Glenn: Hi! It's Glenn McQueenie, and welcome to my 25-minute Success Series call. We're actually going to do something a little bit different today that I'm kind of excited about. Instead of having a guest on to talk about finding their niche market, I really want to talk about this project that I've been working on. I'm going to be rolling it out next year, and it's called The Three New Shifts for 2019.
The first shift is what we call the economic market shift, and I'm really basing a lot of this around a great book called "Shift" that was written by Gary Keller. It's called "Shift: The 12 Tactics Real Estate Agents Must Do Now to Win in a Down Market." So I want to summarize some of those tactics, and also add just my thoughts to it.
The second shift that we're looking at right now is what we call the technology shift, and that is I think probably the first time that many of us are ever going to really feel the true effects of what technology can do to us and our role as realtors. I think you can all agree that technology has been helping us immensely in our real estate career, from when I first started 30 years ago where we didn't have the PC to where the PC, the hardware came in. Then we had the software on top of it. And now we've got the cloud. So through all the different plugin software, the way homes are searched and the way we can get our prospects signed on MLS prospect matches, and the paperwork is all really digitized now and they can sign anywhere. I think you could probably argue it's made our job a lot quicker, simpler, and certainly faster.
The new shift that's coming is going to be what I think is called the fight for our industry, which is, who's going to be running it? Is it going to be a lot of the Wall Street tech firms that are investing, I think, $13 billion this year on trying to disintermediate the agent? Or is it going to be the agents at the centre of the transaction with a whole bunch of other resources around it? So I'm excited to talk about that.
And then the third one is the shift from general intelligence to more emotional intelligence. I've really been doing a lot of research on this lately, and it's just fascinating to me. I always wonder, why is it that some agents are really, really successful, and other agents (who I think are way smarter and probably know the market better than most of the other agents) struggle? And it's because they have a lot more of the IQ and are very logic-driven, where I think the game that you win this year is going to be the emotional intelligence, which is really, how can you empathize with other people? Can you place yourself in their shoes and really understand how they feel? Do you have an ability to cheer up or really calm down another person? There are a lot of things that can go wrong in a real estate transaction from the beginning to the end, so how do you react when something goes wrong? Do you have the ability, when they get angry or upset about something, to just calm them back down and get them out of high fear and panic and anxiety? I really think, what I've noticed in my career, is that's what separates top agents who have growing, amazing client bases from other agents who just seem to struggle so much. I just find it fascinating. I hope if you're listening to this today, you find it a little bit fascinating, too. We're going to be talking a lot more about that next year.
So let's just get to today, which is going to be part one of a three-part series. We'll probably put a podcast out every week now for the next three weeks. It's December 10th today, so while you're taking some time off and resting after all of your hard work this year, if you've got some time and if you're interested, you can always listen to these podcasts and see if it's something that you want to really align with and set yourself up for success for 2019.
So the first point is we have these three shifts. We have the economic shift of a shifted market, because markets do shift – they go up and down. We have the technology shift. And I'm going to call it the emotional intelligence shift. And the first part is just recognizing that there is a changing landscape of real estate, and the goal is really to put the right systems in place and follow the right models so that you can achieve in any market. And with these three impending shifts, I think the ground's going to get a little shaky, not only for agents, but I think for our customers. They're going to be looking to you for guidance. What I do know to be true is in the short term, everyone in a downward-shifted economic market feels it equally, and your goal is to try to get real and get right as soon as possible. Your whole argument is, just play the hand with the cards you're dealt, not with the cards that you wish you had. And that was a great saying by a coach of mine, Dan Sullivan. I just love that, because whatever happens – it's okay. It's a different hand you got dealt. We're just going to play the game slightly differently.
So moving into 2019, let's look at the band of real estate agents – the whole width of it. We have some agents who are just a complete failure, can't seem to get off the ground. And at the other spectrum, we've got agents who are a massive success. Most agents are in the middle, so the question today is, how do you get out of being stuck in the middle? First of all, as I said earlier, you've got to get real and get right. Just understand things have changed. Know that in your market, when the real estate market shifts from a seller's market to a buyer's market, it's very dramatic. From a buyer's market moving into a seller's, it's a long, long build. It actually might take three, four, seven, 10 years. But when it shifts, it goes really suddenly, and that's just because real estate is a cyclical business. What goes up must come down. Shifts are never unexpected, but they're rarely predictable. You kind of know one is coming; you just don't know when. It's funny – each time a shift occurs, we act surprised, as if it's never happened before. And then once the shift is over, we go on to act as if the shift will never happen again.
So let's look at the anatomy of a shift. Shifts occur whenever supply and demand move out of balance. When a seller supply exceeds buyer demand, it's a buyer's market. And when buyer demand exceeds seller supply, it's a seller's market. A balanced market occurs during the transition between these two markets, but a balanced market rarely lasts very long. So my first question is, why do you think a shift to a buyer's market can cause so much pain? I guess my answer to that would be because it's dramatic, and it's really fast. If we look at the U.S. market in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, you can actually see that it was very dramatic, and it was very, very fast.
So let's define them. We have three types of markets. A buyer's market is typically 5-7 months of listing inventory. A transitional market is 4-5, and the seller's market is when you have usually under three months of inventory. In a seller's market, there's just a high turnover of listings, which means your listings sell really quickly. The whole key in that market is that proper pricing and marketing of the listing is what matters less, because in a rising market, you can almost be wrong on your price, and the market will catch up to you. You're also going to find that commissions will be challenged, because if someone is listing their property and you sell it in two days, and they're paying $10,000 - $100,000 commission, a lot of people get a little bit weird about that. It was interesting – last week or a week and a half ago, I was teaching in Montreal one day and then Newfoundland the next day, and the third day I was teaching in the Niagara Falls area in Canada. I came right from the airport to the hotel and checked in and went down to the bar to grab something to eat before going to my room. I was the only one in the bar and of course the bartender was chatty and she said, "Oh, do you stay at the hotel?" And I said no. And she said, "Oh, what are you doing here?" And I said, "Oh, I'm just teaching tomorrow." And she said, "Oh, Keller Williams is here tomorrow." And I said, "Yeah, I'm just teaching a class called the Business Planning Clinic." And she goes, "Oh. Let me ask you something." Right away, that was our conversation. She said, "I listed and sold my house a couple weeks ago, and we had to pay our agent $40,000, and the house sold in two days. And I've just got to tell you, Glenn, that's exactly what I make in a year." Think about that! That's a lot of money, right? That's a lot of money that people are looking at when you're in a rising market. It sells quick. They don't know the opposite of when we're in a slow market, when it takes forever. All they really care about is themselves and what happened to them. They don't really care about any other kind of context.
Anyway, in a seller's market, prospecting is still a should-do activity. Lead generation is marketing-based and prospecting enhanced. You can market more, get the calls, and then follow up prospecting. Buyer counselling becomes a lot more important in a seller's market, because they're going to be losing on multiple offers. Sometimes the sellers think they can do it themselves, so they don't think they need us as much. Market data becomes less important, and in that market, it's easier for you to increase your sales volume, but it's really hard for you to increase your market share.
Now, if we look at the opposite, which is a buyer's market, we have a low turnover of listings, and properly priced and marketing listings really matter. It's all about getting the right price, because if you don't price it at the market, you will be chasing the market. I always think our job as agents is to sell the property before the seller hates you. In my experience, it's usually about three weeks that you've got until they really start hating you and questioning, do we have the right person here? What you're going to find in a buyer's market is prospecting is a must-do activity, so more of your lead generation is prospecting-based and then marketing enhanced. You're going to have a lot more time that you're going to spend counselling your sellers. Buyer urgency becomes an issue, because if they start to see prices go down, they want to look more and wait longer, and I'll tell you, in this market, market data becomes very important. You just have to become a student of the market, and you have to know the days on market. You have to know the listing inventory, where the average price is going, the percentage of asking that homes are selling for. This is where we add the most value. In this market, it's harder for you to make volume gains because the overall volume drops about 20-40%, but if you can maintain your volume, you actually gain market share.
So let's look at some of the seller's challenges in a shift. I think the seller has unrealistic expectations and values. The days on market or marketing. The seller has a fear of selling at the wrong time. The seller is afraid to disclose their motivation. The seller is possibly unable to sell because they don't have enough money to bring to closing. That's going to happen. The seller may want to refinance, not sell, and buy low. The seller may be unwilling to bring the property up to standards because they just don't have all the equity that they used to have. And they can also ask you to reduce your commission to help compensate them for the market shift, right?
Let's go back to the buyer's market. What happens when we move to a buyer's market is the sellers go through what we call the five stages of grief, which are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Your job, as an agent, is to add as much value as you can at this point. It's also where the emotional intelligence comes in. I think we add value to our customers when we actually provide leadership to them and say, "You know, this is kind of a complex situation, but I've done this before and I know how to do it." We're going to have to let them go through denial – "I can't believe my house has dropped $50,000 or $100,000" and they're angry about it. And then they're going to bargain with it – "Well I'm sure we can just wait and find someone who's going to overpay." But eventually, they get to acceptance, and that's where we need to be. I think in that market, also, you really have to start looking at who you want to work with. Do you want to work with the seller, who is anyone who could sell their home, or a seller seller, which is, to me, someone who has to sell their home? I would just tell you to focus on the latter.
In a buyer's market, when you're trying to sell your property, you have to price ahead of the market. The best price you're going to get is today, and if we wait until next week, the price you're going to get is going to be much lower. You have to be able to really stand out from the competition. You really have to stage your property to be what we call the best in class – the best home on the market. It's kind of like a dog show or a beauty contest where there's only one winner. Where, in a seller's market, everything that gets listed will sell, so you really have to be best of class. In any neighbourhood, sometimes only one property is going to sell that month, and it's the one that's priced the best and shows the best and is marketed the best, right?
The other problem we have is with buyers in this shift, which is more a fear of the future, and a fear that property values will continue to go down. That they might buy a home and lose their job if it's an economic shift. They also believe that they have all the time in the world to look into buying, so they're not as motivated as they are in a rising market. I think buyers also believe, "Hey, I can make any offer I want and people will have to accept it," which we know isn't true. I think the biggest thing most buyers don't understand is it's called a buyer's market for a reason. It really says that it is the best time to buy, and I'm not being cavalier when I say that. I want you to ask yourself, if you bought one property a year for the last 15 years (and let's just say you bought the worst property in your area, and you bought 15 of them), are you going to be worse off or better off today? I think you're going to say you're going to be way better off, because you've been able to pay them down, over time they appreciate, and if you actually look at most markets, prices of homes double every 10 years. The way you can call me on this or check it out is go onto your MLS sales and just do the tracking. You're going to see that about every 10 years, properties double in value. So it's really a question for buyers in that market. If you're thinking about buying a home for a year or two and then moving out of the city, I think as a great consultant you'd say, "You know what? You're probably better to rent right now because the market seems a bit unstable." Whereas, if they're going to be there for five, seven or 10 years, then of course it's a great time to buy. We've got record low interest rates right now. The amount of interest you're going to pay the bank is ridiculously low compared to the normal economic shifts we've had, which were usually triggered by inflation and high interest rates. They might have bought at the bottom of the market, but let me tell you, a $200,000 mortgage at 15% is probably $2,600 a month, whereas today's numbers, between 3-4%, you're at about $950 or $1,000 a month. I mean, it's ridiculous how cheap it is right now to own. Plus you don't have to pay as much interest because rates are lower, so you just get to the principal a lot quicker.
And then if we're in a transitional market, which is that middle market, you just have to shift really quickly with the market. We've found that nationally, transitions are very slow, but locally, transitions are very fast. You really have to watch your local market stats for the direction and the speed of this shift. I would tell you, in this niche environment, what you do is you start directing all of your efforts to the part of the market that won't change, that won't be affected by the shift. You pick a group right now that will benefit most from the shift, and that's where you focus all of your energies. I would argue right now that it's a lot cheaper to move up in a down market than it is to move up within an up market in almost any city anywhere that you study. So it's a great time to actually make that move, and if you focus on the move-up buyers, you're going to probably be able to do a lot better than if you're just going to be staying with the first-time buyers – and a lot better than if you're dealing with a downsizing market. They'll usually tend to wait these things out, because they don't have to do anything and they really only have one chance to maximize the value. If you're coming out of a buyer's market, it's just a full court press on your listing and lead generation to grab market share. It's an opportunity to make major gains in market share and volume. Whereas, if you're coming out of a seller's market, where a lot of markets are now, you really have to ramp up your buyer prospecting and buyer lead conversion. Be sure to focus on protecting what you have, which is your market share, your volume, and your profit. And also, in this, there's the Theory of Equilibrium. Markets move back and forth, so whenever a market moves, there will be a bunch of benefiters and there'll be a bunch of losers. What you have to do is, whenever a market backs off, you become a market maker, and you press on. This is when you actually work harder, because maintaining sales volume net income is actually a massive increase in business relative to the market. I remember when I started in 1989, 30 years ago, the first year was a real booming market, and then the Toronto market collapsed. We were in a down market for six years until prices stabilized. It probably took 10 years to get back to where we were, so that would be probably about 2000, but the gift for me is I just didn't know any better, and I just kept working, where I started seeing a lot of the top agents at the time and top companies just go into denial about it. With a lot of our trade industries, a lot of times they're there to cheer up the public instead of really face the reality that we're in a shift. They kept on saying, "Oh, looks like it's going to turn around" when it didn't. And all you can do is just play the game with the hand you're dealt. That's the bottom line. You've just got to go play that game, because that's the one that matters the most to you. Just play the game with the cards you're dealt.
There are a couple of forces that cause a shift. We have the seasonal cycle. This is December when I'm recording this, so depending on what part of North America you're in, you're either going to be entering your busy period, or you're going to be in your slow period (especially if you're in the northern part of North America). It's traditionally a low time, low volume. If you're in the southern states you're going to, I think, get more high volume. You also have to watch the economic trajectory. What is the overall annual direction, up or down, of your local market? And how is that being affected by employment, cost of living, housing affordability, population growth, demographic trends, layoffs, new technologies, and mismatched job markets? You have to be watching these kinds of numbers. And then what we're going to be talking about in a few minutes is the second shift, which is really more about what we call the technology shift. We call it prof tech, and it's basically just the use of technology in the real estate industry to make transactions more efficient. So if you can imagine, in a down market, you just have to build a fortress around what you have. As the market falls, your whole job is just to hold onto your numbers, to keep your volume the same, because everyone else will be dropping 20%, 40%, 60%. If we look at the Toronto market, which has really been an up market since 1996 (so that's almost 22 years of an up market), over the last two years, we have seen a 40% reduction in sales volume. And remember, you always have to watch volume, because volume is the leading indicator of a shift up or down. In a down market, the volume has to kick up first in order to stop prices from falling, and then it stabilizes prices. The volume goes way up but the prices don't rise. But then eventually, as the volume's increasing, all of a sudden you're going to see those prices go back up. It's the same thing going from a seller's market to a buyer's market. First the volume drops and no one really notices it, and prices don't seem to go down that much, but you'll really notice that the further away you get from the core or the high-volume areas, you'll start to notice that shift will just magnify and accelerate. And then when the next up shift comes, you explode, because you've been able to maintain your share of the market, and because the market increases, you go up at the same level of that. So the issue's really not so much about the shift, but how long the lag continues before equilibrium is hit and the market goes back up by itself. So until that equilibrium hits, it's really all hands on deck. We've got to ride this thing out, and it's not about just sitting back and being passive. It's like, "Let's go!" Now we have to go, because no one really knows how long it's going to be, so you just have to go and get after it.
To be able to get after it, you have to have three abilities. First of all, you have to be able. You have to have the ability to master the skills, install key systems and have the right people in your business. You also have to be ready, which is about getting your mindset shifted. Have the right people, understand the situation, and see the opportunity. And also get the right coaching that's required, because when a market shifts, it's not the same old, same old; it's more different techniques. It's better and different strategies. And I have to tell you that the mindset that's required to do 25 deals is different than the one to do 50 deals or 100 deals. So it's about sharpening your saw. It's about getting the right coach and mentor. And also, it's about having a plan. What's your motivation? What's your plan? You've got to accept the risk of this market, take action, just go out there and do it, and then stay the course. The way we have to do that is you have to just become proactive. The moment your market flattens, you have to take a defensive posture. And if it goes back up, it won't hurt you – it'll clearly help you. And if it continues to trend down, you'll already be in the middle of making the right moves. This is really how you become more proactive instead of reactive. You have to take the defensive posture, start cutting your expenses – playing red light, green light with your expenses. Red light: hold every expense to account. If it's not making you money, you have to cut it. Green light is when you have the expense that's actually not really an expense; it's more of an investment, which means it's giving you a 4:1 or even an 8:1 return. Take a look at what you are doing in lead generation right now. What are you doing with Facebook targeted ads? What are you doing in your farm area? What are you doing in your niche markets? Hold your money accountable.
Remember that we also have three non-economic issues that really affect our market. One is the affordability (which is economic, in a way) but it's really, if prices get too far ahead of the median income or the average of everyone's income, there's just fewer buyers that are able to actually buy. When the buyers stop buying on the low end, it cascades up the whole home-buying pyramid. The other thing is mortgage rates. You have to watch what the central bank is going to do or the fed's going to do. What are they looking at right now? What's the conversation they're having? They have a huge impact on whether or not we get out of a market. And you'll see that in the peak seller's market, they'll start to tighten all the lending rules, and then when we get back into a buyer's market, they start to slowly loosen them. But they're always a lag – they're always a couple months or a couple years behind where they should be.
And then the third thing, really, is what we call government policy, or your Board policy. What is your provincial or state or municipal government doing right now that's affecting real estate? Are they limiting supply of land? Are they putting more zoning rules in? Are they trying to tighten lending rules? What are they doing right now that will really have a major effect on you? We're the end of the food chain here. We really don't have a lot of power at the upper levels to dictate how this market's going to go. So I think this is just a time I really wanted to talk about in Episode 1. Here are the three shifts that are coming. I'm going to get more into details in Episode 2 about the technology shift, and I'm also going to give you a lot more tactics on how to deal in an economic shift.
Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoyed the podcast, and if you have any questions, feel free to email me at glenn@glennmcqueenie.com.


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From a scientific standpoint a suicide attack represents an extreme form of parochial altruism -- a self-sacrificial act made on behalf of one's in-group, involving aggression against an out-group.
Matt J. Rossano: The Surprising Effect of Religious Devotion on Suicide Attacks
Without war, a gene imposing a self-sacrificial cost of a few percent in terms of lost reproduction would disappear from most of the population in 150 generations.
SuperCooperators
These pioneers weren't totally selfless though, and we do not need to think of space as a purely self-sacrificial expedition.
Margaret Weinberg: What is the Use of Space Exploration?
What is important is his behavior and the self-sacrificial love for his daughter which gave her a new lease on life.
The language behind this speaks of a self-sacrificial spirit bent toward the betterment of society.
George Elerick: Jesus: The Anti-Capitalist God and a Manifesto for a Better World
It is so fashionable to "hate" christian symbolism but the reality is that this is the heart of Christianity: self-sacrificial love.
"Gran Torino" movie review » Scene-Stealers
One needs a ruthlessly self-obsessed (to the point of being self-sacrificial) character like Michael Beard to explore this dangerous territory.
Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment

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Trevor Noah-Loud and Clear Tour
@ US Cellular Center
$39.50 – $95
Trevor Noah returns to Asheville Sunday February 17, 2019 at 8:00 pm, doors at 7:00 pm. On the stage at the ExploreAsheville.com Arena. Tickets will be available at 10:00 am Friday October 19.
About Trevor:
Trevor Noah is the most successful comedian in Africa and is the host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show on Comedy Central. This year The Daily Show has been nominated for three Emmys, including Outstanding Variety Talk Series. Noah joined The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2014 as a contributor.
It was recently announced that Noah will debut his 9th new comedy special Afraid of the Dark on Tuesday, February 21 on Netflix. The special was shot before a packed house in New York City at the Beacon Theatre on November 5, 2016. Last year, Noah debuted his one-hour stand-up special, Trevor Noah: Lost in Translation, on Comedy Central. Noah was the subject of David Paul Meyer's award-winning documentary film You Laugh But It's True which tells the story of his remarkable career in post-apartheid South Africa. His Showtime comedy special, Trevor Noah: African American premiered in 2013. He was nominated for "Personality of the Year" at the 2014 and 2015 MTV Africa Music Awards and won the award in 2015. Trevor's success has also spanned to sold out shows over 5 continents.
Born in South Africa to a black South African mother and a white European father, Noah has hosted numerous television shows including South Africa's music, television and film awards, and two seasons of his own late night talk show, Tonight with Trevor Noah.
In November 2016, Trevor released his first book Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, which was an instant New York Times bestseller. Additionally, his performance on the Born a Crime audiobook was Audible's highest rated audiobook of 2016, and has remained one of the top selling titles on Audible since its release. It was also nominated for two NAACP Image Awards, one for Outstanding Literary Work by a Debut Author and another for Outstanding Literary Work in the Biography/Auto-Biography category.
The book is collection of personal stories about growing up in South Africa during the last gasps of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that came with its demise. Already known for his incisive social and political commentary, here Noah turns his focus inward, giving readers an intimate look at the world that shaped him. These are true stories, sometimes dark, occasionally bizarre, frequently tender, and always hilarious. Whether subsisting on caterpillars during months of extreme poverty or making comically hapless attempts at teenage romance, from the time he was thrown in jail to the time he was thrown from a speeding car driven by murderous gangsters, the experiences covered in this book will shock and amaze, even as they leave you rolling on the floor with laughter. The audiobook version performed by Trevor Noah is currently available from Audible Studios.
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Teacher pleads not guilty to sexually exploiting student
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) — A former teacher at a Vermont boarding school accused of sexually exploiting a 17-year-old student has pleaded not guilty.
Police last year charged 44-year-old Anitra Lahiri, of Bethlehem, New Hampshire, with sexual exploitation of a minor and disseminating indecent material to a minor.
She taught at Lyndon Institute in Lyndon Center, school for grades 9 through 12.
Police say Lahiri and the student had sex at least twice before he graduated in the spring of 2018. She was fired from her position at the Lyndon Institute shortly before Thanksgiving last year.
Lyndon Institute Head of School Twiladawn Perry said in a statement that the safety of students is the school's top priority. Police say the school cooperated fully with their investigation.


Big Ideas for a Small Planet.
The Sundance Channel has a show called "Big Ideas for a Small Planet." Awhile back they interviewed me for that show, and now it appears that the episode — which is about "green gadgets" — is out.
It's not the groundbreaking, industry-changing event that the original iPhone was. But the iPhone 3G is a worthy upgrade to Apple's smartphone, and fixes a few flaws that kept many people from buying the first version.


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DW Books: A News Network's YouTube Resource for Readers, Publishers
In Feature Articles by Porter Anderson September 18, 2020
Produced in English and adding videos at a rapid clip, Deutsche Welle's DW Books YouTube channel is widely internationalized and themed to current affairs and contemporary literature.
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A YouTube Page for Mature Readers
The idea of leveraging YouTube's reach and viewership for book sales and audience cultivation has understandably been as attractive to publishers, of course, as to any other part of the retail spectrum.
One practitioner in the field, however, concedes that the video pasture may not be as green as once imagined for promoting books. Sabine Kieselbach, the Berlin-based literary correspondent for Deutsche Welle's arts and culture department, shows a lot of pluck when she tells Publishing Perspectives, "Unfortunately, we have found that it's not easy to reach literature enthusiasts on YouTube.
"But we want to continue. We are currently trying to get more attention through the other social media platforms of Deutsche Welle: Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, for example."
Have a look at the international news network's "DW Books" YouTube channel. This is not your daughter's YouTube channel. Mercifully, you'll find no dancing cookies and tea here, as you once may have spotted on a UK-based book-promotion effort. It's not about coziness or Teddy bears or flowered bedspreads.
It's actually about books, and it's for adults. The videos are professionally produced and track the trends in news.
There's a "Writers in the Time of Coronavirus" series of interviews here with authors from India, Norway, Denmark, Italy, Argentina, South Africa, Israel, Canada, and more markets.
Another feature that makes this site particularly relevant to the interests of our internationalist stance and readership here at Publishing Perspectives is called "Read the World"—a phrase used by the translation imprint AmazonCrossing, as well—with coverage from Indonesia, Norway, Georgia, the Netherlands, France, and the Czech Republic.
All is in English. And the range of players and topics is bracing, in and of itself. Ivana Sajko talks about "the dark history" of Croatia. Zimbabwe's Tstisi Dangarembga discusses her arrest. Victor Martinovich looks at the protests in his native Belarus.
Deutsche Welle operates in a role akin to that of the BBC World Service, receiving public funding and functioning as a journalistic callout to the world. Its DW Books channel has just reached its first year this month.
"With the channel, we want to attract book and literature enthusiasts in various formats," Kieselbach says."
She and the network's team produce longer pieces of up to 30 minutes as well as shorter portraits of authors, book presentations on current and popular issues, literary portraits of countries, interviews with authors about their current books or the political situations in their countries. Many videos can be seen in under 10 minutes each—good for a break at work.
"Last but not least we have our now-complete series "100 German Must-Reads," Kieselbach says. "At the beginning of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted a month of daily interviews with authors from many parts of the world, and asked them about their experiences, their personal situations, their fears, and hopes.
"And later this month, we'll launch a new format: well-known 'bookstagrammers' or booktubers will present current books. Another format is also in production: well-known cultural workers—writers, filmmakers, artists—tell about their most important reading."
While we have to hope the booktubers don't arrive with their Teddy bears and bedspreads, the DW Books effort is obviously robust and looking for expansion—a place for publishers to watch.
Operating as it does to journalistic standards, Deutsche Welle's DW Books follows news patterns and is not sponsored content. What's presented is chosen and produced by the network. Publishers are not paying to have their titles highlighted. Kieselbach does tell us, however, that a publishing house with a suggestion (and which publishing house doesn't have a suggestion?) can contact books@dw.com.
Most of the videos you'll see at DW Books are also shown at times as part of the network's television programming, which gives those features a wider viewership than they may have on YouTube.
Generally, you'll find new video arriving at DW Books one to three times per week, Kieselbach says, and of course the pace picks up when something particularly timely is at hand, such as the ongoing election protests in Belarus. In that case, the writer Victor Martinovich is on the page, talking about the situation in Minsk.
All told, DW Books is performing a service for those who enjoy video and books but aren't quite as impressed with the celebrity and happy talk of other book-related YouTube channels, in particular those for younger readers. That's not to say that appealing to young readers is wrong—quite the opposite—but that it's good to see a dedicated effort for more seriously engaged current-affairs and contemporary fiction readers produced with a strong journalistic filter.
More from Publishing Perspectives on book marketing is here, and more from us on the German market is here. And more from us on the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on international book publishing is here and at the CORONAVIRUS tab at the top of each page of our site.
Porter Anderson
Porter Anderson is a non-resident fellow of Trends Research & Advisory, and he has been named International Trade Press Journalist of the Year in London Book Fair's International Excellence Awards. He is Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives. He formerly was Associate Editor for The FutureBook at London's The Bookseller. Anderson was for more than a decade a senior producer and anchor with CNN.com, CNN International, and CNN USA. As as an arts critic (National Critics Institute), he was with The Village Voice, the Dallas Times Herald, and the Tampa Tribune, now the Tampa Bay Times. He co-founded The Hot Sheet, a newsletter for authors, which now is owned and operated by Jane Friedman.
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"It was as entertaining as the funeral of your best friend and when I finished there was this long silence, which really made me nervous, no applause, no nothing – which usually means rotten fruit for an entertainer.
"Then suddenly I was surrounded by several angry and upset people, and I wanted to say 'I'm just the messenger'. Then one woman asked me 'What are we to do?' Do? DO? I'm a college professor, we don't DO. We research and we talk, but we don't DO.
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Trump Administration: Category Archive
Commentary concerning the Donald Trump presidential administration
A Conservatarian at Large
Wednesday, December 25, 2019 5:45 pm Daniel J. Summers
As I stated in my last post, I have realigned my political affiliation. I set out to find previous posts I've written here which no longer reflect my opinions, and I didn't find much. Most of the things I would write differently if I were writing them today would differ in tone more than content. This confirms my suspicion that it wasn't me who changed as much as it was my party.
To be fair, I'm quite happy with many of the things the current administration has done. The Supreme Court has a nice balance now, regularly confounding people who expect party-line votes from what is supposed to be a non-partisan institution. There are now enough strict-constructionist justices that the Constitution is being followed much more closely. And, for as much scorn as I've heaped on "the resistance," it's been nice to have a press that sees how unjust many of the things our government has been doing is. It's a shame they lose interest when it's discovered that prior administrations also did those things - or they choose to ignore that, acting like every shame is a new shame that should be borne solely by the current administration.
What changed (or what was revealed) is the character of those in the party, not just the guy at the top of the ticket. It is a perfectly defensible position to say that you agree with the political job that someone is doing, and still lament their character. Pro-life judges don't excuse callous mocking of deceased political opponents. Increasing religious freedom doesn't eliminate adultery and hush-money payments. Yet among the vocal Republican majority, it does. For the "character matters" warriors from the Clinton administration, this is hypocritical; among Christians, this is absolutely devastating to our witness.
(begin evangelical Christian-targeted rant)
Yes, King David was anointed by God to lead Israel; that doesn't mean his adultery with Bathsheba and murder of Uriah were fine, because he was "God's anointed." For those making the "Trump is appointed by God" argument - you're not wrong, but I don't think that argument makes the point you think it does. I wrote on my devotional blog about Paul's writing to the Romans; his words in Romans 13 were written about Nero. Remember, too, that the only reason Israel had kings was due to their rejection of God as their ultimate ruler. King David is a terrible analogy to use if you're wanting to speak positively about our current President while ignoring his personal and professional misconduct; maybe you could draw a parallel about pride, but that's not really what I think you're wanting to highlight.
(end rant)
As a faithful Christian, I can no longer maintain a political affiliation with the Republican party. And, while I'm still part of the "vast right-wing conspiracy" against Hillary Clinton (which, of course, is tongue-in-cheek; there is no such thing, as much as she'd like to blame them for her failures), that is no longer the best description of my views. So, the new tagline here is "Conservatarian at Large" (a nod to Jon Gabriel and Stephen Miller's podcast portmanteau), indicating both a conservative (AKA "classically liberal") and libertarian viewpoint.
I will also unequivocally state that I do not think that Christians who make a different choice are somehow going against what God wants them to do. There are many different ways to parse our current nuanced environment. Those who believe just as I do may land on continued support for Donald Trump, and advocate for giving him 4 more years at the helm of the good ship USA. As long as they are not seemingly blind to his faults, in my view, they are following a path which they feel God has directed them. That's the nice thing about a proper view of God's sovereignty; He can make His followers have different viewpoints - sometimes to call others to change, and other times to cause them to think.
As for me and my conscience, though, I cannot continue with the GOP. As I alluded in my last post, I'll be exploring the relationship between conservative Christianity and libertarianism in the near future. That won't be the only thing about which I'll write here, but it will probably be the first thing (unless I find some time to resurrect the "good, bad, and ridiculous" thing for 2019).
Housekeeping-wise, the college football posts from 2012-2014 have been removed; those URLs will return a 404. If anyone misses them, you can turn this site's URL into an e-mail address and let me know.
Trump's Behavior Was Not Good, Yet His Defenders and Detractors Are Somehow Worse
As I write this, we are on the other side of the House's impeachment vote, though some legal analysis says that it's not official until those articles are sent to the Senate. Our hot take culture is filled with people sharing their view of what's happened. That's not really my thing, though; the early take is often completely wrong. (Exhibit A for this was the circle game non-troversy at the Army/Navy game; so glad the wokescolds wasted our military's time investigating that.) Another of our culture's pasttimes is giving the worst possible reading to anything that happens, and assuming the worst possible motivation behind it. (See "Exhibit A" again…) Again - not my style and not my speed, because doing that rarely leads one to the truth. So, I've been following the reporting, transcripts, defenses, analyses, and prosecutions from an information gathering viewpoint, trying to cut through the partisan bovine excrement and resistance-disguised-as-objective reporting to determine what happened, how severe it was, and what should be done about it.
"These are the established facts" rarely is followed by established facts as I've found them, using primarily the transcript of the alleged dastardly call and the testimony of the Ukrainians involved. The Congressionally-approved aid was not discussed as much as Ukraine's desire to buy more missiles. Then, in the most quid pro quo part of the call, a White House visit was offered in exchange for Ukraine announcing an investigation. Note what this wasn't - it wasn't a request to do an investigation, it was a request to announce an investigation. It also wasn't part of the previously-approved military aid or the future missile sales. The announcement would have been embarrassing to Joe Biden, whose son Hunter would be implicated; interestingly, Biden's lowest polling to date occurred when this was the main story occupying the news. Ukrainian leaders have also said that they did not feel like they were being extorted.
The above are the facts, as the dictionary defines facts; other characterizations are something other than facts. It was neither a perfect call nor a gross abuse of Presidential power.
That being said, what President Trump did with Ukraine was not good. If there is an investigation needed, then encourage them to do it. Unless there are allegations that Joe knew that his son was trading on a connection to the US government, though (which I've rarely seen alleged), doing a "guilt by association" attack on Joe through his kids is way more objectionable than someone making a pun with one of his children's names. And, connecting requests like this with a call that had discussed foreign aid is worthy of official censure…
...which brings us to his detractors. The House of Representatives, and the Democrats within it, have behaved even worse. From Adam Schiff's creative interpretation of the transcript to open the hearings, to their misrepresentation of the facts (holding up Congressionally-approved aid for personal political reasons), to their lack of objectivity and transparency - they seem to be hanging on to a thread of legitimacy. They focus-grouped their prosecution, settling on the term "bribery," which they repeated ad nauseum until it was time for official articles to be drafted. Then, we get a charge called "obstruction of Congress," which isn't even a thing, especially as applied to the executive or judicial branches. My more cynical nature thinks that they were hoping that reporters would say "obstruction of justice" (because that's a thing, and a thing to which most people are opposed), or that people would at least think it. Given the misconduct, a motion to censure would have been much more appropriate; interestingly, until they forward the articles to the Senate, that's exactly what they've done.
Those defending the President are just as bad. The call was far from perfect and the aid did not flow when it was expected to flow. Republicans have (rightly) long complained about how Presidents Clinton and Obama (especially Clinton) traded access and overnights at the White House for political gain or favors; how is this now just the way it is when it's someone in the same party? You don't get to claim to be the party of principle if you abandon those principles to keep or maintain power or influence. And, while Trump's impeachment was conceived 60 days before he took office, and has been executed in a purely partisan way, Senators McConnell and Graham deciding to double down on the lack of objectivity bewilders me. In an impeachment trial, the Senate is the jury; juries aren't supposed to pre-judge the case to which they are assigned.
One of the strangest aspects of this administration is how evangelical Christians (among whose number I count myself) wholeheartedly defend Trump not just as a politician, but as a person. This is the crux of an editorial posted at Christianity Today entitled "Trump Should Be Removed from Office." In the editorial, the author says that this removal can come from either the Senate or the next election, but it's hard not to view the headline as intentionally incendiary, particularly given the current context. And, true to form, I've seen liberals and atheists sharing it far and wide saying, "See? Even Christianity Today thinks he should be thrown out!" (It doesn't.) It's also prompted responses from prominent evangelicals, including Franklin Graham (Billy Graham's son), whose defenses fall into the category of the paragraph above. Christians should be better than this; Scripture emphasizes the importance of truth, and of being quick to hear yet slow to speak.
I continue to be an evangelical Christian, believing that our problems will not be ultimately solved by government, but through the transforming work of Christ in each of our lives. This is a key point missed by those who paint Billy Graham's silence on civil rights during his early years as racism. God working in human hearts can eliminate racism, but people in racist cultures (both oppressed and oppressor) need eternal salvation far more than earthly salvation; he was focused on the former. When government follows biblical principles, government flourishes; however, our government cannot follow biblical principles simply because they're biblical. Our government operates "by the consent of the governed," and forcing behavior does nothing to change the ultimate state of a soul. To be sure, the current administration has appointed many people who protect life and religious liberty; that should not cause us to sweep bad behavior under the rug.
While my Christianity has not changed, the Republican party to which I belonged through 2016 has changed immensely. The GOP has been known, at different times in history, as the "party of Lincoln" and the "party of Reagan." Both these men were inspirational leaders who presided over difficult times in our nation's history, and the legacy of both only increased once they left office (with reconstruction and the end of the Cold War). The GOP is now the "party of Trump," demanding sycophantic loyalty to a leader, and looking to use the same heavy-handed government intervention on social issues that the liberals do - just to different ends. This does not align with my conservative principles at all. No leader is perfect, and our presidents put their pants on one leg at a time, just like the rest of us. And, while the life issue is very, very important, a host of other issues need less government, not more.
Hello, Libertarian Party. You have a new member whose sole dissent with your platform is preborn life, but I know I'm not alone in that. I look forward to working with you to advance the cause of freedom and conservative less-government principles, and I encourage my Christian friends to consider the same things I have. I will write more about how I've aligned my faith and the LP platform in the months to come.


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Telecom Industry Warns of Increase in Caller ID Spoofing Scams
USTelecom, a trade association representing service providers and suppliers in the telecom industry, has warned consumers about an increase in the number of scams that rely on caller ID spoofing.
Eduard Kovacs
According to the organization, one tactic used by sales people and fraudsters attempting to collect personal information is that they make calls that appear to come from the recipient's own number. Those who have caller ID services usually pick up the phone out of curiosity, USTelecom said.
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USTelecom advises customers to check with their carrier to see what type of services they could use to protect themselves against such calls. Some companies enable customers to block certain calls, while others offer tools that have the capability of sending unwanted calls directly to voicemail.
Pindrop Security, a company that specializes in phone fraud protection solutions, confirmed for SecurityWeek that the volume of attacks on consumers is increasing, and also pointed out that caller ID spoofing and other obfuscation is widely used in attacks on businesses as well.
Pindrop co-founder and CEO Vijay Balasubramaniyan says over half of the caller ID spoofing attacks aimed at US businesses are from outside the country.
The problem with caller ID spoofing attacks, according to Balasubramaniyan, is that they can be conducted with a wide range of legal tools that work on both smartphones and computers, and which also include voice distortion features. On the other hand, there is no technology to prevent spoofing; the best way to deal with these calls is to detect them by using technology such as the one provided by Pindrop Security, Balasubramaniyan said.
The Better Business Bureau provides three key tips for avoiding phone scammers. First, consumers are advised not to call back individuals who leave suspicious voice messages because they might be con artists who are after some information they can use.
"Another reason to not return phone calls is that this can expose you to long distance charges. A scam known as 'One Ring', is designed to lure callers into calling back at which point they are charged for the call at very high rates," Balasubramaniyan said.
Second, caller IDs should not be trusted because scammers possess the technology to spoof any number, including the ones of family and friends, which they can obtain through social engineering tactics, and the ones of "trusted" sources, such as the victim's bank.
Finally, consumers are advised not to hand out any sensitive information over the phone, unless they're the ones initiating the call and they're certain that the person they call is trustworthy.
"Don't give out ANY information to a non-trusted caller – if someone calls you and then says they need to verify who you are, don't respond. Even numbers from written correspondence, email and websites can be suspect," Balasubramaniyan said.
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95 Environmental Regulations Threatened by the Trump Administration
December 26, 2019, 5am PST
New York Times analysis quantifies the environmental regulations at risk under the actions of the Trump administration.
Arizona Environmental Agency Cutbacks Significant, Says Report
December 20, 2019, 11am PST
A new report says funding and staffing cuts at the state's environmental protection agency could prevent it from adequately protecting public health and the environment.
Men and SUVs: A Bad Mix for Traffic Safety
Data from New York City show that male drivers are responsible for the vast majority of traffic fatalities in the city, and more of those fatalities are caused by male drivers behind the wheels of trucks and SUVs.
New Oil and Gas Drilling in California May Be Subject to Moratorium
December 9, 2019, 10am PST
Gov. Gavin Newsom pleased environmentalists by doing what his predecessor, Gov. Jerry Brown, refused – halting all new oil and gas fracking and placing a moratorium on another extraction method linked to a massive oil spill in Kern County.
How Can Cities Adapt to Rising Temperatures? Change the Weather
December 4, 2019, 2pm PST
Brian Stone of the Georgia Institute of Technology writes about a recent article he co-authored in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.
What Would a 'Run Score' Look Like?
November 29, 2019, 5am PST
A writer in Toronto imagines how the city would be evaluated according to a "Run Score"—a fast-paced version of the Walk Score.
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24-7 Public Bathroom Pilot to Expand in San Francisco
November 28, 2019, 11am PST
An experiment in round-the-clock public bathroom access has proven successful, and San Francisco is expanding the program.
Study: Uber Might Have Curbed Drunk Driving, But Not Drunks
November 22, 2019, 2pm PST
A news study raises questions about the public health effects of the widespread availability of a ride enabled by companies like Uber and Lyft—while it's easier to avoid drunk driving, it's also easier to drink.
Study First to Link Air Pollution to Brain Cancer
The particulate pollution released by automobile travel can carry carcinogens to the brain, according to new research.
Wildfires and Public Health
November 1, 2019, 11am PDT
California is being forced to reckon with numerous negative public health outcomes caused by wildfires.
When Noise Is a Matter of Life and Death
October 31, 2019, 10am PDT
The world is noisier than ever, and the long-term effects of exposure are serious. Still, noise pollution isn't considered a legitimate environmental hazard.
Better Urban Planning for Better Public Health (In the Real World)
September 8, 2019, 5am PDT
A researcher at the University of Sydney in Australia offers three recommendations for planners to better negotiate the real world of politics and governance to help create healthier communities.
In Detroit, Plant Growth on Vacant Land Has Created a Pollen Problem
August 28, 2019, 1pm PDT
The reforestation of Detroit has become a problem for allergy and asthma sufferers in the area.
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August 17, 2019, 11am PDT
Toxic algae is in the news again, so it's a good time to learn as much as possible about the environmental threat that is likely to be a reoccurring theme in the era of climate change.
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August 8, 2019, 10am PDT
Most of the reasons street trees are sometimes unpopular with residents are either untrue or can be mitigated.
Hepatitis A Outbreak in Philadelphia Leaves City Scrambling
August 2, 2019, 6am PDT
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July 22, 2019, 2pm PDT
On Tuesday night, the City Council of Berkeley, Calif., unanimously voted to ban natural gas infrastructure from new buildings starting next year, the first city in the U.S. to pass such an ordinance. Fifty cities in the state could be next.
Summertime Ethanol Restriction Lifted to Help Corn Farmers—But at What Cost?
June 14, 2019, 12pm PDT
President Trump made good on his promise last October to lift the E15 ban in time for the summer driving season. Not mentioned by the Des Moines Register are the downsides to allowing the higher ethanol blend to be sold during the summer, e.g., smog.
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June 13, 2019, 1pm PDT
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The Nobel Prize becoming a show business?
Carolyn Moynihan
Deputy Editor, MERCATORNET
The Nobel Prize season kicks off today with the announcement of the 2016 prize for medicine. Some 273 scientists have been nominated for this one prize, according to @NobelPrize, which also informs us that the average age of medicine laureates has climbed from 58 to 67 over the past century -- a fact which contributes to the view of the the prizes as an affair of "old white men".
That is an image the Nobel organisations are anxious to change. It's not easy because the achievements behinds the prizes -- especially in the scientific fields -- are usually highly technical and difficult to explain. (The sorts of things that cause men, and a few women, to grow old and white while they work at them for decades.)
But in an article today Australian researcher Lukasz Swiatek describes how the organisers are reaching out to non-academic audiences and in particular youth. The Peace Prize Concert, for example, is going to be bigger and louder than ever this year. Not everyone is happy with this trend -- not just because it lacks gravitas but because of the commercial interests it involves. Is the Nobel enterprise on the right track? Tell us what you think.
The most vocal critic of the push to celeb status for the Nobel Prize has been the Norwegian jurist and peace activist Fredrik Heffermehl. Writing about the Peace Prize in particular, he has argued that the new communication activities diminish the "character, integrity, and independence" of the prize.
Posted by Alice C. Linsley at 12:16 PM
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Q: Implementation of ajax+djangorestframework doesn't work 500 I am using djangorestframework in order to implement ajax post request.
But unfortunately it doesn't work. Djangorest docs say that I can use default serialisation and return data in this way but it doesn't work. Is my code correct? Or the only way to use ajax with djangorestframework is to create its own serialiser ?
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Yoh have to declare serializers on header

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Premier Percussion (původně jako: Premier Drum Company) je anglická společnost, která vyrábí bicí soupravy, elektronické bicí a paličky, v současné době patří firmě Gear4music Ltd.

Historie
Premier byla založena v roce 1922, kdy mladý bubeník Albert Della Porta uzavřel partnerství se stavitelem bicích Georgem Smithem a založili společnost v Londýně.

Ze začátku vyráběli bicí soupravy pro jiné společnosti, až poté začali se svými nástroji "Premier". Společnost se rozrostla na dvě pobočky a nakonec se usadila v Západním Londýně.

Na počátku 30. let společnost postavila i kytaru s názvem "Premier Vox". V roce 1938 společnost začala vyrábět žesťové nástroje a dodávala bicí ozbrojeným silám. Během 2. světové války britská vláda donutila společnost Premier vyrábět mířidla na zbraně, elektrické zástrčky a zásuvky pro radarové vybavení. Po bombardování Londýna v roce 1940 se společnost přestěhovala do Leicesteru, kde zabrala tři malé pobočky.

V roce 1958 byla společnost prodána firmě Beverly Musical Instruments a následně přejmenovala na Premier Percussion.

V 60. a 70. letech se společnost Premier těšila velké popularitě, zejména co se týče bicích nástrojů pro rockovou hudbu.

V roce 2021 byla společnost prodána firmě Gear4music Ltd.

Produkty

Bicí soupravy

 Elita
 Genista
 Artist
 Revolution
 Centenary Editions

Elektronické bicí

 PowerPlay-X
 PowerPlay

Snare

 Centenary Editions
 Beatmaker
 Elita
 Genista
 Artist

Umělci

 Keith Moon – The Who
 Ringo Starr – The Beatles
 Nick Mason – Pink Floyd, Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets
 Nicko McBrain – Iron Maiden
 Brad Wilk – Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave
 Ken "Ginger Fish" Wilson – Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie

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Výrobci hudebních nástrojů
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Japanese curry is the answer! (to retirement)
March 3, 2016 By Assunta Ng
By Assunta Ng
From left: Tokyo curry, laden with ground beef, carrots, green peppers and onions, Spaghetti with an over-easy egg on top (goes with Tokyo curry), Chicken pasta: fried karaage chicken surrounding spaghetti, smothered with sauteed green peppers, onions, mushrooms, House white sauce (goes with chicken pasta) (Photo by Stacy Nguyen/NWAW)
When former Port of Seattle CEO Tay Yoshitani called me about his new restaurant, my first reaction was, "Why?" Then, "What's the name? Where?"
"Hurry Curry of Tokyo in South Lake Union," he said.
I am not a curry fan. However, a foodie like me is willing to try anything new.
The reason why Yoshitani decided to open another restaurant after retirement is intriguing. He and his wife, Becky, opened the original Hurry Curry in Los Angeles 27 years ago, while he was still at the Port. They've had a partner manage operations during that time.
Now, the Yoshitanis want to be more hands-on. Why don't they just relax and enjoy life? Don't they know there are headaches associated with operating a restaurant? As a publisher, I know the challenges since many of my customers are restaurateurs.
The facade of Hurry Curry of Tokyo in South Lake Union (Photo by George Liu/NWAW)
Japanese vs. Indian curries
Could it be that I made a mistake in skipping curry restaurants while I was in Japan eight years ago?
I must confess that I have a hard time differentiating between Indian and Japanese curries. My Indian friends are aware that I like Indian food — but never curry dishes.
So last Sunday began my curry adventure at Hurry Curry, the only restaurant in town specializing in Japanese curry.
Japanese curry is not spicy-hot, just spiced. That makes a world of difference for people like me, who can't handle too much heat in food.
To my surprise, Japanese curry was not a 20th century invention. In the 1860s, the British brought curries from India to Japan. Any foreign food adopted in a new country will naturally be modified to suit to local tastes.
Influenced by French cooking, Japanese curry is more gravy-style — it's sweet, salty, and veggie-and-dairy-based. The vegetables usually involve onions, carrots, and potatoes.
Designed especially for Hurry Curry, Ebarra, a famous Japanese food company, mixed 21 spices in an exclusive formula. No other Japanese curry restaurants have this recipe, except the original Hurry Curry in LA. An attorney, Becky said she enjoys running her restaurant more than practicing law. Also, she said the couple always wanted to be business partners, ever since they were dating.
Restaurant business is actually familiar territory for Tay, having been the president of a restaurant chain of 35 pubs at one point in his successful career.
Hurry Curry of Tokyo co-owners Tay and Becky Yoshitani (Photo by George Liu/NWAW)
Hurry Curry dishes
My husband and I ordered the Tokyo curry ($12) and the seafood pasta ($15) for dinner. Each entrée came with a salad mixed in an Asian-style dressing. The entrée consisted of a bowl of curry (generous portions) with an egg on top and a plate of spaghetti.
While I took my taste of Hurry Curry's Tokyo sauce with spaghetti, Tay stared at me like an Iron Chef waiting for the judge's verdict.
"This is comfort food," I said.
Yoshitani smiled after I gave him a thumbs up. As he watched me eat, he couldn't resist walking into the kitchen to get his own bowl of curry and spaghetti.
I fed myself many spoonfuls of curry spaghetti until the plate was almost empty. We asked for another order of Tokyo Curry to go for our Oscar viewing night at home the following day.
Next, I tried the seafood pasta, which was filled with shrimp, scallops, calamari, and sautéed fish, tossed in a soy-wine garlic sauce. Its ingredients were fresh, and I enjoyed the tiny calamari with legs and heads. I want the whole squid! Not just calamari rings.
The menu is full of Japanese favorites, such as the Yokohama's Naporitan spaghetti ($8.5), with sautéed onions, green peppers, mushrooms, kurobuto sausage, and ketchup sauce. The tonkatsu curry ($13) is very popular. It was on several tables. Hey, chicken lovers, the chicken pasta is also wonderful. Becky shared with me one piece from her dinner plate. I enjoyed the tasty and well-seasoned meat. Amazingly, the white meat wasn't dry. (Full disclosure: I am a dark meat eater.) Japanese red sauce and pasta is especially made for vegetarians. Hurry Curry has something for everyone.
Later that night, my son came home. "Mom, I haven't had dinner yet," he said.
Oops, our seafood pasta leftovers and half of the Tokyo curry rice in the fridge were gone. My son said he would definitely try Hurry Curry in the future.
Tay Yoshitani couldn't help but order his own bowl of curry (Photo by George Liu/NWAW)
Hurry Curry is similar in sound to harakiri, which is a term that denotes the ritual suicide of a samurai, my son said.
The name grabs your attention. Yoshitani said, "I want people to get the name quickly." It also implies the food is something you can get fast. But you won't mistake their dishes for Indian or Thai curry because Hurry Curry of Tokyo clearly indicates that it is Japanese-style.
On weekday lunches, Amazon employees fill the place. The spacious restaurant of 3,200 square feet can seat 90 people. The décor is contemporary, neat, and simple, with three pieces of artwork by the Yoshitani's daughter on the wall.
Several Asians came in when we ate. One Chinese couple said they like to try new restaurants. Hurry Curry opened a month ago. One Japanese American accidentally walked in to eat, only to find out that he knew Yoshitani. He said that the LA location was one of his favorite restaurants when he lived there.
Tay's daughter's artwork (Photo by George Liu/NWAW)
Yoshitani said retiring from the Port of Seattle was actually his second retirement.
"I vowed that the next time I retired, I would not make the same mistake [as the first time]," Yoshitani said.
He was bored after his first retirement at the age of 57, from the Port of Oakland. He couldn't stand playing golf by himself. So he joined the Port of Seattle at the age of 60 in 2007.
This time, Yoshitani said he is fully prepared to keep a busy and interesting life during retirement. The restaurant idea was in the works before he left the Port of Seattle.
Yoshitani will be the incoming chair for the Japan America Society of Washington state. In addition, he is a board member of Expeditors International (a logistics company), Port Blakely (a forestry business), Seattle Foundation, and Eno Center of Transportation (an organization that designs transportation policy).
Tokyo Curry, laden with ground beef, carrots, green peppers and onions — over spaghetti, topped with an egg (Photo by Stacy Nguyen/NWAW)
He said Tomio Moriguchi, Uwajimaya chairman, is his role model for being active in the community, as well as being involved in Uwajimaya's real estate development, even though he's close to 80 years old.
Presently, Becky is doing the marketing for the restaurant, while Tay takes care of the finance. The couple has hired a Japanese American manager who can speak fluent Japanese.
"It's fun to have a restaurant," Yoshitani said. "We can invite friends over." He is looking forward to hosting former Secretary of Transportation Norm Mineta at a dinner. Mineta will be the keynote speaker for Tomodachi lunch on March 24.
Not only that, Hurry Curry serves as the Yoshitanis' chef and kitchen. They can entertain anytime — such as hold Tomodachi luncheons organized by Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington — when they want without worrying about the mundane tasks of shopping and cooking the food, washing dirty dishes, and cleaning up afterwards — someone else is doing that for them. That's some of the benefits of being the boss at a restaurant.
Yoshitani would probably say retired life couldn't be better! How divine for the retired couple! (end)
Assunta Ng can be reached at assunta@nwasianweekly.com.
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A one-day workers conference for Manipur Pradesh Trinamool Congress (MPTC) was held today at Gandhi Memorial Hall.
Speaking to reporters, general secretary of Manipur Pradesh Trinamool Congress, Yendrembam Kiran said there are politicians who identified themselves as they have good contacts with national leaders of the party. But he warned that people should not be blindfolded with those imposters.
In order to bring light towards people, state observer of All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), Biswajit Dev is sent to the state under the instruction of national leader of All India Trinamool Congress, Mamata Banerjee in order to monitor the present status of the state, said Kiran.
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He also urged people of the state to trust the thoughts of national leader of the party, Mamata Banerjee.


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By ALANNA DURKIN - Associated Press - Friday, February 6, 2015
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Republican congressman is brushing off criticism from conservatives angry that he didn't vote to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law.
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin of Maine joined Reps. Bob Dold of Illinois and John Katko of New York to become the only three Republicans to vote this week against a proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Poliquin said he opposes the law but believes a replacement plan needs to be developed first. Furthermore, the House has voted several times to repeal the law and it has never become a reality, he said.
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result," the freshman representing the vast, rural 2nd District said Friday. "I'm doing exactly what I told the voters I would do, which is to come down here and fix problems."
Some conservative groups are condemning Poliquin for his action, including the national board of the libertarian-leaning Republican Liberty Caucus, which voted Thursday to rescind its endorsement of him.
"We were both stunned and disappointed by Rep. Poliquin's vote," Matt Nye, national chair of the Republican Liberty Caucus, said in a statement. The Campaign for Liberty, a group founded by former Texas Rep. Ron Paul, also slammed Poliquin this week, saying he broke his pledge to "support and cast every vote for legislation that will repeal or defund ObamaCare."
The House voted 239-186 to repeal the health care law.
All three of the Republicans who voted against the measure were elected in districts won by Obama.
Katko also said he would vote to repeal Obama's health care law if there's a replacement.
Dold previously opposed the Affordable Care Act but said it's time to stop talking about its flaws and to start talking about fixing them. "Casting yet another symbolic vote for full repeal of the law, without any replacement legislation, simply distracts us from the work that must be done to drive costs down, restore access to care and make healthcare work for everyone," he said in a statement.
Poliquin said during his 2012 Senate campaign that one of his priorities in Congress would be to repeal the health care law, but has stressed more recently the need to fix the existing law.
The congressman wants to replace the law with a "free-market alternative," like one outlined by some GOP members this week that would eliminate insurance marketplaces and abolish taxes the law imposes on medical devices, among other things.
Poliquin hasn't endorsed the plan, but said any replacement must require health insurance companies to cover people with pre-existing conditions and help the more than 60,000 Maine residents who already have signed up for coverage on the exchange.
Nye dismissed the idea that Congress must pass an alternative plan before the health care law can be repealed.
"Poliquin's reasoning is analogous to cutting off your arm at work and saying you're not going to stanch the bleeding until you've worked out a new safety policy with management," he said.
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