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This machine was given to me along with a copy of QL Quill on the condition that I repair it. I only very recently got myself a Spectrum and the QL is still a giant mystery to me. I wasn't even aware until now that Sinclair sold a north american AC adapter for it.
Anyways, the machine is as seen below. All the case screws are missing. The original ROMs are missing but a Minerva ROM kludge was included however it is also a bit of a mess with small reworks and missing pins. What does that switch even do? There's also evidence of work done to the logic board. The RF connector has been modified for composite (I would assume PAL but what about that 120v AC adapter?) and there's a circuit driven by a 74HCU04B1 glued on top of the ram. There's also a random green wire coming from somewhere under the PCB and all the wiring for the keyboard I have no idea where it goes. One thing I do know however is that the keyboard's membrane was supposedly replaced recently.
Mmm, can't see the pics right now; but when back at home I'll give it a look.
Most of the mods you mention doesn't sound to me too standard. The keyboard is a pro one or is it still using a membrane?
Have you already powered on the machine or want to do first some basic checks?
It's still the classic membrane keyboard and no I have not powered it on yet due to the fact that I currently have no ROM installed in the machine (that and my only setup machine right now that can display PAL is having disk problems). You'll get a better idea once you see the pictures.
- The Minerva kludge has probably a 27C512 that holds the Minerva (48K) and a Toolkit II ROM (16K). AFAIK the switch is used to enable/disable the "extra" 16K of the toolkit. Indeed there're two pins missing, you'll probably need to repair them or wire to the socket to make it work. The last Minerva ROM is version 1.98, you can burn it easily.
- You don't need to worry about PAL or NTSC as the composite mod seems the monochrome one. Maybe this QL was used in a professional environment with B&W monitors; really weird as it has an digital RGB connector that gives better quality and color no matters the color standard.
PAL vs. NTSC does present another issue, though, even in monochrome - 50 vs. 60 Hz timing.
I've never found a monitor not capable of doing with 50/60Hz; but indeed, it can be an issue depending the TV set.
Okay then so the LED wiring, AC adapter and the video output questions have been answered (I got a PVM that can sync to just about anything). I'll pretty much have to strip down and rebuild the ROM board because it is a total mess but which socket should I plug it back into?
You can use both; but I usually plug Minerva in the leftmost one (IC33).
Well rebuilding the adapter did not go as planned at all. It's a very cheap PCB. Extremely thin, extremely thin traces and pads only on one side. No matter how careful I was the traces and pads pretty much fell off. About half of them in all were lost. The socket was toast and the socket pins were toast.
I'll try to continue rebuilding it but the total lack of pads to solder to on the flipside doesn't make my life easier.
Well it's no more pretty than it used ot be, but the board is rebuilt back to what it used to be before I touched it.
Electrically it's intact now. Now to take a break form that I went to track down that mysterious green wire and repair the composite mod. The latter when I tested was shorting to ground because when the cover was snapped back on the RF module the cable was pinched. I fed a new yellow wire through the base of the enclosure and soldered it directly to the pin on the underside for monochrome output.
There are signs of modifications around the video port. Two traces were cut and a black wire patched between the cuts to ground, which made no sense as the traces on the other sides of the cuts went to ground as well... The brown wire took what the QL diagrams tell me is the "Composite PAL" and fed that to VCC via pin 40 of the 8049H. What the..... That mysterious green wire also tacked to Vcc, so it was to supply power to...something. Any possible explainations here?
Much better :-), the original hack was really dirty.
To what pin of the 8049 goes the green wire?
Still baffled why it also links to PAL out. Wouldn't that nuke any video device attached to that pin?
I really need to see the schematics or some sort of variant diagram for the NTSC version. God knows what Sinclair was doing.
Edited: Well, promising news at least. I verified everything, threw it back together, plugged it into a TV and crossed my fingers.
Thing is, that's as far as it goes. The function keys do nothing, typing on the keyboard does nothing and even trying to autoload a wafer does nothing that I can see. It just sits there.
At least that's good news, the main ICs are working.
Without keyboard you can't go beyond the initial screens (Minerva in the corner and the following with info at the top of the screen), you need to press F1 or F2 to select between TV or monitor.
The keyboard membrane is 99% non functional, it's as bad as the one used in the Spectrum 48K, typical Sinclair quality. The same goes for the microdrives (the cartridges, not the drive), if you have some microdrives check if the small pad under the magnetic tape is worn out or it has even disappeared, without it, the microdrive won't work, The drives itself are not specially prone to fail, if their leds briefly lights at boot (at least the drive 0) and they make noise for a second, they're probably working.
Thing is, I was assured the membrane has already been replaced, AND I repadded all my wafers last year. At this point I'm trying to make it do anything.
Well, a new membrane is easy to spot as it's made of mylar & acetate (or something very close) and the old one is, as you must know, made of some cheap plastic/paper extremely weak. If it's really replaced and it's clearly a new one, there's obviously something wrong with the keyboard circuitry. You can always check the keyboard matrix and create a fake "F1" press jumping the appropiate pads in the keyboard connectors, this way you can check if the circuitry is working or not.
I have yet to test any of mine however that aside just the drive operating is an indication that the computer is functioning enough to communicate with the mass storage hardware.
Have you visited the QL Forum (http://www.qlforum.co.uk/)?
Lots of information and help available there.
And I'm sure the members there would love to know more about you modified QL.
Oh, the back wire jumpering between GND and GND. That may have been a modification to improve the performance of the data transfer of the microdrives. QL's are known to have rather a high level of electrical noise on the circuit board.


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Q: Passing 2D Array of Pointers in C For my program I need to pass a 2D array of pointers to a function in a separate file. I've written a similarly-syntaxed file below:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

typedef struct {
  int state;
  int design;
} card_t;

card_t *cardSet[5][5];

void setFirst(card_t *cards[][]) { // <- Error: Array has incomplete element type
  cards[0][0]->state = 1;
}

int main() {
  setFirst(cardSet);  // <- Error: Type of formal parameter 1 is incomplete
  return 0;
}

When I change the code to all 1D arrays it compiles fine, but for a 2D array I get the errors shown above. What is the difference between the two cases?
Thanks!
Cameron

A: if you pass an array to a function, you have to specify the size of the inner array, in your case, instead of void setFirst(card_t *cards[][]), you should specify void setFirst(card_t *cards[][5]).
Why do you need to specify it and not the size of the first dimension?
Since cards is an array of array of card_t pointers, if you want to get to cards[1][0], the compiler will need to know how much to add to the pointer cards - cards is declared: card_t *cards[5][4] it will need to add 4 * sizeof(*card_t) to get to cards[1][0], but if cards is declared: card_t *cards[5][5] it will need to add 5 * sizeof(*card_t) to get to cards[1][0].

A: As has been mentioned, to pass a 2d array to a function, you need to have every dimension but the first declared.
However, you can also just pass the pointer, as follows. Note that you should always (unless the array dimension is completely fixed and the function that operates on the array only operates within the array's dimension) pass the length of each array, too.
void setFirst(card_t ***cards, size_t n, size_t m) {
  if (n > 0 && m > 0) {
    cards[0][0]->state = 1;
  }
}

Because referencing an array via code[0][0] is the same as *(*(code+0)+0*m), you can pass two pointers instead of array dimensions.

A: Only the first index is optional. You should definitely mention the second index, because a two dimensional array decays to a pointer to 1d array.
void setFirst(card_t *cards[][5]) {
                           // ^ Newly added

 // ..

}

Also make sure that the pointers are pointing to valid memory locations. Else dereferencing leads to segmentation faults. BTW, is there any reason to have a two dimensional array with pointers. I think you are just complicating the program.

A: To achieve something similar to what you are trying C99 has variable length arrays. These come particularly handy in function definitions:
void setFirst(size_t n, size_t m, card_t *cards[n][m]) {
...
}

Observe that you have to have the size parameters known at the moment of the array declaration, so you'd have to put them in front.

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At the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, we use religion as a tool through which to access values. So while our values are universal, we find connection to them through our identity as a Jewish community. This practice takes place daily in every classroom, as children and teachers relate their experiences to the ever-present backdrop of Judaism.
This is perhaps most visible every Friday, when our entire community pushes the "pause button" as we welcome Shabbat. Classes slow down, invite families to join them, turn the lights off, and light Shabbat candles. Under the flicker of two shining flames, the students, teachers, and parents say something they are grateful for. In any given classroom, you might hear, "My new baby brother"; "Jacob, because he helped me on the slide"; or "My stuffed animal!" We use the space of celebrating Shabbat not only to light candles and eat challah, to but to access the value of a peaceful break in the week and express gratitude to those around us. Shabbat is a magical time where tradition and ritual are used to explore and express some of our core values.
Shabbat is only one example of how this happens in our school. Chanukah connects us to the value of persevering against all odds; Purim to the value of being proud of who you are; Passover to the value of freedom and liberation; and so on. Our students learn about Jewish rituals and tradition, but more importantly, they learn to connect those elements to a deeply held system of values.
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Swot South Beauty Essay
A SWOT Analysis is a tool that identifies the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of an organization. This basic, straightforward model assesses what an organization can and cannot do as well as its potential opportunities and threats. The method of the SWOT analysis is to take the information from an environmental analysis and separate it into internal (strengths and weaknesses) and external issues (opportunities and threats). Once it is completed, SWOT analysis determines what may assist the firm in accomplishing its objectives, and what obstacles must be overcome or minimized to achieve the desired results.
Strengths * Brand Strategy and positioning. The Group's branding strategy focuses on brand differentiation to cater a wide range of customers. The newest brand of the group, SUBU focuses on innovative healthy food for younger and more fashionable office workers, the LAN Club is the luxury brand that targets the upper-class dining segment of successful businesspeople aged over 45 years, and South Beauty, the Group's flagship brand that targets upper-middle class segment of businesspeople aged from 30 to 45 years. No competitor in the Chinese restaurant market has such brand format.
Almost all of them operate their single brands without clear brand positioning so their brand image is quite inferior to the Group's. * Consistent brand identities. The company has built consistent brand identities by launching some outdoor and print advertisement. The company also explore cooperation with certain international airlines, including Air France and KLM Royal Dutch airlines, to provide business travelers flying between China and Europe with South Beauty-branded Chinese dishes. * Innovation. The company is regarded as an innovative company, with 55 percent annual growth.
The South Beauty restaurant also introduced several innovations and improvements with regard to traditional Sichuan food, not only in terms of new raw materials, but also the process of preparing the dishes and the customer experience. The Group developed a range of innovations with regard to Sichuan cuisine but also added certain Cantonese cuisine and other flavors to its menu. One of the group's biggest and most ambitious innovations is the combination of Chinese and Western cuisine that breaks with tradition and creates original new flavors.
It is the first Chinese restaurant to offer Chinese food in a western style, and the first to mix food presentation with artistic views. * Differentiation in cuisine. Some of the factors that make the Group's cuisine different from others are the strict requirements placed on raw ingredients, the innovation on traditional cuisine, the exacting criteria placed on a dish's nutritional value, and the strong emphasis on the visual appeal of each dish. * Location and Pricing. The Group's restaurants are located in top-notch office buildings in key cities.
Meals are also expensively priced to cover costs, but because of the brand's reputation and image, consumers are willing to pay the high prices. This combination of high-end location and high pricing were helpful in developing the upper-middle class brand image. * Interior decoration and ambience. Each South Beauty restaurant had a different decor, designed by well-known artists in the field. It is Zhang Lan's belief that people should come to the restaurant not only for the food but also for the ambience. * IT applications. Advanced IT applications enhanced the image of the restaurant and improve efficiency.
For example, the Group built its own CRM system to record customer information and use that information to provide tailor-made services and make promotional communications. These IT applications give the Group an edge because they are quite innovative for the traditional Chinese catering industry as most restaurants remain committed to their old ways of operating their businesses. * People management. Zhang Lang was a firm believer that a dedicated workforce could overcome challenges pertaining to financial capital and market potential, so the Group strove to apply performance management techniques with regard to the management team.
It also worked with a consulting firm to design a new people management system to motivate the staff. The group also initiated a large-scale training program for the staff. * Synergies. The use of the company's central management to achieve synergies has caused the South Beauty Group to develop functional management expertise at its head office with a view to coordinating the management of its restaurants, all of this helps brainstorm ways to differentiate the Group from its competitors to capture market share. * Expansion. South Beauty Group is not only looking to expand further in China ut is also looking for an international presence. * Right target group. Because of the booming economy in China, the business meals had more potential than the other segments because they could absorb higher prices. These business-people were not satisfied with simple eating and drinking- they required more in terms of the restaurant's environment or ambiance. These businesspeople are the target consumers of the South Beauty Group.
* Leader in the niche market of high-end Chinese dinner: South Beauty's share was more than 7% Weaknesses * Ranking in the high-end Chinese dinner segment. Among the top 100 restaurant companies in China in 2007, 10 were in this segment, with the leader being Shanghai Jingiang (ranked 4) and Beijing Shunfeng (Ranked 18). South Beauty's ranking was 72. * Poor diversity on types of cuisine. The high-ranked competitors focused on various Chinese cuisines, but South Beauty only focused on Sichuan cuisine, so it could not compete with these restaurants in terms of cuisine. * Fake Restaurants and inability to protect its brand.
The most crucial issue for South Beauty was that of restaurants claiming to be South Beauty franchisees. In 2005, there were at least 16 "fake" restaurants in cities South Beauty has not penetrated. The imposters used the same Chinese name as South Beauty with one or two additional Chinese characters to attract innocent customers and provided them with poor service and atmosphere. The unhappy customers however, complained to the "real" South Beauty. This hurts the brand image and reputation of the Group. * Authenticity of Sichuan food.
In cities with higher incomes (where South Beauty's target customers are mainly located), consumers had more choices of restaurants and made selections based on word of mouth. 63 percent of consumers obtained restaurant information from word-of-mouth publicity, so while a restaurant review web site state that South Beauty promoted "Refined or Improved Sichuan Food", in other places, such as Chengdu, the birth place of Sichuan food, customers were of the opinion that the Sichuan food offered by South Beauty was not as spicy as the original cuisine.
Other did not view South Beauty as a genuine Sichuan food restaurant. If consumers were looking for authentic Sichuan food, after hearing these opinions on the street, they were more likely to pick another restaurant. * Inability to do things in a standardized way to cut down costs and improve efficiency. The management team did not halt their efforts to improve the Group's operational efficiency through standardization, which was also the foundation for scaling up. * Minimal market share in the Chinese Restaurant Market.
The market share in South Beauty in the total industry was less than 0. 1 percent. Opportunities * Expansion. The Group is seeking to expand its operations from the existing 20 restaurants in China to a total of 100 worldwide (35 in China and 65 in the international market) over the next three years. * Standardization. The standardization of the process of preparing the dishes is a big opportunity to increase efficiency and quality. * Entry into new businesses. The Group wants to diversify into business of partially cooked frozen foods for retail outlets and airline catering. The Group's market share in the Chinese dinner category was an estimated 2 percent in 2006. There is great to room to increase this market share. * Ability to invest heavily in various elements, interior decorating being one of them. No competitor is able to invest so heavily. * Cuisine diversity. South Beauty only offers Sichuan cuisine. While a typical Chinese restaurant offers one or two cuisines, expanding into more than 2 different cuisines could give the Group a source of differentiation. * Becoming an international brand.
According to Zhang Lan " (…) Now is the time to expand. We have met success in China, and now we wish to build an international brand, which will have a presence in New York, Paris, London, Milan, Geneva, Tokyo and other important international cities of the world. " it is projected that the Group will have 30 restaurants in short term and 100 outlets in the next three years, of which 35 restaurants would be located in China and 65 in the international market in cooperation with strategic partners in Tokyo, New York, and other cities.
Threats * Some competitors of South Beauty have been able to overcome the obstacle of production and prepare Chinese dishes in a standardized way faster than South Beauty, so they are able to cut down costs and realize bigger profits. * Belief among certain consumers that the Sichuan food that South Beauty serves is not authentic because this can cause consumers to search for more "authentic" options in competitors. * "Fake" South Beauty restaurants.
They make the brand look bad and downsize the brand's reputation and positioning. * With such large ideas for expansion, if the capital needed is not raised, this could pose a threat not only for future expansion but also for future growth in China. * Operational efficiency that needs to improve: the management team did not halt their efforts to improve the Group's operational efficiency through standardization, which was also the foundation for scaling up. Each South Beauty restaurant carried 380 items on the main menu.
Raw materials depended on local suppliers, and the quality of each dish relied on the experience of the chef. Although there was a team with three main chefs at the head office to develop new dishes and control the quality, the process of standardization is still in its beginning phase. If standardization is not achieved soon, the Group may lose some of its market share to competitors that do achieve it soon because they will be able to cut down costs that will translate into cheaper prices.


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Men Receiving Opioids After Vasectomy at High Risk for Persistent Opioid Use
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October 9, 2019 – Routine use of opioids after vasectomy doesn't improve pain control, but is associated with a substantial rate of persistent opioid use in the months after the procedure, reports a study in the October issue of The Journal of Urology®, Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The Journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
Nearly eight percent of men prescribed opioids after vasectomy were still taking opioids three to six months later, according to the new research by Cpt. David W. Barham, MD, and colleagues at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu. They write, "In the face of an opioid epidemic urologists should take action to limit prescribing opioids after vasectomy."
Opioids After Vasectomy: No Improvement in Pain Control but Increased Risk of Persistent Use
The study included 228 men who underwent vasectomy at the urology clinic of the authors' military medical center during a 12-month period. The procedures were performed by eight different urologists. Two of the urologists routinely prescribed opioids for pain control after vasectomy.
The other six urologists did not prescribe opioids. Instead they used other strategies for pain control after vasectomy, such as over-the-counter medications (acetaminophen and ibuprofen), scrotal support, and ice. The researchers compared postoperative pain outcomes and persistent opioid use in 102 patients who received opioids and 126 who did not.
Within 30 days after vasectomy, 15.7 percent of patients had a medical encounter (phone call, clinic visit, or emergency department visit) due to scrotal pain. There was no statistically significant difference in medical encounters between groups: 12.7 percent for men who received opioids and 18.4 percent for those who did not receive opioids. Men in the initial opioid group were less likely to receive a subsequent opioid prescription: 1.9 percent versus 9.5 percent.
However, patients who initially received opioids had a significantly higher rate of persistent opioid use at three months of follow-up. "Alarmingly 7.8 percent of patients in the opioid group had new persistent opioid use at 90 days compared to 1.5 percent in the nonopioid group," Dr. Barham and coauthors write. They add that the opioid dosages prescribed were likely "far more than would be required for adequate pain control."
Based on their data, the authors suggest that routine prescribing of opioids after vasectomy would prevent about six percent of encounters for postoperative pain, but with about an eight percent rate of new, persistent opioid use – "an unacceptable trade-off."
Over-prescription of opioids is major contributor to the opioid epidemic, and many patients are first exposed to opioids after surgery. "No amount of opioids has been found safe or free from addiction risk," Dr. Barham and colleague write. The AUA Position Statement on opioid use recommends using opioids only when necessary, at the lowest dose and for the shortest duration possible.
The authors note some limitations of their retrospective study in a U.S. military population. While formal randomized trials would be optimal to guide clinical practice, such trials are unlikely to be performed.
The study provides new evidence that routinely prescribing opioids after vasectomy does not reduce pain compared to other strategies, but does lead to a significantly increased risk of persistent opioid use. Dr. Barham and coauthors conclude, "We hope that this finding will encourage urologists to use greater discretion when prescribing opioids."
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No. 2: Karl Lagerfeld Changed the Fashion Industry Forever
Executives pondered all the wisdom to be gleaned from the incomparable designer, who died last February at age 85.
By Miles Socha on December 23, 2019
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He was so prolific, indefatigable, larger-than-life and multifaceted that the fashion world does not feel the same without Karl Lagerfeld.
He brought energy, boldness and a rare rock-star charisma, and seemed to galvanize Paris as the creative heart of fashion.
Since his death last February at age 85, the industry has mourned, mounted tributes, planned books and exhibitions, and pondered all the wisdom to be gleaned from one of the pioneers of brand rejuvenation, high-low collaborations and multitasking — and a master of storytelling, showmanship and witty repartee.
By all accounts, he left the brands he piloted in fine fettle — recognizing early that brands matter most, not the designers behind them. Chanel is now led by his longtime right-hand woman Virginie Viard, who is staying the course while adding a youthful elan. Fendi, now unofficially piloted creatively by Silvia Venturini Fendi and her Rome-based team, is said to be growing at a healthy and stealthy 10 percent clip.
Meanwhile, Lagerfeld's namesake house brought on renowned stylist and editor Carine Roitfeld to work in tandem with design director Hun Kim, who had been handpicked by Lagerfeld and has been working quietly behind the scenes since August 2015. And sales have been flourishing in 2019.
Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel's ready-to-wear spring 2008 haute couture show at the Grand Palais in Paris. Giovanni Giannoni/WWD
Reflecting on an unprecedented career that spanned more than six decades, observers agreed that the likes of Lagerfeld might never be seen again.
"His voice is missing," lamented Ralph Toledano, president of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, French fashion's governing body. "For the outside world, he represented fashion. He was kind of a global spokesperson for the industry, even if everyone didn't always agree with what he was saying."
"There's an emptiness. He created a void, and I don't see anyone filling it," echoed Michael Burke, chairman and chief executive officer of Louis Vuitton. "I don't see too many people lining up to assume that vision of leadership."
Lagerfeld loved to do things he'd never done before, and he ended up opening multiple new frontiers in an industry long bound by tradition.
"He's done so many firsts. He's shown us that a designer can be so much more than the narrow definitions of what a designer was in the 20th century, when designers felt they had to stick to their knitting — pun intended. He was a such a multilingual, multibrand generalist in an industry where everyone had a singular point of view," Burke said in an interview. "He was inclusive before the word existed in our industry. He was digital before we were digital. He was global before global was a word. He was about newness before newness was an absolute necessity."
Lagerfeld also brought speed to fashion — and a sense of fun — like no other before him, Burke said.
Just how fast? Toledano, who helmed the Karl Lagerfeld fashion house from 1985 to 1995, knows firsthand.
"I've seen him design 10 jackets in 15 minutes," the veteran executive marveled. "He would have an idea and then, boom, boom, boom. His shows tended to be long because he had so many things to say. He was so prolific. And he could express himself in so many fields."
What Burke — who worked beside Lagerfeld at Fendi for nine years, starting in 2003 — misses the most is Lagerfeld's light touch, and his delicious, sometimes ribald sense of humor. "His laughs were legendary" Burke said. "That was Karl, we were laughing all the time. We were having fun all the time. I had an advantage because all his dirtiest jokes were in German."
Yet his greatest legacy — and perhaps the most under-appreciated — was smashing the idea that creative freedom and commercial success are mutually exclusive, according to the executive.
"He would always say, 'Commercial success does not remove my freedom. It's quite the opposite,'" Burke recalled. "Most designers create this negative tension between the two. You have so many designers who feel that by being successful that they are pandering to the marketing."
Lagerfeld, by contrast, "always made fun of the tortured artists," Burke said.
"He remains a model, and an inspiration for many of us who love this business," agreed Pietro Beccari, chairman and ceo of Dior, who worked with Lagerfeld at Fendi after Burke, from 2012 until 2018.
Lagerfeld was famous for saying he never took meetings, and claimed puzzlement at the mere mention of marketing, or a marketing department.
"He hated the word marketing, but let me tell you, he was the number-one marketer, the best I've ever met in my life," Beccari said. "We live in a world of communication, and getting people behind an idea is critical and that's what he was so good at.
"He even managed to market Choupette," he said, referring to Lagerfeld's beloved pet cat, who was an online sensation, the star of several advertising campaigns and an icon of the Karl Lagerfeld brand.
More enduringly, Lagerfeld had a comportment and way of thinking that was always forward-looking, uncompromising and restless — never satisfied. No wonder he bristled when Beccari wished to mark his 50th anniversary at Fendi.
The designer's suggestion was to add to his workload, and show an haute fourrure collection in Paris during couture week. "That he loved very much because it was the future and not the past," Beccari marveled.
Karl Lagerfeld in his home in Monaco, 1988. Stephane Feugere/WWD
His personal qualities — kindness, humility and attentiveness — are also part of his legacy. He also managed to project an ageless image — not only because of his graphic uniform of dark suits and dark glasses contrasting with his white shirt and white ponytail, but by continually adapting himself to the modern age and the latest trends in order to anticipate the next ones.
"I was calling him the living Google. He had an immense culture. Maybe the only thing he didn't care about was sports," Beccari said.
Born in Hamburg, Germany, and obsessed with clothes, reading and sketching from a young age, Lagerfeld moved to Paris in 1952 and attended the Lycée Montaigne and later, a drawing school.
In 1954, he won the Woolmark Prize in the coat category, thrusting him to prominence alongside Yves Saint Laurent, who won in the dress category. Lagerfeld apprenticed at Pierre Balmain, where he remained until 1958, when he became the chief designer at Jean Patou. In the early Sixties, bored by working for just one label, he launched a freelance career with Fendi and Chloé among his most important early clients. Others included Mario Valentino, Max Mara, Tiziano, Repetto and Monoprix. He left Chloé when he joined Chanel, but returned for a five-year stint that wound up in 1997, when he was succeeded by the then-unknown Stella McCartney.
"When people ask me what I do, 'designer' seems inadequate; I tell them I'm in the fashion business," Lagerfeld said back in 1975. "But that is what happens with ready-to-wear. You become an enterprise."
His role at Fendi expanded from furs to ready-to-wear, and that put him in the rare position of staging multiple fashion shows in multiple capitals. In 2006, he showed his signature label in New York, Fendi in Milan and Chanel in Paris.
When Chanel hired Lagerfeld in 1982, initially for couture only, it was more than a decade since the death of the founder, and the label had grown dusty. "When I started at Chanel, what people said to me was, 'Don't do it. It will not work; it's an old name, it's done,'" the designer recalled in a 2003 interview. "Nobody believed in it except me and [Chanel owner] Mr. [Alain] Wertheimer."
His strong suit was his ability to continually reinterpret the Chanel style, while keeping the brand's image at the highest level. "Chanel is a style and a standard," he would say. Lagerfeld was able to bend the look to the style of Goths, surfers, hippies, robots — you name it — and to continue to attract young women to a label that once had a bourgeois, slightly older, image.
"This year has been all about this handover between Karl and Virginie, and it's happening in the best possible conditions, with Virginie revealing, were it necessary, all the facets of her talent," Bruno Pavlovsky, president of Chanel fashion activities and president of Chanel SAS, told WWD earlier this month.
He noted that Viard's first solo collection, for cruise 2020, hit stores in recent weeks and has been selling briskly. "From an economic point of view, 2019 is shaping up to be an exceptional year, despite the events in Hong Kong," he said.
The Karl Lagerfeld memorial in February 2019, at the Grand Palais in Paris. Stephane Feugere/WWD
To be sure, Lagerfeld's place in fashion history looms large — not necessarily for inventing a new silhouette, but for his range, and longevity.
"Because he belonged to a generation that had known a fashion world still far from its formatting in brands and big luxury groups, a world still preserved from marketing and purely corporate spirit, Karl Lagerfeld had something rare and very precious: a freedom of expression and an independent spirit," said Olivier Gabet, director of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. "He had seen it all before, and his panoramic vision of fashion, a certain long-term view, too, allowed him to put things in perspective. It allowed him distance, irony, and an ability to project himself, to judge with severity or to support with kindness. Let's say he was the last from this generation."
Gabet concurred that central to Lagerfeld's philosophy was to take his work seriously, but not to assign his job too much importance.
The designer famously loathed pretentiousness, especially from other designers who claimed to be doing the work of artists. "We are all dressmakers, that's all," he said in a 2003 interview.
Indeed, he liked to call himself "working class," a winking description, given his lavish lifestyle and faultless manners.
"Karl Lagerfeld showed that in fashion it's useless to play the artist too much, but a real culture, artistic and literary [knowledge], can help — the alliance of attention to detail and global vision, without resorting to standard turns of phrases," Gabet said, highlighting Lagerfeld's passion for "refined and precious techniques, the métiers d'art side" of fashion.
That he did not succeed in becoming synonymous with a silhouette — as Saint Laurent was for Le Smoking, or Christian Dior for his Bar jacket — seems to miss the point.
"I don't think Karl Lagerfeld was an absolute inventor, because he totally assumed that being a perfect reinventor was the key to success in the fashion system," according to Gabet. "And if there is a silhouette, a look forever associated with him, it is his."
Lagerfeld's imperious appearance could be off-putting.
Journalist William Middleton, who is working on an "unconventional" biography of Lagerfeld for HarperCollins, first met his subject in 1995.
"It was a time when his public image was particularly stark: the oversize dark glasses, powdered hair, elaborate fans. After I had spent some time with him, we were at his place on the Rue de l'Université when I said that I had rarely seen someone whose public image was so harsh but the reality, once you got to know him, was so much warmer, even touching. Karl quickly shot back, 'Better that than the opposite, non?'" recalled Middleton, who met the designer while working for WWD in its Paris bureau. "So, I think that one of the qualities of Karl that will most be missed is his old world graciousness, his concern for others, his kindness, his humanity."
In fashion, Lagerfeld's fevered quest for the new, and aversion to backward glances, meant he didn't get tangled up in repetition like some designers, once chastising no one in particular with this rebuke: "When you listen to the same operas in the studio for 25 years, there's a chance you'll get the same dresses, too.
"I'm open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over," he said in 2008. "The most important thing in fashion is lucidity, if you want to last."
According to Burke, Lagerfeld helped lay the groundwork for today's hyperactive luxury brands, energized with events and clever storytelling.
"He had his finger on the pulse," he said. "People would walk out of his fashion shows smiling. He showed that fashion could engage with everyone, every sociological trend."
What's more, he showed that the leaders in fashion, on the creative or business sides, "have to be relevant, and that means taking risks and seeing things before others — and he did it," Burke said. "He kept on writing new pages."
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Vintage style railway poster designs by Danny McBride.
Danny McBride is a Sussex based artist working from his studio in Shoreham-by-Sea, England. His vintage style railway poster series celebrates the beauty and vibrancy of his home town. The 'Beautiful Shoreham' series includes 'Shoreham Airport', St Mary de Haura Church', 'Norfolk Bridge', Adur Ferry Bridge', 'Beach Green' and 'The Toll Bridge'. Each design is available as a lithographic print with easily selectable size and frame options. Greetings cards and postcards are also available. Each design is also available as a print only option.
The 'Beautiful Shoreham' and Beautiful Ludlow' series have been inspired by the vintage railway posters designs of the 1930's and 1940's.
The 'Beautiful Ludlow' art print features Ludlow Castle in Shropshire.
The 'Beautiful Sussex' paintings are a growing collection of paintings of commercial and rural landscapes in both oils and watercolours. Danny's 'Looking for lost sheep' sculpture can be seen at the round-about in north Shoreham.


The Australian health system is large and complicated. Using it when you have cancer can be stressful.
Knowing a bit about how the system works can make this easier.
People who have cancer see a lot of different health professionals during their diagnosis and treatment.
Doctors are responsible for diagnosing and treating illnesses, including cancers.
Nurses play a large role in coordinating the care of people with cancer. They work with doctors to help manage the care of people with cancer, in hospital, in outpatients and also at home.
There are also many other people who work in hospitals and other parts of the health system. These people keep the system running, and support health professionals in their work. They include office staff, porters, cleaners, kitchen staff, and health service managers.
The health system is split into three main levels or tiers. These are called primary, secondary and tertiary.
Primary health care – health professionals working in the community, e.g., general practitioners (GPs), dentists, community nurses, Aboriginal health workers or physiotherapists.
Secondary health care – a more specialised type of health care involving specialist doctors and other health professionals. It can take place in a hospital or a private clinic.
Tertiary health care – a very specialised type of care. It usually takes place in large teaching hospitals or special units, e.g. cancer centres.
Australia has a public and a private health system. This can cause a lot of confusion.
The public health system is run by the government.
Medicare is the Australian Government health insurance scheme.
When you work, some of your taxes are used to fund Medicare.
Medicare covers the costs for you to be treated as a public patient in a public hospital.
Medicare also pays some of the costs of seeing health professionals or having tests.
To be covered by Medicare, you need to be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
The private health system is run by private organisations.
Anyone can pay to be treated in the private system, but many people take out private health insurance to cover some of the costs of private treatment.
People with private health insurance pay premiums to their health insurance companies.
Their health insurance company covers some of the costs of treatment in the private health system.
Medicare also pays for some of their treatment as well.
The patient has to pay any remaining costs, which are called gap payments.
These costs can be quite high in some situations.
Make sure you talk to your health insurance company about what they will cover.
Your GP may refer you to a doctor who specialises in diagnosing and treating people with cancer.


Mosaic Fast Track initiation and referral is an integral component of the Mosaic Group's comprehensive system of care coordination. When a patient screens positive for opioid use disorder or is brought to the Emergency Department with a suspected opioid overdose, a nurse indicates this in their electronic health record which triggers notification to a trained peer recovery coach.
For patients that are interested in initiating treatment, the peer recovery coach supports them through buprenorphine induction right in the Emergency Department. The Mosaic Group has worked with eleven hospital systems in Baltimore to develop induction dosage protocols and to operationalize a network of over twenty-five Fast Track buprenorphine providers for same- or next-day referrals to ongoing care.


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Giulio Ricordi became general manager of the new company G. Ricordi & C. in 1888, when after the death of his father Ricordi merged with the music publishing house founded by Francesco Lucca. When in 1912 Giulio died, his son Tito II became general manager until his resignation in 1919. The three copybooks of their "private" correspondence, which they generated as general managers and presumably kept separately in their office, cover this entire period. Giulio's two copybooks – from 1888 until 1909 – consist of 280 hand-written missives for a total of 590 pages. Tito's only copybook – from June 1912 until 1918 – consists of 186 letters, totaling 277 handwritten or typeset letters. All these documents have been digitised, transcribed, and annotated. Giulio's letters have also been translated into English.
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At Magee-Womens Research Institute (MWRI) and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, a large team of clinical and laboratory researchers dedicated to understanding treatment resistance in the most common form of breast cancer have identified a new genetic change in the estrogen receptor that contributes to therapy resistance. Estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer, diagnosed in two-thirds of breast cancer patients, is fueled by the presence of estrogen in the body. Anti-endocrine therapy is usually successful in treating the disease initially, but ER-positive breast cancers will often recur because tumors develop a resistance to treatment.
Published online in the Annals of Oncology, the research identifies the presence of ESR1 fusion proteins in treatment resistant breast cancer. This is the first time these fusion proteins have been identified in human breast cancer, and understanding how they function could lead to improved treatments for the disease.
According to Dr. Lee, ESR1 fusion proteins "outsmart" traditional treatment by splitting in half and eliminating the binding site endocrine therapy targets.
According to Dr. Lee, genetic analysis will soon be the dominant field of ER-positive breast cancer research, eventually leading to improved treatments and patient outcomes.
"Genomic sequencing is telling us so much about breast cancer. I believe the research we are doing in the laboratory will have a significant clinical impact in the near future, and the work we are doing will play a large part in improving patient care and survival," said Dr. Lee.


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Dayton coach: Expect two 'upset' teams to do battle
By Gabriel Pruett
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Published 12:25 am Friday, September 4, 2015
PREP FOOTBALL NEDERLAND (0-1) AT DAYTON (0-1)
• When: 7 tonight
• Where: Broncos Stadium
• Radio: KLVI-AM 560
• Series record: Nederland leads 12-7
• Last meeting: Dayton won 41-22 in 2014
• Nederland: 273 ypg (98 rushing, 175 passing); leaders Austin Krautz (senior RB, 124 rushing yards on 14 carries and a touchdown, 49 receiving yards on 3 receptions) and Dean Fisher (junior receiver, 66 yards on 3 receptions)
• Dayton: 245 ypg (100 rushing, 145 passing); leaders Hunter Hancock (junior quarterback, 121 yards on 10-of-13 passing and 2 touchdowns) and Jalen Styner (junior running back, 61 yards on 15 carries)
• Nederland: 490 yards per game allowed (227 rushing, 263 passing)
• Dayton: 537 yards per game allowed (318 rushing, 219 passing)
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• Nederland coach Larry Neumann: "We were a different team mentally last week against Crosby than we were in the two scrimmages. We had great focus and energy. We made plays against the Cougars. What we didn't do was make plays at the opportune times. Dayton's quarterback manages the game real well. They have speed and threats at the skill spots. Schematically, they (Dayton) are not much different than Crosby. It is close to the same thing. It is a tremendous physical challenge to play football. The mental part is also very important. We have to have that mental side every week. We have to have it against everybody or we will be a mediocre football team."
• Dayton coach Jowell Hancock: "Both teams are searching for that first win and neither wants to be 0-2. We have met several times in the past and we know each other very well. It is a cliché but this game will come down to who plays the best on Friday night. What I love about playing in Nederland and having the Bulldogs here in Dayton, it is going to be the most important thing in Dayton Friday night. There is only one school in both places so it is the biggest thing going on in the city. That is what you love the most as a coach. I have known Larry a long time so there is a history there. It is going to be another great Friday night football game."
NEDERLAND — Dayton is no stranger to Nederland. Nederland is no stranger to Dayton.
These two teams have played 19 times through the years and it all started back in 1930. The first time the two programs faced off, Dayton's Broncos pounded the Bulldogs 66-0.
Nederland leads the all-time series 12-7 with Dayton winning last year, 41-22.
"Dayton is a prideful program that we have a large amount of history with through the years," Nederland coach Larry Neumann said. "We know they will be enthusiastic about playing us and we look forward to playing the Broncos."
Neumann said the Bulldogs have not put too much stock into the scoreboard from last week's Dayton game. Channelview defeated the Broncos 57-21 on the performance of Alabama commit Jalen Hurt.
The Falcons quarterback threw for 219 and rushed for 146 yards with a combined five touchdowns.
"It was a close game until the Hurt kid took over," Neumann said. "He will do that to a lot of people this year."
What Neumann has taken notice of is the fact that this Dayton team likes to hit their opponents in the mouth.
"Dayton will hit you," Neumann added. "It is in their history. They are very much like a West Orange-Stark. We look forward to the matchup because Dayton, like Crosby, is going to be a playoff team."
The Broncos, against the Falcons, put up 245 yards with 100 coming on the ground and 145 through the air. Quarterback Hunter Hancock had 121 yards on 10-of-13 passing with two touchdowns. Jalen Styner led the Broncos with 61 rushing yards on 15 carries.
"I expect an old-school, get-after-it type football game," Dayton coach Jowell Hancock said. "We have had some real great games against Nederland through the years.
"We have to cut down on missed assignments. You can't miss 36 tackles like we did last week. There were times we could have got off the field and you can't give a team like Channelview that extra chance with the football."
The main focus of the Dayton defense figures to be keying on Nederland senior running back Austin Krautz.
Krautz finished the Crosby game with 124 yards rushing on 14 carries and a touchdown and added 49 yards on three receptions.
Nederland quarterback Mitchell LeBaron had 175 yards on 14-of-30 passing in his first varsity start.
"We kicked field goals instead of scoring touchdowns last week," Neumann said.
Hancock expects a very upset Bulldogs team to come into Dayton wanting a win.
"We are also upset with ourselves after giving up 57 points last week," Hancock said. "We let other people make excuses. The more physical team last week was Channelview. Nobody should make you look that bad. We always put a lot of stock in our defense and we didn't do our job."
About Gabriel Pruett
Gabriel Pruett has worked with both the Port Arthur News and Orange Leader since 2000. A majority of the time has been spent covering all aspects of Southeast Texas high school sports. Pruett's claim to fame is...being able to write his own biographical information for this website.
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	usart_enable_callback(&usart_instance, USART_CALLBACK_BUFFER_TRANSMITTED);
	usart_enable_callback(&usart_instance, USART_CALLBACK_BUFFER_RECEIVED);
//! [setup_enable_callbacks]
}
//! [setup]

int main(void)
{
	system_init();

//! [setup_init]
	configure_usart();
	configure_usart_callbacks();
//! [setup_init]

//! [main]
//! [enable_global_interrupts]
	system_interrupt_enable_global();
//! [enable_global_interrupts]

//! [main_send_string]
	uint8_t string[] = "Hello World!\r\n";
	usart_write_buffer_job(&usart_instance, string, sizeof(string));
//! [main_send_string]

//! [main_loop]
	while (true) {
//! [main_loop]
//! [main_read]
		usart_read_buffer_job(&usart_instance,
				(uint8_t *)rx_buffer, MAX_RX_BUFFER_LENGTH);
//! [main_read]
	}
//! [main]
}

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Invest in FTSE JSE Swix from as little as R150
By Laura du Preez - 19 September 2019 - 11:09
Money responds to a 60-year old, Sowetan reader from Newcastle, Kwazulu-Natal, who's keen to invest in the FTSE JSE Swix.
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A 60-year old, Sowetan reader from Newcastle, Kwazulu-Natal, who's keen to invest in the FTSE JSE Swix has written to Money to find out more about and how she can invest in the index-tracker. Money unpacks.
Investing in the FTSE JSE Swix or Shareholder Weighted Index means investing in a fund that tracks this index. The index is made up of all the shares on the JSE.
The Swix differs from the regular FTSE JSE All-Share index in that it weights shares in the index in line with the amounts listed on a company's shareholder register in South Africa, and excludes amounts held by shareholders on foreign exchanges.
This means companies that list their shares in SA and a foreign exchange will have lower weights in the Swix than in the All-Share index.
There is only one fund that tracks the Swix itself and three that track the Capped Swix where maximum weighting of a share is 10% of the fund. There are more that track the FTSE JSE Shareholder Weighted Top40 index or Swix 40. This is the index of the top 40 largest shares on the JSE – largest when the share price is multiplied by the number of shares in issue – that is weighted in line with shares registered in SA.
The one fund that tracks the FTSE JSE Swix index is the Sygnia Swix Index Fund. You can invest in this directly on the Sygnia website if you have a lump sum of R20,000 to invest or can invest R500 a month.
Old Mutual offers the Capped Swix index also for a R20,000 lump sum or R500 a month and you can invest online at www.oldmutualinvest.com.
Momentum also offers a Capped Swix Index Fund for a R2,000 lump sum or R250 a month. You can invest online at www.momentuminv.co.za.
The Satrix Capped Swix ALSI Fund is available on the Satrix Now platform and there are no minimum investment amounts.
Unit trusts only have one investment management fee and the fund may incur some trading costs – these are paid in the fund and reported jointly as the total investment cost.
The total investment cost of the Sygnia Swix Index Fund is 0.55% of your investment or 55c of every R100 you invest, on the Old Mutual fund it is 0.97%, on Momentum it is 0.59% and on Satrix it is 0.87%..
There are four exchanged traded funds (ETFs) and one unit trust fund that track the FTSE JSE Swix 40. ETFs are unit trust funds that hold a basket of shares but the fund itself is listed on the stock market like any other share. To buy them you need to use a stockbroker which can involve high costs and high minimum amounts.
Fortunately, there are some lower-cost investment platforms that offer access to ETFs and charge you a platform fee and lower brokerage fees. These can also accommodate much lower minimum amounts in a cost-effective way.
BUY VS SELL
Remember there is also a difference between the price at which you buy an ETF and that at which you can sell it. This is known as the buy-sell or bid-offer spread.
The four ETFs are from Absa, Satrix, Stanlib and Sygnia, and the unit trust is available from Satrix.
The four ETFs can be purchased on lower-cost investment platforms like etfSA and Easy Equities.
etfSA offers all four ETFs on its Investor Plan in which you can invest as little as R1,000 lump sum or R150 a month on an ongoing debit order. You can invest online at www.etfsa.co.za.
You will pay 0.65% a year of the amount you have invested for the Investor plan – that is 65c for R100 and the stock brokerage fee of 0.08% - or 8c for every R100.
The Satrix, Stanlib and Sygnia Swix Top 40 ETFs are available on the Easy Equities platform which accepts investment amounts of any size. You can invest online at www.easyequities.co.za.
The cost is 0.64% or 64c per R100 invested to use the platform.
You can also invest in the Sygnia ETF on the Sygnia website if you have R1,000 to invest as a lump sum or R500 ongoing. The cost of the ETF is 0.36% which equates to 36c per R100 invested but there are also brokerage fees of 0.1%, an investor protection levy of 0,0001% and a Strate fee.
You can also invest in the Satrix Swix40 ETF and the Satrix Swix40 unit trust on the Satrix Now platform which also has no minimum investment amounts. You can invest online and it will cost you 0.5% of your investment in the ETF or 50c for R100 if you invest more than R500,000.
If you invest in the Satrix unit trust there is no platform fee but the management fee is 0.48% and the costs around 0.11%, making a total investment cost of around 0.59% or 59c for every R100.
You can also buy the ETFs using an online brokerage account like those offered by the banks.
Standard Online Share Trading, for example, offers access to all four of the ETFs on its Auto Share Invest platform.
You can buy online through the bank's internet banking or mobile app if you have at least R250 to invest. The brokerage fees are 0.25% of your investment but you will also pay statutory charges that apply to all trades such as Strate fees and an investor protection levy. Standard Bank says on a R500 trade you could pay more than R10 in statutory charges plus R1.22 for the platform.
In addition if you plan to invest for the long term and not to trade frequently you will incur an inactivity fee on the Standard Bank platform. If you invest in January and do nothing else for the rest of the year, you pay a R125 fee for the year, but if you invest at least every two months, you won't pay this fee.
When you buy popular ETFs and unit trusts, most of the financial institutions also let you hold your investment in a tax-free savings account. This means you can – if you haven't yet exhausted this annual limit – hold the investment without paying dividend tax and without incurring capital gains tax when you sell.
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In response to the growing number of Texas artists impacted by Hurricane Harvey's devastation and the local artist community that seeks to support them, Fresh Arts and Spring Street Studios invites the public to a disaster relief exhibition and fundraiser at Spring Street Studios on Saturday, Sept. 9th, 2017. Cocktails and light bites from 2 to 7pm.
The one-day only exhibition will feature artwork for sale by artists from Houston and surrounding areas, with proceeds benefiting the Immediate Disaster Relief Fund for Texas Artists. 100% of proceeds raised will be given to individual artists impacted by the disaster to help them preserve work, rebuild studio and live/work spaces, purchase supplies and continue with their creative missions.
All artwork is for sale and available to take home the same day. This event is free and open to the public and held in conjunction with Spring Street Studio's 2nd Saturday Open Studios event.
Many thanks to the artists of Spring Street Studios for donating their exhibition hallways and providing volunteer assistance.
If you are unable to attend, please consider donating directly to the Immediate Disaster Relief Fund for Texas Artists here .
Due to overwhelming response we are longer accepting art submissions.
Fresh Arts is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to strengthening the sustainability and vibrancy of Houston's arts sector by bolstering the capacity and professional practice of artists and arts organizations and enhancing the public's engagement with the arts. All donations made to Fresh Arts on behalf of the Disaster Relief Fund for Texas Artists are tax deductible.
100% of proceeds raised from art sales will be given to individual artists impacted by the disaster to help them preserve work, rebuild studio and live/work spaces, purchase supplies and continue with their creative missions.


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Netflix's Reed Hastings steps down as CEO
Hastings will serve as executive chairman of the company
Published on January 19, 2023.
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Reed Hastings
Credit: Bloomberg LP
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings is stepping aside as CEO of the company he's led for more than two decades, leaving the position to his two longtime associates, Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters.
Sarandos, who was already co-CEO, is the company's public face in Hollywood while Peters, previously chief operating officer, has overseen its product development and push into advertising. Hastings, 62, will serve as executive chairman of the company.
"Our board has been discussing succession planning for many years (even founders need to evolve!)," Hastings said in a blog post. "The board and I believe it's the right time to complete my succession."
Netflix ended the year on a high note. The company added 7.66 million subscribers in the final quarter of 2022, easily topping the 4.5 million average estimate of Wall Street analysts. Revenue, at $7.85 billion, was in line with estimates, while earnings, at 12 cents per share, fell well below the same period a year ago. The company forecast that its profit margin and free cash flow would improve in the year ahead.
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Sarandos and Peters must guide Netflix through a turbulent time in the media industry. The company just reported its slowest year of subscriber growth since 2011, the year it split its streaming business from its DVD-by-mail service. Shares in the company lost half of their value last year, while its growing frugality alienated some of the creative people who once hailed Netflix as a champion of the arts.
The programming slate was one of Netflix's strongest, however. The company released its third most popular TV show ever with Wednesday, its most popular foreign-language movie with Troll and its fourth most popular movie ever, Glass Onion. Its titles accounted for more than 80% of the 10 most-watched streaming titles every week during the quarter, according to Nielsen.
Hastings has been signaling he would step aside for a few years. He elevated Sarandos to co-CEO in 2020 and named Peters COO at the same time. He already delegated almost all Hollywood decisions to Sarandos, and has gradually pulled back from the day-to-day affairs of the business.
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A package handler with a shot gun and bullets strapped to his chest "like Rambo" wounded six people at a Georgia FedEx facility early Tuesday before he was found dead of an apparent suicide, authorities and witnesses said.
The male suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound during the workplace shooting in Kennesaw, north of Atlanta, and was found inside the FedEx facility's loading dock, reported NBC affiliate WXIA-TV.
The six victims range from ages 19 to 52, and three remained in critical condition Tuesday afternoon, said Dr. Michael Nitzken, of Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. One of them required advance life support.
Those with critical injuries suffered multiple gunshot wounds, while others had "peripheral damage," Nitzken said. One person was released.
Cobb County police spokesman Mike Bowman said officers were "sweeping" the area around the building Tuesday morning for any "secondary devices." No explosives were found. The suspect was identified only as a male employee of FedEx.
Police were first called to the scene just before 6 a.m., prompting a lockdown of the facility on Airport Road and more than 100 officers to swarm the scene.
Two workplace shootings this week. One, at FedEx, where multiple people were shot, was all over the news. What about this one?
Oh yeah, FedEx was a posted "gun-free" zone, and employees were sitting ducks. In Austin, Texas, the intended victim had his own weapon to return fire, and who knows how many lives he saved, including his own.
Look, I get it. Some people really don't like guns. They frighten you. They frighten me, too… as do knives, bombs, and broken bottles in the hands of maniacs. But a gun in the hands of a responsible citizen… it just might save your life—and/or your children's lives—one day.
Leave men free to be that hero.


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Amanpour Refuses to Wear Headscarf, Loses Major Interview
Journalist says she 'politely' shot down request from Iranian president because she's on US soil
By John Johnson, Newser Staff
Posted Sep 22, 2022 12:15 PM CDT
International journalist Christiane Amanpour in a file photo. (David L Ryan /The Boston Globe via AP)
Christiane Amanpour was all set to interview the Iranian president in New York on Wednesday when an aide to Ebrahim Raisi asked her to wear a headscarf. "I politely declined," the acclaimed journalist writes in a Twitter thread. "We are in New York, where there is no law or tradition regarding headscarves." Amanpour said she told the aide that she had never been asked to wear a scarf for previous interviews with other Iranian presidents conducted outside Iran, but Raisi's representative wouldn't budge, per the Hill.
"The aide made it clear that the interview would not happen if I did not wear a headscarf," wrote Amanpour. "He said it was 'a matter of respect,' and referred to 'the situation in Iran'—alluding to the protests sweeping the country." Amanpour wouldn't budge, either, and the interview was scrapped. In regard to those protests: Reuters reports that at least eight people have been killed in demonstrations over the death of a young woman in police custody after she was arrested by the nation's "morality police" for not wearing a hijab.
The protests show no signs of ebbing, and Iranian authorities have reportedly begun restricting access to the internet in an attempt to curb them. "As protests continue in Iran and people are being killed, it would have been an important moment to speak with President Raisi," wrote Amanpour. On Thursday, the US imposed sanctions on Iran's morality police and Iranian officials over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, reports the AP. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the US calls on the Iranian government "to end its violence against women and its ongoing violent crackdown on free expression and assembly." (Read more Christiane Amanpour stories.)


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