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We are committed to developing a family of schools whose purpose is to inspire the futures of children through learning. Schools within our trust, share the same values and ethos; where independent, articulate thinkers and learners have the confidence to achieve their ambitions. Where the team is constantly in the pursuit of development, and excellence every day. Where teachers of the future come to learn and develop their careers.
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Love proves ancient as time itself in this prehistoric adventure romance from critically acclaimed Tripods author John Christopher. In the beginning, many, many years ago, there were two tribes. Dom was a boy from the hunting tribe, and Va was a girl from the farming tribe. The two tribes fought, but that couldn't stop Dom and Va from falling in love. In the midst of battle, Dom escapes and takes Va with him. Together, they journey across the stark landscape of eons past, learning about the harsh and aggressive world around them even as they learn more about the creative and peaceful feelings within themselves. In the Beginning includes the prequel short story "In the Beginning" and the novel Dom and Va, and marks a captivating departure from John Christopher's other, futuristic work: this is a tale of the distant past, and of a beginning that represents the conflicts inherent in human nature—and the dark and light in all of us.
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This fascinating history of a literary and religious masterpiece explores the forces that obstructed and ultimately led to the decision to create an authorized translation, the method of translation and printing, and the central role the King James version of the Bible played in the development of modern English. In the sixteenth century, to attempt to translate the Bible into a common tongue wasn't just difficult, it was dangerous. A Bible in English threatened the power of the monarch and the Church. Early translators like Tyndale, whose work greatly influenced the King James, were hunted down and executed, but the demand for English Bibles continued to grow. Indeed it was the popularity of the Geneva Bible, with its anti-royalist content, that eventually forced James I to sanction his own, pro-monarchy, translation. Errors in early editions--one declared that "thou shalt commit adultery"--and Puritan preferences for the Geneva Bible initially hampered acceptance of the King James, but it went on to become the definitive English-language Bible. McGrath's history of the King James Bible's creation and influence is a worthy tribute to a great work and a joy to read. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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In the beginning of American history, the Word was in Spanish, Latin, and native languages like Nahuatal. But while Spanish and Catholic Christianity reached the New World in 1492, it was only with the coming of the Mayflower that English-language Bibles and Protestant Christendom arrived. ThePuritans brought with them intense devotion to Scripture, as well as their ideal of Christendom - a civilization characterized by a thorough intermingling of the Bible with everything else. That ideal began this country's journey from the Puritan's City on a Hill to the Bible-quoting country theU.S. remains to this day. In the Beginning shows how important the Bible remained, even as that Puritan ideal changed considerably through the early stages of American history.It is no exaggeration to claim that the Bible has been - and by far - the single most widely-read text, distributed object, and cited or referenced book in all of American history. Author Mark Noll shows how seventeenth-century Americans received conflicting models of scriptural authority fromEurope: the Bible under Christendom (high Anglicanism), the Bible over Christendom (moderate Puritanism), and the Bible against Christendom (Anabaptists, enthusiasts, Quakers). In the eighteenth century, the colonists turned increasingly to the Bible against Christendom, a stance that fueled theRevolution against Anglican Britain and prepared the way for a new country founded on the separation of church and state.One of the foremost scholars of American Christianity, Mark Noll brings a wealth of research and wisdom to In the Beginning. This book is the first of a projected two-volume study of the Bible in American history, and provides a sweeping, engaging, and insightful survey of the relationship betweenthe Bible and public issues from the beginning of European settlement. A seminal new work from a world-class scholar, In the Beginning offers a fresh account of the contested, sometimes ambiguous, but definite biblical roots of American history.
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Q: How can I specify a TypeScript type when passing an object into a function? I have a function:
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but that doesn't seem to work. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

A: You are on the right track, however the syntax you tried is already used in JavaScript for aliasing destructured variable names.
You can annotate destructured function parameters like this:
type ItemType = {
  isEditor: boolean;
};

// The type needs to be specified after the parameter:
function doSomething({isEditor}: ItemType) {
  const alias: boolean = isEditor;
}

// Inline type annotation works too:
function doSomethingElse({isEditor}: {isEditor: boolean}) {
  const alias: boolean = isEditor;
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// You can't type the destructured fields because that syntax is already used
// for aliasing the destructured parameters. Here, 'isEditor' is aliased to
// 'someOtherVariableName'.
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A: You need to specify the type after the parameter, e.g.
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Industry Leaders Unite With ICE to Fund State Of The Art Exhibition And Learning Centre
Seven leading contractors and consultants have joined forces with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) to help fund a new state-of-the-art engineering exhibition and learning centre to help inspire the next generation of engineers and demonstrate the diverse career opportunities available to young people.
The exhibition and learning centre, which will open in 2016 at ICE's London headquarters, forms part of ICE's 'Shaping the World' appeal – an international campaign which brings together the greatest civil engineering minds across the globe to help alleviate the effects of major future challenges. The Shaping the World appeal is funding other projects including a resilience lecture series and a report to be presented to the Hong Kong government exploring low carbon living for a high density environment beyond 2030. Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal is Patron of the appeal.
AECOM, Carillion, Costain, Kier, Mace Foundation, VINCI Construction UK Limited and WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff have become the first 'Founding Partners' of the exhibition and learning centre. Together they have pledged over £300,000, and ICE has promised to match industry donations to the £850,000 project. ICE is now renewing its call to the rest of industry to follow suit and to join as Partners to help raise the remaining funds needed to bring the vision to life.
The exhibition centre will be an interactive space for young people, teachers, parents and practicing engineers, bringing civil engineering to life with model replicas, installations and digital prototypes of iconic structures, engineering games and 3D printers – making the link between digital and the physical.
Founding partners will be invited to display structural and digital models, installations and case studies to tell a story of how their projects have connected people, socially, economically and physically to improve their wellbeing.
ICE Director General, Nick Baveystock, commented: "ICE is thrilled to welcome these seven giants of industry as Founding Partners of our exciting space. Our message to those yet to join is simple – exhibit with us, inspire with us. If we are to motivate young people to follow in our footsteps and become tomorrow's innovators we must take this opportunity to pool our resources, and share our stories as a means of trumpeting our achievements."
AECOM Managing Director for UK & Ireland, Patrick Flaherty, said: "In today's world of complex, evolving challenges, engineering design plays a critical role in developing economies, protecting the environment and improving people's lives. From providing clean water to planning cities, the transformational work of our industry leaves a positive, lasting impact. Igniting young imaginations to the possibility of a career in engineering is vital for solving the world's future challenges."
Carillion CEO, Richard Howson, said: "Solving skills shortages and engaging a diverse range of people with inspiring engineering career opportunities is fundamental to the future of our economy and national infrastructure. Partnering with the Exhibition and Learning Centre, and taking that enthusiasm into the communities where we work and live, will be key to motivating people to gain essential skills and pursue rewarding, exciting careers to shape our future world."
Costain CEO, Andrew Wyllie CBE, said: "Costain's Engineering Tomorrow strategy is driven by innovation. Customers now demand, on a daily basis, improved performance, new solutions and a shared vision of a better future. Our industry must innovate. Success will only be achieved by those who continually 'raise the bar' in the constant quest for higher standards of excellence."
Kier executive director, construction and infrastructure services, Nigel Brook, said: "We are proud to be supporting the ICE in encouraging the next generation of engineers to join the current innovators in the industry. Major infrastructure is the lifeblood of economies and shapes our existence, so without civil engineers delivering some of the UK's most recognisable landmarks then the UK landscape would look very different and daily life would be unrecognisable. The breadth of opportunity offered to new entrants within the industry is vast and it's with this campaign that the exhibition and learning centre will be able to truly help inspire young people into being a part of delivering infrastructure for the future."
Mace CEO, Mark Reynolds, said: "At Mace we are committed to doing more than just construct buildings, we want to contribute to the communities in which we work. It is vital for all of us to inspire and engage the next generation to join our industry and the engineering exhibition and learning centre will play a crucial role in this endeavour."
VINCI PLC and VINCI Construction UK Limited Chairman and Chief Executive, Bruno Dupety, said: "Civil engineering creates the infrastructure that connects people and business. Through improved transport infrastructure it enhances employment and trading opportunities, locally and worldwide. Innovative ways of providing cost-effective and sustainable sources of energy, power and water are all vital to meet the increased demand of future generations. Creating an opportunity to learn more about how civil engineering can play a key role in shaping the future by driving economic growth will raise the status of the profession and help to attract the highest calibre of young people to the industry."
WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff UK COO and MD for transport, infrastructure and property, Mark Naysmith, said: "As the production of data in our projects continues to grow, we now have the available technology to understand and utilise this information in our designs. Competition for digital-savvy recruits will be fierce, and we need to attract the best and the brightest to our industry to make the most of these technological advances. To do this we need to promote how digital skills and building information modelling (BIM) are already positively impacting real projects. This exhibition will help showcase and explain how what was recently impossible is now a reality, and inspire the next generation to drive this evolution forward."
Photo caption: Artist's impression of exhibition and learning centre.
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Connect with America's Diverse Parents
Collage, Parents-Kids
Are you effectively engaging the 62 million parents currently living in the US with kids under 18? To win in a rapidly diversifying America, it's crucial to understand these individuals and how they're raising their children. Keeping reading to learn more about how Collage Group can help you better connect with parents and kids in America.
Bryan Miller – Director, Syndicated and Solutions
There are currently more than 62 million American parents living with children under 18. These individuals constitute an outsized opportunity for brands as they're making spending decisions for both themselves and their kids. To fully capture parental attention, organizations must understand and address these individuals as parents. But as America continues to diversify, it's becoming harder to know how to authentically connect with parents of different cultural backgrounds.
Read on and fill out the form for an excerpt from our Parents and Kids : Connect with America's Diverse Parents presentation.
Collage Group's Parents & Kids Program offers organizations the insights they need to fully understand parents and how they differ across race, ethnicity, and generation on important issues and topics, at both the consumer and category level. The program also provides primary research on young kids to ensure organizations appreciate the full picture of the current American family. The program's inaugural webinar series consists of 5 presentations, listed below.
The first presentation is attached here as both a downloadable pdf document and a webinar replay. It offers brands three recommendations to better connect with parents, as well as a warehouse of insights to help brands activate on the recommendations. The recommendations are:
Speak to the stresses and challenges many parents face
Position your brand as a tool to help parents move their kids closer to their goals
Help parents educate their kids around core culture and identity issues
Several key findings and next steps from this presentation include:
Younger parents, especially Gen Z, are less likely to think that having kids should completely change their lives. Embrace younger parents' desire to have it all by acknowledging this sentiment and how it shapes their reality.
Multicultural parents place a higher emphasis on their children achieving financial success. Position the desire for their kids' financial success within the context of persevering through challenges, children realizing the fruits of their parents' labors, and having the means to take care of loved ones.
Moms are more likely than dads to teach or plan to teach their kids about other identities, including other races, other cultural groups, LGBTQ+ identities, and differently abled people. Prioritize communicating with moms when offering tools to parents that want to teach their kids about these identities.
Around two-thirds of Hispanic and Asian American parents are raising their kids to be bicultural—i.e., actively and fully embracing both being American and of another culture. Consider light-lift social media activations around culturally-specific holidays to drive resonance within the segment, and educate those outside of it.
Almost half of all parents—and 3 in 5 black parents—believe that girls will have a harder time achieving success because of their gender. Acknowledge the gender-related challenges many moms have faced in their own lives, while clarify the steps you're currently taking to reduce sexism.
Other Recent Parents Research Articles & Insights from Collage Group
Director, Syndicated and Solutions
As Director of Content, Bryan leads the content team that produces all of Collage Group's syndicated research and oversees the AdRate and BrandRate ratings products. Bryan holds a Master of Arts from Georgia State University's Philosophy and Brains & Behavior Program, a Master of Science in Applied Economics from the University of North Dakota, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Johns Hopkins University in the Philosophy of Science, the Philosophy of Psychology and Bioethics. Outside of work, Bryan is a passionate film buff and lover of great food.
Holiday Shopping and Younger Multicultural Consumers
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How Multicultural Americans (Moms, Dads, and Non-Parents) Celebrate Mother's Day and El Día de las Madres
Collage, Parents-Kids, Multicultural
Mother's Day is an important holiday for Americans of all backgrounds, but Multicultural segments—especially moms and dads versus non-parents—have nuanced attitudes and celebration styles. Read on for insights curated from our Holidays and Occasions research.
Mother's Day is one of Americans' most beloved holidays. It's a day dedicated to Moms (and maternal figures), honoring their important role in the family. 85% of Americans celebrate it, with an especially strong emphasis from Hispanic Americans (91%). Mother's Day has the fourth highest average per-person spending of any holiday or occasion according to the National Retail Federation. Mother's Day occurs every second Sunday of May, which means this year (2022), it will be on May 8th.
Download the attached presentation and take a look at a few key insights and implications below:
However, it's important to note that while motherhood is celebrated all over the world, it doesn't always occur on the same date as it does in the United States. For instance, some Latin American countries such as Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala celebrate Mother's Day (El Día de las Madres) on May 10th every year. Many Hispanic-American consumers with heritage from these countries, especially Bicultural and Unacculturated, may prefer to uphold the tradition on the day from their country of origin instead of—or in addition to—the date Mother's Day is celebrated in the United States. So, this is an important nuance not to be overlooked when activating on multicultural consumers. Plus, it offers an additional day to connect with your brand's target consumer groups!
As your brand strategizes on how best to resonate with multicultural consumers, take note of the key similarities and differences in how each racial and ethnic segment (as well as differences among Parents and Non-Parents of each demographic) perceives of and celebrates Mother's Day. Download the attached presentation and read on for key insights and takeaways.
Hispanic Americans are highly involved on Mother's Day, and this is true for both Parents and Non-Parents. They have higher celebration rates compared to other segments and are usually more likely to participate in celebration activities like hosting a barbecue/cookout, giving cards, and buying gifts.
A Deeper Look:
For Hispanic Americans, Mother's Day is a family affair. Everyone comes together to honor the matriarch of the family. "It's important to celebrate mothers because they are the building blocks of the family and they are the teachers," says Maria Miranda, assistant director of the Arizona Latino Arts and Culture Center. Typical celebrations include extended family gatherings with plenty of food, music, and flowers.
Collage Group's research on Family Connection underscores the importance of family relationships for Hispanic Americans. Mother's Day is a natural extension of the segment's love and appreciation for close family bonds and festive gatherings.
Action Step:
Acknowledge Hispanic Americans' culturally-dual Mother's Day celebrations, including the difference in celebration dates, through your marketing efforts. Incorporate the nuances that Hispanic Americans consider meaningful aspects of the holiday, such as large family gatherings with food and music.
Black and Asian parents (both Moms and Dads) feel especially strongly about celebrating ALL the women in their life for Mother's Day.
Our research on Cultural Traits has showed us that these two segments are highly community-oriented, which likely explains their stronger association with Mother's Day as a holiday honoring all women. Parents of these segments are particularly attuned to the role that other women in their communities play in raising their children, such as sisters, aunts, cousins, Godmothers, and friends.
For the Black segment, celebrating all women may be driven by the community's history of adversity and the necessity to create a strong network of support for one another. It's possible that as many Black Americans become parents themselves, they reflect even more strongly on the role that many women in their community had played in helping to raise them.
For the Asian segment, celebrating all women may be driven by the segment's cultural emphasis on respect and humility. Many Asian countries are more collectivist, meaning that social norms prioritize the community over the individual. This may help explain why Asian Parents would be more likely to want to recognize the contributions of all women on Mother's Day.
Create cross-cultural appeal by expanding your brand's Mother's Day marketing efforts to be inclusive of all women that play an important maternal or supporting role in the family. Connection with others is a theme that consumers across backgrounds resonate with universally. Be sure to infuse authentic cultural cues and segment-specific nuances to connect deeply both within segments, as well as across segments.
Contact us via the form below to learn more about how you can access deeper insights on our cultural intelligence platform.
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How Consumers Across Generations Celebrate Mother's Day
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How Consumers Across Generations Celebrate Mother's Day
Learn how American consumers prepare for and celebrate Mother's Day.
Mother's Day presents ample opportunity for brands to connect authentically with consumers across generations. Collage Group's Holidays & Occasions research provides insights on a wide scope of important events that occur throughout the year. In addition to Mother's Day, members get access to research on holidays such as Thanksgiving, Hispanic Heritage Month, Halloween, Christmas, plus several more. Fill out the form below to view a sample from this year's Mother's Day study on Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X and Boomers.
This past Mother's Day, Pandora launched a thoughtful campaign aimed towards younger generations that features Netflix sensation and Stranger Things actor, Millie Bobbie Brown.
Explore more connections between consumers and their attitudes towards holidays and occasions.
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Consumer Holidays Trends: Thanksgiving 2021
Parents-Kids, Multicultural, Hispanic, African American, Asian, Gen-Z, Millennial, Uncategorized
How will Americans prepare for and celebrate Thanksgiving this year?
In a not-so-post-pandemic era, it's essential for brands to keep an eye on the behaviors and attitudes surrounding special occasions. Insights from Collage Group's Holidays & Occasions research enables you to communicate with your audience authentically and effectively. Fill out the form below to download a sample of the study.
The mass majority of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. In our most recent round of surveys fielded in May 2021, respondents gave us fascinating insights around the following topics:
• What traditional and non-traditional foods get included in Thanksgiving celebrations
• How certain segments react to stress during the holidays
• Which segment is most likely to have a "friendsgiving"
Collage Group helps marketers and insights leaders connect around this occasion by providing insights that clarify the similarities and differences in how American consumers across diverse segments prepare for and experience Thanksgiving. These insights allow for more efficient and effective activations that capture greater mind and market share.
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How Consumers Across Generations Celebrate Halloween
Parents-Kids, Multicultural, Gen-Z, Millennial, Uncategorized
Learn how consumers across generational segments interact with and celebrate Halloween.
Our latest Holidays & Occasions research covers major attitudes and behaviors of Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X and Boomers around Halloween. Read on for a few insights from this year's study. The full report is available to members of Collage Group's Generations program.
1. Halloween is most highly celebrated by Gen Z and becomes less popular with age.
71% of Americans celebrate Halloween.
2. Most Americans likely have self-expression in mind when preparing for and celebrating halloween.
The Millennial and Gen X Segments Are Most Likely to Hold this View.
3. Younger Halloween celebrants are more likely to associate the holiday with a party atmosphere.
4. Millennial Americans are most likely to carve pumpkins as part of their Halloween celebration.
Almost Half of Gen Z and Millennials Go to Haunted Houses during the Halloween Season.
Explore more connections between consumers and their attitudes across industries with Category Essentials research.
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How Consumers Engage with Cookouts and Barbecues
Collage, Parents-Kids, Multicultural, Hispanic, African American, Asian, Gen-Z, Millennial, Uncategorized
Learn how Americans across racial and ethnic segments prepare for and experience cookouts and barbecues.
Brands are constantly tapping into the attitudes, beliefs and behaviors surrounding consumer holidays and occasions. This summer, most consumers across segments are looking forward to barbecues and cookouts. In Welcome to the Traegerhood, Traeger Grill reminds us that cookouts and barbecues have the power to create a sense of community–a concept much longed for in the midst of the pandemic. Brands can look to this commercial as an example of relevant, effective storytelling.
The following consumer insights belong to a series of Collage Group reports on holidays and occasions. This targeted research allows for more efficient and effective brand activations that capture greater mind and market share.
1. Multicultural Americans Are More Likely to Have a Family Sauce or Special Recipe for Barbecues and Cookouts
39% of Americans say their family has a special sauce or recipe for cookouts or barbecues.
Acculturated Hispanics are least likely (36%H) to say their family has a special sauce or recipe for cookouts or barbecues,
compared to Unacculturated (54%) and Bicultural (60%) Hispanics.
2. Millennials Take the Most Active Role in Food Preparation at Barbecues.
The Differences among Generations Are Likely Tied to Life Stage.
3. Food Is the Star of the Show—and Most Important Element—of Most Americans' Cookouts.
Music Is More Likely to Be a Crucial Component of Cookouts for LGBTQ+ Americans.
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Consumer Attitudes Towards the Olympics
Collage Group helps marketers and insights leaders connect around this occasion by providing insights that clarify the similarities and differences in how American consumers across diverse segments prepare for and experience the Olympics.
The world's most unifying sporting event is right around the corner. The Olympics, taking place in Tokyo this year, are one occasion brands need to understand to fully capture diverse America's attention.
One of this year's most moving campaigns comes from consumer giant Proctor & Gamble, whose #LeadWithLove campaign hits every cultural mark. Their latest commercial, Love Leads to Good, brings awareness around the Olympic games through inclusive casting and thoughtful storytelling.
1. Hispanic Americans Are More Likely to Believe the Olympics Brings Unity across Different Countries.
According to our most recent study, 76% of Americans believe the Olympics are a great way to bring unity across different countries.
2. Most Americans Take Advantage of the Olympics to Watch Sports outside Their Typical Viewing Habits.
However, Gen Z is notably less likely to expand their viewership to new sports.
3. Three in Four Multicultural Americans Agree that the Olympics Are a Great Way to Celebrate Diversity.
The Olympics are a great way to celebrate diversity.
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Fundamentals of Generational Marketing: Passion Points
Passion Points are the activities and areas of life people are deeply interested in.
They are the "things" that people prioritize when spending their time, money, and attention. They are concrete expressions of culture. This research offers brands and marketers important insights to win over consumers from all generational cohorts.
Learn more in this download from our Engage Gen Z and Millennial Passion Points presentation.
What matters most to Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z?
Our topline results show that consumers generally opt for TV and Movies, Music, and Food. Boomers and Gen Z consumers tend to have more fluctuations in their passions with higher peaks and lower valleys than Gen X and Millennials. Boomers are more likely to say they are interested in religion, while Gen Z over-indexes in music and games. Gen Xers often find themselves between Millennials and Boomers, such as their passion for traveling.
Millennials, known for their love of new experiences, are significantly more interested in staying active than the older two generations.
Beyond these top-line results, we have much insight as to which generational cohorts over or under-index on various topics such as movies & tv shows, music, food and travel.
Here are four important data points from the study:
1. Movies & TV Shows
On the left, you see the favorite movie genres for the total population. Comedy and Action/Adventure are the overall winners. On the right, though, we see the responses of each generational cohort.
Gen Z and Millennials are more likely to prefer genres like horror (Gen Z), fantasy, and animation, including anime. Gen X and Boomers, however, are more likely to choose a drama, thriller, or science fiction option.
2. Music & Audio
Looking through the chart, you'll see that the generations have distinct tastes in music genres – at least between older and younger generations. For the total population, Rock is most popular, with 42 percent of consumers saying it is in their top three music genres. But both younger generations under-index on rock music. Especially Gen Z, where only 25 percent say they choose rock. Gen Z and Millennials over-index on liking Hip-Hop and R&B and are more open to K-pop as well.
This is aligned with what we know about younger generations generally – they're more racially and ethnically diverse, and this is reflected in their diverse music tastes as well.
When it comes to food, one big question is whether American consumers consider themselves "foodies," who prioritize taste and experiential eating, or "health nuts," who prioritize nutrition and diets.
Here, we see that more Americans consider themselves "Foodies" than "Health Nuts."
We also see some interesting generational variation here.
On the left, we see that about half of Americans consider themselves "Foodies," and that Millennials – at 61 percent – is more likely than all other generations to believe this. And on the right, we see that less than a third of the total population considers themselves "health nuts." Gen Z and Gen X consumers hold to that average, but the big differences lie between Millennials and Boomers.
So far, we've seen a lot of trends hold to a younger vs older dichotomy, but when it comes to food-related identity, Millennials really stand out as being food-focused. Boomers are not as focused on considering themselves a foodie or a health nut. While most Americans call themselves "foodies," Millennial Americans lead the "health nut" trend.
4. Travel
For many people, the main tossup is between domestic versus international travel.
On average at the total population level, consumers are pretty split between the two, but preference for domestic taking a slight lead.
However when we break the data down by generation, we see a pretty clear pattern amongst consumers.
Younger people have a distinctly stronger desire to travel abroad – especially Gen Z, at 61%, they are significantly more likely than all other generations. Millennials are an even split. Older generations are where we see a stronger preference for domestic travel. Boomers are the most likely generation to prefer traveling within the US over traveling abroad – about three in four. Perhaps driven by a desire to stay closer to home.
Other Recent Generational Research Articles & Insights from Collage Group
Top Ads From 2022 That Resonate With Younger Black Consumers
Differentiating and Winning Younger Multicultural Consumers with Culturally Fluent Ads
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Fundamentals of Multicultural Marketing: Passion Points
Parents-Kids, Multicultural, Hispanic, African American, Asian, Uncategorized
What matters most to American consumers across racial and ethnic segments? Collage Group's latest study covers major Multicultural Passion Points your brand can act on immediately.
What are Passion Points?
Passion Points are the activities and areas of life people are deeply interested in. They are the "things" that people prioritize when spending their time, money, and attention. They are concrete expressions of culture.
Collage's Passion Point research offers deep insight into 8 Passion Points we know Americans care deeply about. This work offers brands and marketers important tools to win multicultural consumer segments.
To get you started, let's look at some topline findings about the things that matter most across both segments and the Passion Points themselves.
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1. Multicultural Consumers Want More Experiential Movie-watching
When we asked people if they like watching movies in theaters more than at home, and if they prefer "enhanced" movie experiences, like IMAX or 3D, less than half of the total population agreed. But it's the Non-Hispanic White segment which is driving this low agreement. Multicultural segments were more likely to say they prefer watching movies in theaters, and that they prefer IMAX and 3D movie experiences.
When we double click into acculturation, we see that bicultural and unacculturated Hispanics are the ones really driving the Hispanic desire for theaters and enhanced movie experiences. Acculturated Hispanic consumers are less likely to enjoy watching movies in theaters (42%H ; Bi: 54% ; Un: 63%H), or having an "enhanced" movie experience (41%H ; Bi: 56% ; Un: 56%).
2. Multicultural Consumers Have Distinct Tastes for Music Genres
Which genres are most popular across multicultural segments?
For the total population, Rock is most popular, with 42 percent of consumers saying it is in their top three music genres. But all three multicultural segments under-index on rock music. Especially the Black segment, where only 11 percent say they choose rock! What do these consumers listen to instead?
For Black Americans, the answer is R&B – seven in ten Black consumers choose R&B over other genres. Black consumers are also most likely to listen to Hip-Hop, Jazz, Blues, Soul, and Gospel music.
For Asian Americans, the answer is Pop music – half of Asian consumers say they choose Pop over other genres. Asian consumers are also most likely to choose electronic and K-Pop music.
And for Hispanic Americans, the most popular music genre is Latin Pop, including Reggaeton. About a third of Hispanic consumers say they choose this genre over other options.
3. More Americans Consider Themselves "Foodies" Rather than "Health Nuts"
About half of Americans consider themselves "Foodies," and the Black segment – at 56 percent – is more likely than non-Hispanic White consumers believe this.
We also see that while less than a third of the total population considers themselves "health nuts," all multicultural segments are more likely than non-Hispanic White consumers to do so.
While only a quarter of White consumers are "health nuts," over a third of Asian, Black, and Hispanic consumers are. With Unacculturated Hispanic consumers being the most likely, at 48 percent, compared to the other Hispanic Acculturation segments.
And while most Americans call themselves "foodies," Multicultural Americans lead the "health nut" trend.
4. Bicultural and Unacculturated Hispanic and Asian Americans Prefer to Travel Internationally
When we asked consumers to choose between traveling domestically or internationally, most of the Hispanic and Asian segments chose international travel. As you can see on the chart, only 48 percent – about half – of Hispanic consumers chose domestic travel, and even fewer – 38 percent – of Asian respondents opted for the U.S. option. Within the Hispanic segment, bicultural and unacculturated Hispanic Americans are more likely than their acculturated peers to prefer international travel.
The Black and Non-Hispanic White consumer segments, on the other hand, prefer domestic over international travel.
Collage Group Passion Points Survey, January 2021 (18-75 population)
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While Love of Family Is Universal, Representation Must Be Nuanced
Family is a commonly shared value across diverse segments, but that doesn't mean it's one-size-fits-all. Read on to understand the nuances within multicultural family life for authentic representation and effective connection on the path towards Cultural Fluency.
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Human beings are social by nature – this is universally true. No matter our background, we all crave connection. We value family and anchor our lives to our loved ones.
Our research confirms that family matters to pretty much everyone, but our data also reveals: how is family experienced and expressed differently across cultural backgrounds?
These subtleties aren't just food for thought – getting them right matters. Multicultural Americans, especially Black and Unacculturated Hispanic consumers, say it matters a lot to them that advertisements represent families that look like theirs. And a fifth of Americans, especially Black consumers, want to see more non-traditional family structures represented.
How should brands activate on the shared value of family connection?
Brands must understand nuances in multicultural family dynamics to accurately represent and connect with these powerful segments. In doing so, you're not only pleasing consumers – you're taking a strategic approach to be Culturally Fluent.
Authentic representation of one segment doesn't come at the cost of resonance with other segments. In fact, genuine cultural signals are what resonates. Even if the cues aren't personally relatable, the recognition of authenticity is priceless. An accurate portrayal of one segment is a way to position your brand as trustworthy and respected by all consumers.
Collage Group's 2020 research initiatives dive deep into family values, attitudes, and behaviors to distinguish variations across segments and uncover authentic details. Keep reading for high-level segment takeaways and download the deck for more, including family profiles by segment.
1. Which consumers value the role of song, music and dance in the family?
About a third of Hispanic and Black Americans value the role of song, music, and dance in the family. These activities are ways to bond with one another and are also likely to be present at family gatherings.
For instance, Oreo acknowledges the lively nature of Hispanic American families with a relevant portrayal of the importance of song and dance in family life. Their recent spot features Latin pop singer Becky G video-chatting her brother. They connect over a shared love of music – and Oreos – as they sing and dance over the phone with her extended family in the background.
Our CultureRate:Ad research shows that this ad successfully represents the Hispanic experience of the universal Group Trait of Family, while simultaneously resonating across segments (including White viewers). The music-and-dance-filled ad did exceptionally well with the Hispanic segment, with an A-CFQ score of 81 (+6 points above the resonance threshold of 75), as well as the Black segment (A-CFQ score of 74). But the power of authentically representing the Hispanic family was appreciated by other segments, too, with A-CFQ scores of 73 for the Asian segment and 72 for the White segment. Even though the ad was in Spanish, consumers recognize and appreciate the cultural cues of singing and dancing as relevant to Hispanic families.
2. How do Unacculturated Hispanic and Asian American consumers value family?
Both segments like to make their families proud and live in accordance with familial expectations. They also tend to be especially loyal to their families and prize their input when making decisions.
This spot by Chase leans into Asian Americans' desire to please their elders. A son is learning to make noodles from scratch, and along the way seeks guidance from his mother and approval from his grandmother.
3. How often do multicultural consumers spend time with family?
Multicultural Americans tend to have more relatives and be closer to distant relatives than White Americans. Moreover, Hispanic and Black segments spend more time with their relatives and are more likely to build close relationships with them than White Americans are.
Connect across segments through this common value and illustrate how your brand can strengthen family ties. For instance, a recent Christmas spot by Etsy shows a Black family gathered for the holiday. The son's new boyfriend joins the celebration, but feels intimidated by all the relatives, until they warmly "welcome him to the family" with a personalized gift.
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How Culture Impacts American Holiday Celebrations
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Of course, the problem may not be that God isn't making Himself known but that mankind fails to recognize Him when He does so. Even the natural world suggests such a probability. For example, although the entire universe is composed of energy, mankind was for thousands of years unaware of its existence—not because energy didn't manifest itself and its power, but in spite of that fact.
Could it not be the same way with the God who created energy? Surely He would be far more mysterious than anything He made—and thus even more difficult to comprehend. God is not an impersonal force like energy. He must be a personal Being with emotion, intellect, and will, or He could not have created us.
Of course, each religion claims to offer the revelations of the true god or gods. Yet even in their basic concepts of deity there are sharp contradictions, which can't all be right. Hinduism, for example, embraces multitudes of gods and worships idols that supposedly represent them, since everything is god. By contrast, Islam denounces idol worship and pantheism/polytheism and it claims that its Allah is the only true god. Buddhism, on the other hand, needs no god.
Allah was, in fact, the name of the chief god in the Kaabah, the pagan temple that Muhammad "purged" by destroying the more than 300 idols it contained. Muhammad likely kept the name of this ancient pagan moon god because it would help to convert idolaters to his new religion if they could be offered something familiar. Yet today's Muslims see no contradiction in this strategy.
See All...). Nor does He simply ignore the gods of other religions. He denounces them all, including Allah, as imposters who actually represent Satan or his demons: "They sacrificed unto devils, not to God" (Deut 32:17); "The things which the Gentiles [non-Jews] sacrifice [to their gods], they sacrifice to devils" (1 Cor:10:20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
It is not kindness but cynicism and a denial of the meaning of language to suggest that all religions are the same. It is an affront to Muslims to suggest that Allah is the equivalent of the many gods in Hinduism; or to tell a Christian that his God, who gave His Son to die for our sins, is the same as Allah, of whom it is specifically stated that he has no son. In fact, Christianity stands on one side of a theological chasm, with all other religions on the other side—a chasm that renders any ecumenical union impossible without destroying Christianity itself.
One cannot deny, for example, the irreconcilable conflict between the belief that Christ died for our sins and was resurrected (which is the very heart of Christianity), and the Muslim claim that someone else died in Christ's place. To sweep such differences under an ecumenical rug (as Roman Catholicism is attempting to do) is not kindness but madness. Nor is it possible to reconcile the claim of all non-Christian religions that sin is countered by good works with the Bible's declaration that works can't save but that only Christ, because He was sinless, could pay the penalty for sin by dying in our place. And, of course, Christ's claim, "I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father except by me" (Jn:14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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Jesus Christ stands absolutely alone, without rival, in His perfect, sinless life, His death for our sins, and His resurrection. The promise of His second coming is also unique to Christianity and separates it from all of the world's religions by a chasm that cannot be bridged by any ecumenical sleight-of-hand. Muhammad never promised to return, nor did Buddha. Only Christ dared to make this promise. Nor would such a claim by anyone except Christ be given any credence, for the decayed remains of all of the others occupy graves. It is Christ alone who left behind an empty tomb. That undeniable fact is reason enough to accept His claim to Deity and to take seriously His assertion that He would return to this earth in power and glory to execute judgment upon His enemies.
That the Bible, which provides the historical account of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ is unique for this and many other reasons becomes obvious from even a superficial comparison with all other sacred scriptures. The Hindu scriptures, for example, are obviously mythological. There is no historical evidence that the characters ever existed or that the fantastic tales refer to real events that actually occurred.
The same is true of much that is recorded in other sacred writings, including the Book of Mormon. Not one pin or coin or tiniest shred of evidence of any kind has ever been found to verify that the peoples, much less the events, to which the Book of Mormon refers were real. Not a mountain, river, or any piece of topography or geography described in the Book of Mormon has ever been located. In contrast, the world's museums contain vast stores of evidence of all kinds confirming the accuracy of the Bible.
See All...), says the Old Testament; and the New echoes the same promise: "He [God] is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him" (Heb:11:6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
God has, in fact, given a "sign" to the entire world for all generations. That sign is the land and people of Israel. God refers to "Israel my glory" (Isa:46:13I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
See All...) and says of her, "in whom I will be glorified" (Isa:49:3And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
See All...). How would this come about? By God's specific dealings with Israel before a watching world, after having prophesied precisely what would happen (2 Chr:7:20Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
See All...). Referring to the rescue of Israel at Armageddon, the subject of many Old Testament prophecies, Ezekiel:38:23Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
See All... declares, "Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord."
The Bible declares that the prophecies it provides concerning Israel supply the irrefutable evidence for God's existence—and for the fact that He has a purpose for mankind. History is not merely happenstance. It is going somewhere. There is a plan. Biblical prophecies declare it irrefutably.
Prophecy, which reveals God's plan in advance, is the missing element in all sacred scriptures of the world's religions, because false gods cannot provide it. Prophecy is not to be found in the Koran, the Hindu Vedas, the Bhagavad-Gita, the Book of Mormon, the sayings of Buddha, nor the writings of Mary Baker Eddy. In contrast, prophecy comprises about 30 percent of the Bible.
There are two major topics of prophecy, both of which must be studied if one is to have any understanding of the Bible: 1) Israel; and 2) the Messiah who would come to Israel and, through her, to the world. These two major topics involve specific fulfillments of prophecy that cannot be denied and that prove God's existence.
Exactly as His prophets foretold, because of their sin God scattered His people, Israel, throughout the entire world. Yet, amazingly, they remained an identifiable ethnic and national entity. That is miraculous! Moreover, for 2,500 years since the Babylonian captivity, and for 1,900 years since the Diaspora at the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, in fulfillment of other prophecies, the scattered Jews have been hated and persecuted as Satan has sought to destroy them. Yet they survived—another miracle.
Furthermore, and just as the Bible declared, the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob have been brought back to their own land after all these centuries. Such an incredible event has never happened to any other people and certainly has no natural explanation. The Bible prophecies are so specific and numerous that no one can deny Israel's rebirth as a miracle of God. But that is not all!
The prophets also declared that in the last days Jerusalem would have a special importance for all nations. Not only would this occur during the Millennium, when Christ was reigning there on David's throne, but just prior to His return. Zechariah:12:2-3  Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.  And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
See All... declares, "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about. . . . I [will] make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people. . . . " God was saying that the eyes of the entire world would be upon Jerusalem for fear of what would occur there.
Whether atheist or believer, Hindu, Muslim, or Jew, all mankind knows that the next world war, when it occurs, will break out over Jerusalem! Israel comprises only one-sixth of 1 percent of the land occupied by the Arabs. Why the great concern today over this tiny piece of arid real estate that lay abandoned for centuries? Yes, Jerusalem is sacred to Catholics, Muslims, and Jews. But that doesn't explain why the whole world is concerned with establishing peace in the Middle East. Moreover, neither Catholics nor Muslims existed when these prophecies were made.
The Bible's prophecies concerning the Jews, Jerusalem, and Israel are specific, preposterous, and impossible—yet fulfilled. There is no other explanation than that God is the author of the Bible, the Jews are His chosen people, and Israel is their land—and Jesus is the Christ.
In view of this great "sign" that God has given to the world, can anyone honestly be an atheist? Or can anyone deny that Jesus Christ is the only Savior? His advent was prophesied, as well, by the same prophets and is intimately connected to Israel. All that the prophets foretold concerning the coming Messiah was fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth—and the early church used that fact in proclaiming the gospel (Acts:2:22-36  Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:  Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:  Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.  For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:  Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:  Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.  Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.  Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.  Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;  He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.  This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.  Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.  For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,  Until I make thy foes thy footstool.  Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both LORD and Christ.
See All...). So should we.
Study the biblical prophecies concerning Israel and her Messiah. I give many of them in Whatever Happened to Heaven? and Global Peace and the Rise of Antichrist. We need to get back to prophecy and use it in persuading others to turn to Christ as Paul did (Acts:17:2-3  And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,  Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
See All...). Yet prophecy is the most neglected biblical topic in the church today. Not so for Bereans!
Response: If we have ever given the impression that it is heresy not to believe "premillennial eschatology," it was not intended. As for the preterist position that the Olivet discourse (Mt 24-25) and Revelation 1-20:6 were all fulfilled in A.D. 70 (and that Nero was the Antichrist, etc.), this is easily refuted.
In Matthew:24:21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
See All..., Christ declares that the "great tribulation" of which He speaks will be the worst that "ever shall be." Inasmuch as the persecution of both Jews and Christians under Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and others, since the 1940s has been far worse than that suffered by the Jews in A.D. 70, this verse was not fulfilled then.
Christ then warns (v. 22) that "except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved." Obviously this was not fulfilled in A.D. 70, for there was no danger at that time that all flesh would be wiped out. Its fulfillment can only be future. Verses 27-31 present further events that clearly did not happen in A.D. 70: the coming of Christ like lightning across the sky; the appearance of "the sign of the Son of man in heaven" and His visible "coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory"; and His angels gathering "together his elect from the four winds. . . . " Since these events have not happened, they must yet be future. I would respectfully offer this as solid evidence for the futurist position.
Response: Although these godly persons differ about eschatology, you noted that they agree upon the essentials of the faith. Biblical teaching on salvation and sanctification is abundantly clear. In contrast, much prophecy is hard to understand—perhaps to keep Satan in ignorance thereof. Furthermore, eschatology is largely neglected, which contributes to the lack of understanding. Even godly saints often adopt the attitude, "What's going to happen is going to happen, so why study prophecy?" Yet the Bible is about 30 percent prophecy; "The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy" (Rv 19:10), and a special blessing is promised to those who heed prophecy (Rv 1:3).
Christ, who rebuked the rabbis for not knowing and heeding the signs of His first coming (Lk 12:56), gave specific end-time signs by which the nearness of His second coming would be recognized—and surely He gave these signs for a purpose.
Unfortunately, some prophetic writers and speakers attempt to identify details where only a broad picture is given in Scripture. Some even presume to reveal the date of the Rapture or the identity of Antichrist, in spite of the fact that the Bible specifically says that no one can know the day or the hour of Christ's return (Mt 24:36) and that Antichrist cannot be revealed before "his time" (2 Thes 2:6-9). Such attempts lead to confusion.
Further confusion is caused when some prophetic expositor tries to show that the European Union is the kingdom of Antichrist, or that God is about to destroy America for its sin, or that the Gulf War will lead into Armageddon, or that Y2K fulfill[ed] certain prophecies, etc., etc. There is a temptation for prophecy teachers to want to be the first to gain a new insight, to be "on the cutting edge" in recognizing the prophetic significance of some breaking news event, to sensationalize.
Avoid novel insights. Stick to the plain language of Scripture and to the unvarnished facts. It is a solemn matter to study God's Word, to understand what it says (including the 30 percent that is prophecy), and to obey it. That responsibility is inescapably yours, regardless of how many conflicting opinions there are. If every person in the world disagrees with you, still you must come to your own conclusion. You are accountable to God, and when you stand before Him you stand there alone, fully responsible for your own thoughts and deeds and biblical interpretations, not for another's.
The Bereans were commended for checking Paul out against the Scriptures and on that basis coming to their own conclusions. We must each do the same. The first principle of every cult is that a certain leader or hierarchy alone can interpret the Bible and everyone must accept what they say. A Berean attitude is the death of all cults.


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Hymn 2:51. God the Son equal with the Father.
1 Bright King of Glory, dreadful God!
And worship at thine awful feet.
A full equality with God.
The Father God, and God the Son.
And all the nations own their Lord.


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Japan hanged prisoners days after lawyers' call for death penalty review
Published Monday, December 28, 2015
Gallows at Tokyo Detention Center
The executions of two death row inmates on Friday was a blow to the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, which only last week reiterated a call for a moratorium on hangings and for a national debate on the matter.
In a position paper released on Dec. 9, the lawyers' body urged the Justice Ministry to set up a panel to review Japan's adherence to an "inhumane" punishment.
On Friday, the JFBA condemned the executions that day of convicted murderers Sumitoshi Tsuda, 63, and Kazuyuki Wakabayashi, 39.
"We strongly protest the latest round of executions," it said in a statement. "We demand that the government disclose more information regarding the death penalty and start a public discussion on the abolition of capital punishment."
In its report last week, the JFBA said 140 nations had abolished capital punishment as of the end of 2014, many of them against public opinion. It said Japan's political leaders should grasp the initiative and not hide behind opinion-survey figures purporting to show greater than 80% support for the policy.
"Examples in other countries show that it is political leadership, not the results of public opinion surveys, that has led to their decision to maintain or abolish the death penalty," the document said.
It said Britain, France and the Philippines abolished the measure while public support was measured to be 81, 62 and 80 percent, respectively.
South Korea placed a moratorium on the death penalty at a time when 66 percent of the public supported it, the paper said, citing national records and academic studies.
This spring, a pair of researchers concluded that Japan adheres to the death penalty because the government has not tried to gauge public opinion fully, devising questions in opinion surveys that steer replies toward retentionism.
The researchers conducted a survey of their own and found that fewer than 1 in 3 Japanese are committed retentionists.
"Were the government to change its stance on the death penalty, there is reliable evidence that its citizens would follow suit," wrote the researchers, Paul Bacon of Tokyo's Waseda University and Mai Sato of Britain's University of Reading.
They said one factor illustrating the lack of understanding on the issue was that only 51 percent of people surveyed knew that prisoners die by hanging.
This lack of understanding fueled a "public indifference" toward the death penalty, said legal scholar Kana Sasakura of Konan University in Kobe.
"More information on the death penalty should be disclosed to the public, including how the sentences are handed down, how death row inmates are treated, and how they are executed," she said. Sasakura added, the nation needed greater awareness of global trends and alternative punishments.
Abolitionists say Japan is behind the curve internationally. Fiji, Madagascar and Mongolia are among nations that have struck it from the statute books this year, and even in the United States figures show the trend is toward incarceration rather than execution.
Moreover, they note that the punishment may stand on shaky legal grounds. In 1948, the Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of the death penalty. It passed scrutiny, but four of the judges wrote that it "has not been permanently endorsed by the Constitution." They added, when Japan develops a "peaceful society," the penalty would probably be phased out.
Source: Japan Times, Alastair Wanklyn, December 18, 2015
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The Kir Royale is a champagne version of blanc-cassis, a white wine and blackcurrant liqueur cocktail. The classic version Kir Royale is simply champagne with a splash of Creme de Cassis, a black current liqueur, though there are now many variations out there for the adventurous palate. I've often done this with Chambord in place of the Creme de Cassis.


Annihilation – the next movie from Ex Machina director, Alex Garlan -, has been released secret clips on a viral website. Paramount revealed the most recent clip, called "Nothing Comes Back", this week, which you can watch below.
ForThoseThatFollow.com launched last week and if you head over to the site and input the 'transmissions' from the Annihilation Twitter account, you'll be rewarded with short teasers for the film.
The actress spoke at the Women's March in LA on how male behaviour made her change her image.
Natalie Portman has detailed how she was a victim of "sexual terrorism" at the age of 13 when shooting her first film.
Natalie Neidhart Gets Lana Back–and It's Good!
When Lana brings up that Nattie doesn't know how to do a promo again, the "Total Diva" star decides to get revenge during dinner. Watch!
Natalie Ratabesi has been tapped as senior vice president of design at Current/Elliott, a division of The Collected Group, whose portfolio includes Joie and Equipment, WWD has learned.
Ratabesi will work closely with The Collected Group's chief brand officer, Sarah Rutson, to oversee design direction of the denim lifestyle brand's women's wear and men's wear collections, beginning with the fall 2018 season. In addition to her new role, Ratabesi will continue to design and operate her own line, TRE by Natalie Ratabesi, a designer collection that will be shipped to stores such as Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, Net-a-porter, Forward and Harvey Nichols this month.
Ratabesi takes over the women's design responsibilities from Michele Manz, who was vice president of design for Current/Elliott women's. The men's wear designer remains Kirk Von Heifner.
Rutson, former vice president of global buying at Net-a-porter.com, joined The Collected Group in July and was charged with identifying potential acquisitions to help build the group's portfolio beyond the contemporary labels currently in its portfolio. The game plan is for The Collected Group to assemble a broader offering across designer, beauty and lifestyle categories.
Hollywood star Natalie Portman missed the Oscars ceremony after giving birth to her second child last week.
If you've ever tapped your toes to Little Big Town's "Pontoon," shimmied to Lady A's "Downtown" or belted out Miranda Lambert's "Automatic," you already know Natalie Hemby's work. For a decade, Hemby's been one of Nashville's go-to songwriters, as well as a melodic soul sister to Lambert, whose double album The Weight of These Wings, includes 10 Hemby co-writes. But now the hit writer is in the spotlight herself with a mesmerizing solo debut, Puxico, and famous friends from Lambert to Tim and Faith are cheering her on.
1. Her album is a love letter to the town of Puxico, Missouri, but she grew up in the music business in Nashville.
2. Her record began as the soundtrack to a documentary — until pal Maren Morris talked her into releasing it as an album.
3. She guest stars in Lambert's new video "We Should Be Friends" — and that beer can she's holding is no prop.
4. She gets a whole lot of text love from a successful circle of friends.
5. Opening for Tim and Faith's Soul2Soul tour has become her weight-loss program.
Miley Cyrus, Jane Fonda, Natalie Portman and Vanessa Hudgens at Women's March in L.A.
While various versions of the Women's March took place in more than 60 countries around the world, Los Angeles gave its own twist as the nexus of Hollywood, fashion and progressive politics.
Miley Cyrus merged her dedication to the Happy Hippie Foundation and Planned Parenthood with a hologram poster that reflected her HH-logoed sunglasses and leggings. Ke$ ha marched for animal rights. Jamie Lee Curtis showed solidarity with Jane Fonda by standing next to the Oscar winner with a sign that read: "What she said." Vanessa Hudgens brought along her younger sister, Stella, while Natalie Portman came with her baby bump and a heart-shaped balloon alongside her husband, Benjamin Millepied.
Other activist actresses included Barbra Streisand, Jessica Biel, Kerry Washington, Mandy Moore, Alfre Woodward, Idina Menzel, Marcia Gay Harden, Helen Hunt, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Rosanna Arquette, Juliette Lewis and Camryn Manheim. Among the men in the crowd were U2's the Edge, Matt McGorry, Moby, George Kotsiopoulos and Shepard Fairey, who not only made some of the most popular posters carried by attendees but also spun tunes.
Of course, taking on one of the most recognizable outfits of all time is no easy task, but Fontaine had plenty of photographic references to work with (the original suit that Jacqueline Kennedy wore the day JFK was assassinated remains sealed at the Smithsonian until 2023).
She even found the fabric house that produced the original wave-patterned wool; Chanel was its first client. The textile company offered to make more for the film, but there wasn't enough time to allow for screen testing the various shades of pink, so Fontaine sourced another version in Paris.
While the costumes that get the most screen time are the iconic suits – the pink Chanel, the black funeral ensemble and the two-piece outfit Kennedy wore for her televised White House tour – Fontaine did get to imagine a few costumes.
Portman, a 2003 graduate of Harvard, was the keynote speaker at Harvard College's Class Day on Wednesday. Portman joked up front that she had wanted some comedy writers for her speech because at her Class Day, Will Ferrell was their hilarious speaker. She didn't get anyone to help her craft jokes, she said, and so Portman's speech largely focused on her explaining how she confronted her own doubts when she went to Harvard.
In high school, she was voted most likely to be a contestant on "Jeopardy," which Portman said was "code for nerdy." But when Portman came to Harvard, after the 1999 release of "Star Wars: Episode I" that she starred in, she was worried she'd be viewed as unworthy and only gotten in because of her fame.
"I got in only because I was famous — this is how others viewed me and how I viewed myself," Portman admitted. Portman said she would have some "pretty dark moments" as a Harvard student.
"There were several occasions I started crying in meetings with professors, overwhelmed with what I was supposed to pull off when I could barely get out of bed in the morning," she recounted.
Bouncing between researching about underground groups for her role in "V for Vendetta" and making the stoner comedy "Your Highness," among other films, Portman said she learned to find her own meaning and not have her success determined by box office receipts.
Oz is the author of over 41 books, which have been translated into 42 languages. His International bestselling memoir, A Tale of Love and Darkness has been adapted by Portman who will play the role of Oz's mother Fania. Portman will also be making her directorial debut in this screenplay. The film is slated to premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
The award presented to Oz is a sculpture created by Soraya Nazarian, an internationally renowned artist and sculptor, and is entitled Strong Roots, Grounded. The tree's strong roots portray identity, origin and strength to weather difficulty and the unknown.
Following the awards ceremony, an elegant dinner was held on the patio catered by Lucques.


He did tons of pro bono stuff for people in the town, including black people. As my father's family tells it, he would sometimes get threatening letters from the local Ku Klux Klan.
But the thing is, this was a small town, maybe 10,000 people; everyone knew everyone. So he knew who was in the KKK, or at least who was likely to be in it.
Even if the men were adversarial, small town culture required that they be cordial in public--at least to white people. Meanwhile, all the wives went to the same few hair salons and grocery stores, and often lead their husbands by decades in their sense of sympathy and basic fairness. Besides, not having outside careers, social standing and relationships were everything to them, and they didn't care to worship at the altar of racial supremacy, even if they were usually happy to go along with it and enjoy its fruits.
So C.A. would highlight choice passages in a bright color, affect a cheerful and aw-shucks demeanor, go down to the white hair salons and grocery stores and find the wives of KKK members (who were there hanging out with their friends, so it didn't seem like he was singling them out), and wave the letter around, saying: "Golly, would you look at the strangest letter I got!? Must be from an out of towner! Do you think it was really meant for me? What do you think they meant, 'these aren't Bonham values'? 'Or else'?" etc etc.
And the women would cluck and say "Why C.A., what a downright awful thing! You just tear that silly thing right up. I've never seen such nonsense!" And the assumption, in my family at least, has been that they went home and gave their husbands a talking to and said to knock off the nonsense.
In his later years, C.A. would credit this strategy with defusing racist violence in Bonham.


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