had no preference.In the survey, first reported by the New Statesman, firms were also asked whether deregulation was a priority for them across the business areas of employment, health and safety, environment, planning and product safety regulations.The results stand in stark contrast to comments made by senior government figures suggesting that widespread regulatory changes could help UK businesses and reboot the British economy.The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, argued last week that "Brexit freedoms" could help pave the way for growth in key sectors. Comparing the plans to Nigel Lawson's 1986 "big bang" City reforms, he told MPs on the Treasury committee: "We have a huge Brexit opportunity to set our own regulations."You can set out long-term plans for growth industries like life sciences, technology and green industries, which attracts people to come to the UK, because we are using our Brexit freedoms to allow things to happen with forward-looking regulatory structures that you cannot do in other countries."Business groups have previously experienced tensions between the views of their members and leadership on Brexit. Ahead of the 2016 referendum, the BCC's then director general, John Longworth, was suspended after suggesting Britain would be better off outside the EU despite two-thirds of members backing remain. Meanwhile, Lord Bamford, the chair of JCB, withdrew his firm's membership of the CBI over the lobby group's anti-Brexit stance.The BCC said there was little appetite among firms for UK rules to diverge significantly from EU regulations, warning that too many differences would add to company costs at a time when businesses were already struggling with soaring inflation and other barriers to trade with the EU.The UK copied over EU laws to smooth the formal exit from the EU on 31 January 2020. Under the bill, several thousand EU laws would automatically expire at the end of 2023 unless they had already been reviewed, amended, renewed or scrapped.The BCC urged ministers to extend the deadline for the bill to the end of 2026 to give more time for consultation with firms.William Bain said: "Most importantly, businesses and government need to focus on the pressing issues we are facing right now. With a difficult 12 months ahead, we can't afford to take away any resources that businesses need to keep afloat over the coming year."
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Marketing mix of Burger King
January 25, 2020 By Hitesh Bhasin Tagged With: Marketing Mix
Burger King also simply known as BK is a public company founded by Insta – Burger King in the year 1953 on 28 July. This worldwide chain of restaurants is located globally and deals with fast food hamburgers. It has its headquarters in Miami-Dade Country of Florida in the United States. In 1954, the company ran into some complications and hence was purchased and renamed Burger King. Although the company has changed ownership at least four times from its first purchase, its name still remains the same – Burger king. Some of its key competitors who keep the company on its toes are as follows –
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When Burger king was opened, the first restaurant menu included basic hamburgers, desserts, French fries, milk shakes and soft drinks. Later in the year 1957, it introduced "Whopper Sandwich" to its previous menu. The hamburger that is of just a quarter pound has become synonymous with the brand name and therefore the new restaurants were even named "Whopper Bars".
In 1979, a special Sandwich line was introduced and later the breakfast product line was presented. In the later years, Mini Muffins and French toast sticks were added to the menu. With the expansion of various outlets in different regions the menus were somewhat localized to adhere to the regional tastes and religious beliefs.
Fast-food items like Texas Double Whopper, Mushroom sandwiches and Swiss cheese have been rotated in the menu on and off with times. At present bacon cheeseburger, hamburger, coffee, juice, cookies, whopper junior, French fries of medium size, chicken tenders, onion rings, soft drink and a shake are served to the customers.
Presently Burger King has an outlet almost everywhere in the global market. It has its base in nearly seventy-nine countries with an estimated 13000 outlets. 66% of these outlets are in US with 99% of them being operated and owned privately. Its international locations include Europe, Oceania and East- Asian countries like Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea. It has also recently entered India.
Burger King has divided all its global operations in to three different segments. It has established various subsidiaries and developed alliances that have proven strategically sound and profitable. In order to maintain its expansion plans the company has been using different franchising options.
The system through which the company operates with its franchises depends on the particular region. Some franchises with regional background are chosen and they are dealt as master franchises. These master franchises have the responsibility of selling licenses to sub-franchises on the behalf of the main company.
Under an agreement, it is the responsibility of the franchises to make investments in seating arrangements, décor, equipment's etc, while the land and the building on it is owned or leased by the company. Thus, the distribution network of the company is woven around the main company, its franchises and the outlets.
Burger king uses competitive pricing because the competition is very high from the likes of McDonalds. Burger King has been closely monitoring and evaluating their pricing policy so that the consumers do not feel burdened by the rates. Besides analyzing the amount, that a customer is willing to pay, the analyst also determines whether their competitors are charging less or more than they are.
As the various customers belong to different income groups so does the price of food items vary from easily accessible to high price range. The price should be high enough so that doubts are not raised about the quality of the products and low enough so that the customers are willing to pay for it. Thus, a combination of competitive pricing and psychological pricing is used by Burger king.
The firm's promotional strategy is based around the concept of reorganizing and revitalizing its brand at definite periods. Burger King has periodically overhauled its strategies related to menu, advertisements, new agencies, refurbishment of the outlets and a new concept for the restaurants known as the "BK Whopper Bar".
Many of its successful campaigns had melodious jingles, which went on to become hits and its slogan "Have It Your Way" has become synonymous with Burger King. Several advertisements are shown on television and print media to popularize the various outlets and food items that have become its specialty.
Burger King has aligned themselves with organizations that sell scratch cards for $1 and the prize is either a food product or a beverage related to BK. It also has its own charitable organizations. The first one is "Have It Your Way Foundation" that focuses on prevention of diseases and removal of hunger from every household. The second is the "McLamore Foundation" that is responsible for providing scholarships to the interested and deserving students. These steps have proved to be an advertisement for the human side of the company and have helped in uplifting and maintaining its brand image.
The key factor in converting customers is also its distribution. Local advertising like hoardings, lollipops, roadside ads and other such methods are used to get the tempo going for local customers so that they regularly visit Burger king. The key to promotions also lies in the fact that Burger king gives more quantity of food at a comparatively lesser price then its competitors. Thus, overall there are many ways that Burger King promotes itself, right from the product design to the ATL and BTL strategies.
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Great Energy Challenge
It Takes More Than Data to Make a Decision
The Environmental Protection Agency last week launched its much-awaited database reporting on the greenhouse gas emissions of major power plants. You can go to ghgdata.epa.gov and find out how many tons of carbon dioxide, methane and other gases are being put out by facilities in your community or state.
It's a major advance for transparency on greenhouse emissions, and analysts and activists will have a field day with the data. But will it really help the public move forward on making energy decisions?
A lot of people, particularly in the scientific community, believe more and better information means more and better decisions. Whether that actually works out in practice, however, depends on how that information fits into the broader method of how the broader public (rather than experts and activists) grapples with problems.
Social scientist Daniel Yankelovich, the co-founder of Public Agenda, has put forward the idea of a "Learning Curve" in public thinking about complicated problems. Experts and activists, those who have spent their lives learning about a specific topic, are ready to take new facts and move forward – maybe in the right direction, maybe not.
The public usually needs time to get up to speed and make up its mind about a problem. Generally speaking, the public passes through a "learning curve" of several stages , from initial consciousness of what the problem is, to "working through" the tradeoffs in different options and then, to "resolution" about solutions. Sometimes that happens quickly; sometimes it can take years or decades. The more complicated the problem, the longer it takes the public to reach resolution. And the problems surrounding energy and climate are particularly complex. When Public Agenda surveyed public attitudes on energy several years ago, we found that many Americans were stumped on questions that were far more basic than how many tons of greenhouse gases their local power plant put out.
Nearly 4 in 10 Americans (39 percent) cannot name a fossil fuel. About half couldn't name a renewable energy source. More than half of the public (56 percent) says incorrectly that nuclear energy contributes to global warming. About one-third of the public (31 percent) says that solar energy contributes to global warming. In many of these cases, there were also high levels of "don't knows."
More importantly, even when the facts are out there, any number of other problems can block the public from getting behind a course of action. A lack of urgency, mistrust, wishful thinking and a paucity of alternatives can all keep the public from grappling with a problem, even when everyone's agreed on the facts. When it comes to energy and the environment especially, addressing the public's lack of trust and fear of change can be just as important as giving people more information.
The new database – or any other new information source – will work best if it's combined with a sense of practical choices. Despite all the focus on national policy and global treaties, energy and climate decisions are driven by local decisions by utility companies, state regulators and community activists. They're the ones who decide what kinds of power plants get built – and deciding what kind of plants we build is the core of the climate problem. If we're going to shift those policies, we need to not only show the pros and cons of our current plants, we also need to show the advantages and disadvantages of the alternatives. And people need to wrestle with the alternatives in local communities where trust is likely to be stronger and where people can envision the alternatives in concrete ways. Otherwise, we end up where we are now: with energy choices we can't sustain and yet won't change.
Data can show us how we're going wrong. The trick is finding ways to use it to guide us in the right direction.