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"Bad Blood" is the seventh episode of the Once Upon a Time spin-off series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.

Plot

As Alice and the Knave of Hearts make a rescue plan to get Cyrus off of Jafar's floating island, Jafar brings Edwin (Alice's father) to Wonderland and assumes his form to get Alice to use her second wish. In a flashback, Jafar meets his father, the Sultan, which leads to the events that made Jafar into the villain he is today.

Production
Jane Espenson was the writer for the episode, while Ciaran Donnelly was its director.

Reception

Ratings
The episode was watched by 3.24 million American viewers, and received an 18-49 rating/share of 0.9/3, down in total viewers but roughly the same demo as the previous episode. The show placed fifth in its timeslot and twelfth for the night.

Critical reception
Amy Ratcliffe of IGN gave the episode an 8.4 out of 10, giving it a positive review. She said: "Even though we didn't get much closer to Cyrus (their reunion is going to have to be epic at this point - no pressure), tonight's installment packed plenty of emotional punches and action. The overall story was one that kept you in a state of constant anticipation of the next scene. "Bad Blood" wasn't epic, but it was fun and satisfying."

Christine Orlando of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.3 out of 5, signaling positive reviews. David Griffin of Screen Rant also gave the episode a positive review.

References

External links

2013 American television episodes
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland episodes

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«Спіра́ль мовча́ння» () — теорія масової комунікації, яка була запропонована німецькою дослідницею Елізабет Ноель-Нойманн, пояснює механізми висловлення та поширення громадської думки. Термін «спіраль мовчання» застосовується щодо ситуації, коли люди відчувають зростаючу потребу приховувати свої погляди, якщо останні не підтримуються більшістю. Перед тим, як висловити свою точку зору щодо певного явища або ситуації, члени аудиторії схильні несвідомо перевіряти, чи поділяються їхні погляди більшістю. Якщо так, то індивід отримує ще більшу мотивацію та бажання вільно висловлювати свої переконання; якщо ж його точка зору підтримується лише незначною меншістю, він, найімовірніше, не матиме стимулу відкрито проголошувати настільки непопулярні переконання на публіці. Саме засоби масової інформації, а особливо телебачення, прискорюють дію спіралі мовчання.

Квазі-статистичний орган чуття
Здатність людей розрізняти «клімат» громадської думки, є можливою завдяки «шостому чуттю» — квазі-статистичному органу (метафорично, «антені, що здатна вловлювати зміни соціального вітру»). Без даних будь-яких опитувань середньостатистична людина здатна правильно визначити напрямок руху громадської думки ще до того, як відповідні дослідження будуть проведені, а їхні результати оголошені.

Для здобуття даних щодо «клімату» громадської думки респондентам ставлять 2 питання :
 Незалежно від Вашої особистої думки, чи більшість людей…..? [щодо теперішньої ситуації]
 Більше чи менше людей думатимуть таким же чином через рік? [прогноз на майбутнє]

Як зазначає авторка, респонденти рідко відмовляються відповідати на ці питання, аргументуючи це тим, що вони не знають правильної відповіді, адже оцінювання суспільних настроїв (теперішніх чи майбутніх) є природним для людини. Навіть у разі, якщо індивід неправильно трактує нинішню ситуацію, усе одно він може правильно передбачити майбутні суспільні настрої. Своє припущення дослідниця ілюструє прикладом щорічних опитувань, що проводяться її дослідницьким центром у Німеччині. Репрезентативній вибірці респондентів ставлять питання «Ви чекаєте на наступний рік з надією чи з острахом?». Е. Ноель-Нойманн резюмує, що рівень висловленого питання ніяк не корелює з поточним рівнем німецького ВВП, проте він на диво точно передбачає темпи рівня зростання чи спадання німецького ВВП наступного року.

Страх ізоляції
Разом з тим, таке сканування суспільних настроїв є надзвичайно енерговитратним для індивіда. Тож величезні затрати концентрації для визначення громадської думки є обґрунтованими для індивіда лише у разі виникнення перед ним більшої небезпеки — приміром, загрози ізоляції себе через висловлення непопулярної точки зору.

«Зусилля, затрачені на спостереження за навколишнім середовищем, очевидно є меншою ціною, ніж ризик втрати прихильність своїх однодумців — ризик стати відкинутим, зневаженим, самотнім».

Саме страх ізоляції є каталізатором прискорення дії «спіралі мовчання». На підтвердження свого припущення, Е. Ноель-Нойманн значною мірою спирається на дані досліджень конформності американського психолога Соломона Аша. На прохання дослідників до респондентів обрати лінію серед A, B, C, однакової довжини із заданою лінією Х, усі респонденти відповідали правильно, адже відповідь здається очевидною (довжина лінії C дорівнює довжині лінії Х). Проте, якщо помістити респондента у групу експериментальних однодумців, які одноголосно стверджуватимуть, що довжина лінії В є тотожною довжині лінії Х, респондент відчуватиме сильний тиск щодо себе. Він відчуватиме тривогу й занепокоєння через імовірну реакції групу на його не конформну думку. Аш довів, що більшість респондентів, поміщених у таку стресову ситуацію, приймуть рішення більшості як правильне.

Ідентифікація з переможцем
Разом із тим, припускається, що люди виявляють більше конформності не через страх ізоляції, а через бажання ідентифікувати себе з переможцем. Приміром, після проведення виборів більше виборців буде стверджувати, що вони голосували за переможця, аніж наявна кількість відповідних бюлетенів. Проте така дрібна брехня інтерпретується не як бажання людини отримати певні привілеї, а радше як захисна стратегія, щоб уникнути осуду громадськості за висловлення девіантних цінностей.

«Лише злочинців або моральних героїв не обходить те, що думає суспільство. Решта з нас бажають спокою і задоволеності, які досягаються лише за рахунок приналежності».

Роль мас-медіа

Модель «спіралі мовчання» демонструє динамічну природу ролі медіа у процесі формування громадської думки.
Хоча кожна людина апріорі оснащена квазі-статистичним органом, її система раннього сповіщення постійно потребує даних для опрацювання. Так, як прямі спостереження не спроможні забезпечувати людину необхідним об'ємом інформації для аналізу, цю функція лишається за засобами масової інформації. Усі ЗМІ є агентами гіпотетичного «шостого чуття» людини, але погляди, представлені впливовими ЗМІ часто переоцінюють. Відтак, будь-коли людина може мати помилкове уявлення про те, яка думка є наразі домінантною у суспільстві — стан плюралістичного невігластва (ймовірно, через медіа, які не репрезентують варіативність думок пропорційно до міри їхнього представлення в суспільстві).
Е. Ноель-Нойманн відкидає ідею, що ЗМІ можуть лише підсилювати вже існуючі в суспільстві настрої. Вона погоджується, що вплив «друкованого слова» може бути обмежений селективними критеріями, адже індивід може обирати серед широкого різноманіття газет, журналів, сучасної літератури, а тому, йому важко уникнути ознайомлення з протилежними точками зору. Натомість, телебачення для неї — цілком інша справа.

«Ефект медіа зростає пропорційного до міри, в якій вибіркове сприйняття є ускладненим».

Дослідники, намагаючись відтворити ефекти телебачення в лабораторних умовах, не зважають на ті аспекти, що надають телебаченню його сили. Мова йде про константну присутність телебачення усюди, його спрямованість на висвітлення однієї точки зору як єдино правильної та постійне повторення одного й того ж повідомлення.

«Медіа загалом і телебачення зокрема не тільки говорять нам, про що думати, але й надають єдиний санкціонований погляд на те, як решта про це думає».

У зв'язку з тим, що медіа надано право ідентифікувати, якою є громадська думка, доступ до медіа є ключовим і надважливим для тих, хто прагне громадську думку формувати. Тепер потенційним лідерам громадської думки мало мати гарно продуману точку зору та вміння її відстоювати. Тепер їм необхідно керувати медіа увагою. А, отже, кожен, хто має деякі зв'язки з медіа й здатність впливати на порядок денний, має більше можливостей за середньостатистичного індивіда у закладенні програмування квазі-статистичного органу читачів/глядачів.

Мовчання незгодних

Так, як люди можуть визначати, коли їхня точка зору не співвідноситься з переконаннями більшості й коли вони гіпотетично можуть стати ізольованими через свою точку зору, можна очікувати появу тих, хто буде підтримувати меншість мовчки. Таким чином індивід намагатиметься уникнути суспільних санкцій за демонстрацію непопулярної ідеї, адже мовчання може або лишитися непоміченим, або інтерпретуватися, як мовчазна згода з думкою більшості, а відтак — не буде засуджуватись. Прикладом є ситуація, коли тодішній Президент США Джордж В. Буш оголосив війну проти тероризму після теракту 11 вересня 2001 року. Громадяни, що були противниками мілітаристських дій, мали бути дуже сміливими для того, щоб відкрито декларувати свою незгоду з рішеннями глави США, адже вони могли зазнати значних репутаційних втрат і ярликуватись як девіанти громадської думки.

«Тест літака/потяга»

Німецький центр дослідження громадської думки, яким завідувала Е. Ноель-Нойманн, розробив дійсний спосіб визначити, чи готовий індивід публічно захищати свою точку зору щодо певного питання. «Тест літака/потяга» — питання щодо доречності розмови з незнайомцем у транспорті (у літаку або в потязі) на відносно сенситивну тему для визначення бажання (готовності) людей говорити для підтримки своєї точки зору.

За результатами проведення «Тесту літака/потяга» було визначено критерії, що підвищують ймовірність бажання індивіда відкрито декларувати свою точку зору.
 Ті, хто поділяють точку зору більшості, більш охочі відкрито декларувати свої погляди.
 Якщо визначення нинішнього «клімату» суспільного настрою не відповідає прогнозові на майбутнє, то індивід більш схильний орієнтуватися на майбутній тренд.
 Індивід більш схильний обговорювати свої погляди з тими, хто поділяє його переконання.
 Індивід з низькою самооцінкою більш імовірно лишатиметься мовчазним.
 Чоловіки, молодь та люди середнього й вищого класів більш охоче діляться своїми поглядами.
 Законодавча підтримка сприяє відкритому виголошенню своїх переконань серед тих, хто поділяє погляди меншості.

Винятки

Існують люди, які демонстративно висловлюватимуть свою точку зору за будь-яких умов, навіть коли вони опиняються в несприятливій для них ситуації. Е. Ноель-Нойманн виокремлює два типи таких індивідів:
 Ядро
 Авангард

Ядро
Нонконформісти, які вже мали досвід відкритого захисту своїх непопулярних серед більшості думок на публіці. Унаслідок попереднього негативного досвіду вони вже не мають що втрачати через відкрите декларування незгоди з більшістю. Прикладом такого нонконформіста може бути образ Дон Кіхота людини, що протистоїть повітряним млинам, почуває себе ізольованим, непідтримуваним і висміяним. Проте, незважаючи ні на що, він лишається вірним своїм переконанням.
Нонконформісти «ядра» орієнтовані на своє минуле й розглядають суспільний осуд як ціну, яку вони мають сплатити.

Авангард
Нонконформісти, серед яких переважають інтелектуали, митці та реформатори. На відміну від нонконформістів «ядра», вони сподіваються на реакцію більшості на свої дії, навіть незважаючи на те, що вона зазвичай є негативною. Нонконформісти «авангарду» є орієнтованими на майбутнє, а тому вони також є ізольованими, хоча й вимушено. Але їхнє переконання у тому, що їхні ідеї випереджають свій час, змушує їх рухатись далі.

Хоча Е. Ноель-Нойманн і визнає існування цих двох категорій індивідів, вона не враховує їх у своїй теорії «спіралі мовчання». Проте вона визначає їх як єдиних можливих чинників зміни переконань більшості.

«Шанс змінити або коригувати суспільну думку лишається за тими, хто не боїться бути ізольованим. Говорячи і здійснюючи непопулярні речі, шокуючи більшість, вони здатні до неї достукатись».

Використання теорії в дослідженнях

Одним із вдалих прикладів застосування теорії «спіралі мовчання» на практиці може бути дослідження, проведене К. Маласпіною напередодні виборів у Італії в 2013. Метою дослідження авторки була апробація застосування теорії «спіралі мовчання» у контексті соціальних медіа та впливу, який спричинює «клімат» суспільного настрою, демонстрованого там, на бажання індивідів висловлюватись на контраверсійні політичні теми. У результаті було встановлено низку особливостей:
 теорію «спіралі мовчання», розроблене Е. Ноель-Нойманн для контексту мас-медіа, можна застосовувати і до соціальних медіа;
 застосування «спіралі мовчання» в соціальних медіа має низку особливостей:
 респонденти мають більше бажання висловлюватись у мережі через можливості анонімності, забезпечуваних нею;
 спрямованість дії спіралі мовчання на значимі фігури італійського політикуму та вплив он-лайн висловлювань на формування громадської думки щодо них.
Проте, як зазначала сама авторка, розглянутий кейс дає лише можливості виокремити деякі особливості застосування теорії в іншому середовищі. Але щоб переконатися у надійності отриманих нею результатів, необхідні подальші дослідження у цій сфері.

Критика

Теорія, запропонована Е. Ноель-Нойманн, і на цей час лишається «найбільш оригінальною, корисною та такою, що ставить перед дослідниками виклик». Але, разом з тим, деякі дослідники вважають, що феномен може бути складнішим, аніж той, що представлений у моделі «спіралі мовчання» . Дослідники-соціологи з університету Чикаго (Mihaly Csikszentmihal та його колеги) виокремлюють як мінімум три аспекти критики теорії «спіралі мовчання» Е. Ноель-Нойманн:

1) Припущення, що страх ізоляції є основною причиною мовчання людей.
Дослідниця апріорі розглядає страх ізоляції як основну причину небажання індивідів відкрито декларувати свою точку зору, проте в її дослідженнях вона рідко цікавиться тим чи респонденти, що лишаються мовчазними, відчувають його в більшій мірі за тих, хто говорить про свої переконання відкрито. Так само ставиться під сумнів надійність доведень дослідниці, що базувались на результатах експериментів Соломона Аша. У тому ж дослідженні, приміром, була описана ситуація, коли індивід, знайшовши собі однодумця й об'єднавшись із ним, зміг опиратися тиску більшості. Е. Ноель-Нойманн оминула увагою цей приклад.

2) Гіпотетичний «тест літака/потяга» як надійний критерій визначення бажання/небажання індивіда говорити.
Гіпотетично деклароване бажання говорити, про яке йдеться у дослідженні Е. Ноель-Нойманн, не є тотожним дійсному бажанню індивіда говорити. У дослідженні науковців з Університету Кароліни, в якому перевірялася гіпотеза щодо відповідності декларованому бажанню відстоювати свої переконання у «тесті літака/потяга» та їхньому сприйняттю підтримки своєї точки зору. У результаті гіпотеза була визнана такою, що не справджується, адже виявлена кореляція на рівні r=0,05 продемонструвала відсутність значимого зв'язку між досліджуваними категоріями. І хоча автори дослідження не спростували теорію «спіралі мовчання» повністю, вони резюмували, що в подальших дослідженнях варто звертатися не до гіпотетичного бажання респондента говорити, а його дійсних намірів обстоювати свою точку зору.

3) Акцентування уваги на макрокліматі суспільного настрою.
Е. Ноель-Нойманн визначає думку громадськості, анонімної більшості як таку, що визначає бажання індивіда говорити. Проте вона оминає увагою тиск, що можуть чинити референтні групи індивіда на те, що він говорить. На думку критиків, цей фактор має більший формотворчий вплив на бажання індивіда говорити, аніж ідеї анонімної більшості.

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Feb. 16th is the rescheduled date for the Willimantic Chocolate Festival, when many downtown Willimantic businesses will hand out chocolate to all who visit. The Willimantic Food Co-op's 33rd birthday party has also been rescheduled to 2/16/13. It runs from 11am to 5pm and features 33 birthday cakes and live music all day. After the Co-op's shindig winds down, why not walk over to Willimantic Records for more music.
All shows are free and all-ages. Donations to the bands are graciously accepted.


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Newly surfaced photos show the lovers jet setting in the Amazon CEO's $65million eight-seater Gulfstream private plane, one of the most expensive in the world, back in October.
On one occasion, the pair were seen all smiles as they walked on the tarmac in Los Angeles after taking the private jet for a Miami getaway.
Bezos wore his wedding ring, while Sanchez was outfitted in all black and sunglasses, wearing a white hat with the WME logo, her Hollywood agent husband Patrick Whitesell's company where he represents A-list celebrities.
About a week later, they were seen boarding the private jet in Boston near Bezos' son's university – a trip that revealed the affair to Bezos' wife MacKenzie according to The National Enquirer.
The latest photos reveal the depths of their love affair, which was in full swing for eight months before the Amazon CEO and his wife publicly announced their divorce.
According to the National Enquirer, the private jet outings on October 18 and 29 nearly outed Bezos to his wife.
A source says that MacKenzie discovered the flight manifest of the jet and questioned her husband on why Sanchez was the only passenger on board.
'Jeff passed it off to MacKeznie as being business related,' the source said.
The insider added that Bezos would often use a code name for Lauren, referring to her as her birth name Wendy.
During their Boston trip, the couple were pent up at the same hotel the Bezos family once stayed in while visiting their son for Parents Day at MIT.
These were just two of the six times the pair were spotted together over a 14-day span.
Photos from their October 18 outing show Bezos in a casual black collared shirt, wearing a hat stitched with the American flag.
The pair dressed for cooler weather in Boston, with Sanchez in a long tan coat and Bezos in a bomber jacket as they stepped on board.
The day after the couple returned from their Boston retreat, Sanchez was seen picking up her lover in her helicopter for a ride and a hike at the Malibu Canyon.
The photos were snapped three months before Bezos publicly announced he was splitting from Mackenzie.
It was previously reported that the pair have been dating since June, months before Sanchez separated from her Hollywood agent husband in the fall and nine months before Bezos announced his own divorce.
Bezos, 54, and Sanchez, 49, have both denied cheating on their spouses since details of their romance emerged earlier this month.
According to the Enquirer, the pair met several times for illicit trysts at both of their houses, which photos now prove to be true.
In October the couple pampered themselves after their hike by enjoying his-and-her spa treatments in Santa Monica before retiring to her $4.3 million love nest.
It is unclear if he and MacKenzie are still living together in Seattle, where the couple have raised their three sons and a daughter.
They also own a $6.2 million home on Mercer Island in Washington, which is how they came to know Bezos.
Now the Bezos are preparing for the $137billion divorce, which could see MacKenzie as the richest woman in the world.


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Subscribercast #71 – The Langley Files
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 12/25/2022 - 04:33
The CIA recently launched a new outreach effort – its own podcast. In this subscribercast I review and analyse The...
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Interview 1759 - James Corbett on Deep State Consciousness
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via The Deep State Consciousness Podcast: James Corbett joins me to talk about his five hour documentary series, False Flags: The Secret History of Al Qaeda. In addition to asking James about the narrative of that history, I also inquire as to what he considers the big outstanding questions of the September 11th attacks to be, and whether the Truth movement is rising to the challenge of meeting them.
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FLASHBACK: Meet Smedley Butler (2010)
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FROM 2010: He was a tenacious soldier, the most decorated officer in the history of the U.S. marine corps...and he detested war. Find out about the tyrannical government moves and secretive fascist plots that turned this famous general into a campaigner against war on this week's edition of The Corbett Report.
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Interview 1756 - James Corbett on The Darkened Hour
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Interview 1752 - James Corbett Discusses Al Qaeda on Holding The Line
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Is the Empire Awakening? - Questions For Corbett #091
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The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released a poppy, eye-catching explainer video about the rising sun flag. . . . So why is it so creepy? Patrick writes in with the question about the rising imperial ambitions of Nippon and James supplies the answer in this data-packed edition of Questions For Corbett.
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Subscribercast #68 – Compulsion vs Rope
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Episode 426 - Who Controls the News Controls the World
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Episode 425 - Blood on the Cutting Room Floor
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Interview 1748 - False Flags Watch Along (Part 3)
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On Sunday, September 11th, James Corbett and Broc West of The Corbett Report joined Ryan Cristian of The Last American Vagabond for a live Corbett Pirate Stream to watch and discuss Part 3 of False Flags: A Secret History of Al Qaeda. The post Interview 1748 - False Flags Watch Along (Part 3) first appeared on The Corbett Report.
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Interview 1747 - James Corbett at the 9/11 Truth Film Festival
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Episode 424 - False Flags: The Secret History of Al Qaeda - Part 3: The War of Terror
America's decades-long debacle in the Middle East—from the invasion, occupation and eventual choatic retreat from Afghanistan to the illegal invasion of Iraq and the rise of ISIS to the regime change operations in Libya and Syria—had been portrayed as a "failure" of military planning.
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The Dark History of the Royals
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FLASHBACK: Al Qaeda Doesn't Exist (2009)
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FLASHBACK: Meet Henry Kissinger (2009)
FROM 2009: A war criminal, a genocidal eugenicist, a power-hungry plotter, a modern-day Machiavelli, a Rockefeller toadie. Meet Henry Kissinger.
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How Israel erases Palestinian cultural memory
I seek the repatriation of looted materials held in public and private archives.
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Theaters of War in Military Times – But is it Propaganda?
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Episode 423 - Into The Metaverse (The Media Matrix — Part 3)
We stand at a precipice. On one side is "reality": the original, authentic, lived human experience. And on the other side is the metaverse: the world of constantly mediated experience. In the middle is hyperreality, that blurry space between the real world and the mediated world. And, living as we do on this side of the electronic media revolution, it is the only place we have ever known.
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Interview 1736 - James Corbett on Media, Truth and Power
James talks to Alison Morrow about his new documentary series, The Media Matrix. They discuss the history of the mass media, its effects on the population, how media power translates to political power, the printing press' role in the creation of the nation-state and the electronic media's role in the creation of globalization, where media technology is heading and how people can defend themselves against the dehumanization influence of electronic media.
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Episode 422 - What Hath God Wrought (The Media Matrix — Part 2)
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The Media Matrix
Media. It surrounds us. We live our lives in it and through it. We structure our lives around it. But it wasn't always this way. So how did we get here? And where is the media technology that increasingly governs our lives taking us? This is the story of The Media Matrix. The post The Media Matrix first appeared on The Corbett Report.
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Episode 421 - The Gutenberg Conspiracy (The Media Matrix — Part 1)
From the Renaissance to the Reformation, from the fall of feudalism to the rise of capitalism, from the Scientific Revolution to the Industrial Revolution, from the way we order our thoughts to what we choose to think about, nothing survived the printing revolution intact. Our world is the world that the printing press has created.
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Episode 420 - Mass Media: A History
Join James Corbett for today's special edition of The Corbett Report podcast where he walks you through Mass Media: A History, a 3-lesson, 6+ hour online course examining the history of media, exploring media's impact on society, and revealing where technological developments in media technology are taking us in the future. With lectures in audio and video formats, hyperlinked transcript, recommended reading and study guides, this course takes you on a whirlwind tour of over 500 years of history and shows you what the future of media might look like and why it matters.
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Teaching Children About History - #SolutionsWatch
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John Wayne's FBI File Says Nothing About Stalin Assassination Plot
According to legend, Joe Stalin hated John Wayne and tried on several occasions to have the leading man killed. This story has been told and re-told across books, blogs, articles, youtubes. In every version, the FBI play a key role in stopping at least one of the supposed plots against Wayne. But Wayne's FBI file doesn't mention anything about any of these state-sponsored attempted murders, begging the question of where these stories originated, and why?
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ClandesTime 221 – The Philadelphia Experiment
The Philadelphia Experiment is one of the most enduring paranormal conspiracy theories in American history. In this episode we examine this theory, its sociological and cultural impact, why the Pentagon refused to help make a movie based on the story, and why it has persisted for so long.
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'I don't have super high hopes for FBI positivity in this one' – FBI emails on Richard Jewell movie
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Subscribercast #54 – Media Breakdown: The CIA and the Hunt for Bin Laden
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Episode 396 – Bioethics and the New Eugenics
[audio mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode396-lq.mp3"][/audio]At first glance, bioethics might seem like just another branch of ethical philosophy where academics endlessly debate other academics about how many angels dance on the head of a pin in far-out, science fiction like scenarios. What many do not know, however, is that the seemingly benign academic study of bioethics has its roots in the dark history of eugenics.
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The NFL legends' week-long visit took them from tech forums to football fields.
Members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame made a touchdown of a different kind on June 16, arriving in Israel for a week-long visit as part of the program "Touchdown In Israel: Mission of Excellence."
The trip was organized and paid for by Patriots owner Robert Kraft and included 19 HOFers in all, including former New England Patriots and New York Jets running back Curtis Martin, former Minnesota Vikings defensive end Chris Doleman, former Oakland Raiders wide receiver Tim Brown, and former Buffalo Bills running back Thurman Thomas.
The trip kicked off with a visit to the technology expo in Jerusalem. Members of the delegation received an introduction to 10 of the best tech companies in the country, seven of which are funded on the OurCrowd equity crowdfunding platform. The NFL vets were also greeted with a demo of ReWalk, a wearable bionic skeleton that allows individuals with spinal cord injuries to walk again.
Later in the week, the HOFers and Kraft met with Israeli football fans and youth players and took in sites around the country.
Football has become increasingly popular in Israel, and Kraft can be thanked in large part for that. He has long sponsored the Israeli Football League (IFL) and the Robert Kraft Family stadium in Jerusalem, where many of the games take place, is named in his honor. Besides the IFL, there are several pro and youth leagues, and a movie was made about the country's burgeoning love affair with the American game.
Ahead of the trip, Kraft and a few of the players sat down with the media to talk about the trip.


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Volkswagen is copying one of the coolest features from a Rolls Royce for its cars
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Volkswagen is copying one of the coolest features seen on Rolls Royce cars for some of its passenger cars. It has developed something Dynamic Volkswagen Hub Caps which is essentially self-levelling logos on the alloy wheels. What this means is that when the car is driving the VW badge will stay upright and not move. It is an awesome feature which has become famous for featuring on Rolls Royce cars and will give VW customers a little piece of luxury.
This is the first time such an option has been produced by Volkswagen.
The feature has been described as one of the VW's 'deluxe items' as it is not necessary and realistically something the driver or passenger cannot enjoy.
It is said that the self-levelling caps are suitable for most VW alloy wheels and cost around £156 for four caps.
The caps are said to be unstable and incompatible with the up!, Polo, Lupo, T-Cross, Phateon and Touareg alloy wheels, but work with the majority of other models.
The Dynamic Volkswagen Hub Cap is compatible with vehicles whose alloy wheels are able to accept the standard-fit 5G0601171XQI hub caps.
James Woolfe, VW Accessories Manager, said: "If you're after a touch of that super-expensive segment on your Volkswagen, or if you just want to quell the niggling irritation of badges pointing in different directions to one another, being upside-down or not being perfectly horizontal when parked, then these are definitely for you.
"We've not quite reinvented the wheel here, but we know this new item will get certain customers in a spin."
The Dynamic Volkswagen Hub Caps can be ordered through local retailers across the Volkswagen Retailer Network.
Source: express.co.uk
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Should nonviolent drug users be subject to arrest?
A Coast Guardsman watches over 11.5 tons of cocaine seized in the war on drugs. Since 2001, the United States has increased by 64 percent the amount spent to halt illegal drug shipments, destroy foreign coca fields and arrest dealers and users, as treatment and prevention funds increased by 2 percent. (USCG photo/Petty Officer Brian N. Leshak)
President Bush's anti-drug campaign has increasingly focused on a law-enforcement model that attacks the "supply side" of the illegal drug industry — traffickers, smugglers and users — rather than on helping users through prevention and treatment, the so-called demand side. He also would like more middle and high schools to conduct random drug tests, although few have signed on. And although the Food and Drug Administration in April declared that smoked marijuana lacks any known medicinal properties, 12 states now bar state prosecution of those who use marijuana for medical purposes. The number of people arrested annually on marijuana-related charges has skyrocketed — from 400,000 in the 1980s to about 700,000 — partly because low-level drug offenders now can be diverted to one of more than 1,750 new "drug courts," where their cases are dismissed if they stay straight. The Bush administration says it has struck the right balance between treatment and law enforcement.
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As the 2018 High Level Political Forum kicks off in New York, Together 2030 and Newcastle University are launching the 3rd perceptions survey report, which offers new evidence on the difficulties in translating the lofty global commitments of the SDGs into meaningful participatory processes in national contexts.
Together 2030 and Newcastle University's annual perceptions survey gathers stakeholders' perspectives on national follow up and review of the SDGs.
This year's report From principle to practice: stakeholder participation in Voluntary National Reviews, 2018, focuses on two key areas of participation in the 2030 Agenda: (1) How extensive is stakeholder awareness of, and participation in, the process of country Voluntary National Reviews – including participation by marginalised groups? (2) Have stakeholders seen progress in countries that have undertaken VNRs in previous years?
Awareness of VNRs and national planning is relatively high, but knowledge of national VNR processes is much lower
While 80% of respondents in VNR countries reported being aware that their country is undertaking a review, awareness of VNR processes in these countries – knowledge of whether, and how, respondents can engage – remains low at less than 40%. Three years into VNR reporting, these figures indicate that follow up processes are still falling short in terms of participation and transparency. Further progress is still urgently needed to ensure awareness of the VNR reporting process for all civil society stakeholders in reporting countries.
Clear obstacles to CSO participation
Respondents expressed frustration at the challenges to participation, citing a range of external obstacles – from lack of government transparency and superficial consultation, to lack of funding and government repression of NGOs. Many of these echo, and add to, the challenges identified in Together 2030's exercise to map national civil society coalitions on the SDGs. Despite the 2030 Agenda's emphasis on broad-based participation and ownership in implementation and review, the results indicate that these principles have not yet been translated into practice in at least some national contexts.
VNRs are not perceived as inclusive of marginalised groups
Only 14% of respondents regarded the most vulnerable and marginalised groups as being included in national review. Although 'Leave no one behind' is a key commitment of the SDGs, and a guiding principle of follow up and review processes at all levels, the survey indicates that this is not reflected in this year's VNR countries.
Limited progress perceived since previous VNRs – especially in Europe
Respondents indicate that progress on implementation following a country's VNR is best in planning, policy implementation, and civil society engagement. Although these are positive findings, only 10-15% see 'great' progress. Political will, public awareness and budgeting, by contrast, are regarded as showing relatively little progress. Worryingly, most stakeholders do not see good progress in review and monitoring following a VNR. This suggests that VNRs, run as standalone exercises, are not being translated into longer lasting structures and processes. Europe lags behind in stakeholder perceptions of key aspects of implementation, and, along with North America, fares worst at a regional level for inclusion of marginalised groups.
Progress on these areas is essential: the SDGs will only be achieved if reviews are followed up by long-term political leadership and adequately resourced implementation. VNRs are not a substitute for ongoing, participatory national processes.
The survey received 264 responses from a range of stakeholders, including national, regional and global organisations. This perceptions survey comprised of approximately 20 questions in total (though not all questions were directed to all respondents). It was issued in three languages: English, Spanish and French, and was shared broadly with civil society and stakeholder mailing lists and via social media from 23 March – 27 April 2018.
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Read The challenge of participatory, inclusive VNRs, a blog by Graham Long, Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University, reflecting on this year's perceptions report
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Sin is a hard word to understand, but its consequences are very clear. When Adam and Eve believed the serpents' lie, and disobeyed God, it brought a corruption into the world that affected everything; our world, our hearts, and even our own bodies. Oh how we need redemption!


Cultural anthropologist Sidney Mintz, prominent for linking English's insatiable sweet tooth with the transformation of Britain from a hierarchical society to a democratic industrial society, succinctly summarizes the multi-century narrative of sugar in less than one hundred words. The introduction of sugar in the mid-17th century and the subsequent craving for sweetness catalyzed radical cultural and commercial changes within British society which evolved over the course of two hundred years an ultimately shaped British culture into its modern day social order.
Although prior to the mid 17th century, sugar, limited by supply and expense, was primarily used as a spice, a medicinal supplement, and for both decorative and preservative purposes, sugar's use as a sweetener ultimately prevailed. In 1662, Queen Catherine, King Charles II's Portuguese wife, introduced drinking tea, a habit of the Portuguese nobility, to the British courts. An easily adulterated and ingestible beverage, the upper echelons of society quickly adopted the daily ritual of tea and soon began to add the newly available sweetener to the otherwise bitter beverage. (Mintz, 110) Tea quickly become symbolic of the wealthier and sugar embodied a social status of wealth and power.
As the lower classes began to develop a preference for sugar through sweetened tea, a marked increase in sugar production in the mid-seventeenth century resulted in a 70% reduction in the prices of sugar. Consequently, cheap sugar became readily available to even the poorest within Britain. Perhaps the most crucial supplement to the working class diet, cheap sugar redefined the lower-class diet. Sweet pastries, porridges, and treacle—a type of spreadable molasses—became dietary staples for the poor and provided a large allocation of their daily carbohydrates, and thus calories.
As a consequence of Britain's cross-class taste for sugar, the market for the product burgeoned, critically driving changes in Britain's social structure. Demand for sugar consistently pushed the limits of supply. Economic and political forces "supported the seizure of colonies where cane could be grown and raw sugar manufactured, as well as the slave trade that supplied the needed labor." (Mintz, 167) Thus, investment opportunities in slave trade, shipping, plantations, credit against which plantations and stocks of slaves and sugar could be collateral, and retailing and refining proliferated. (Mintz, 168) By the mid-17th century, the sugar trade was a critical factor in cementing the power and the wealth of the British empire. Further, because the nascent sugar industry in England did not exclusively reward the rich—it provided opportunity to anyone ready to bear the risk, the craving for sugar quite literally fostered democracy, as it transformed England from a status based medieval society to a capitalist and industrial society. (Mintz, 186).
Sugar, a now ubiquitous additive, changed the fortunes of many in Britain over a two hundred plus year span. Culturally, at its nascent usage beginning in the 17th century its association with tea begot a new category of meal for the working class; it supplemented a precariously unstable dietary situation; and ultimately, it provided a not inconsequential catalyst to the development of the British economy via the colonial growth and trading required to sate the country's desire for sugar. The craving for sugar also fostered an emerging democracy in Britain, and helped lift British society from a social structure grounded in medieval hierarchies to a capitalist and industrial society. (Mintz, 186) Predicated on a deep gluttony for sugar and the capitalistic requirements to provide product, British social norms also changed as the country moved away from a cultural, feudalistic, structure which prevented opportunities for economic mobility to one driven by capitalism, and ultimately meritocracy and democracy. Sugar, in British history, represents more than an innovation in nourishment. The proliferation of sugar as a core food item characterizes the development of the British economy via colonial growth and trading, and the growing power and changing societal norms of the British empire.
The following essay is fashioned on the classic 1958 Leonard E. Read economic treatise, I, Pencil: My Family Tree, as applied to the early 20th-century cacao trade of England. In his essay, Read details a global trade system from the point of view of a playfully personified pencil, detailing the "millions of hands" who contributed to its "edification" (Read). While its confectionary predecessor reflects several elements of the modern pencil manufacturing process, components of the former system, especially the cornerstone input of forced labor, undermine the credibility of capitalist admirations of the trade and ultimately serve as an expose of the malice of the chocolate production system.
I am a piece of chocolate – the ordinary delicious chocolate familiar to all boys, girls and adults throughout England (Mintz 187).
You may wonder why I should write a genealogy. Well, to begin with, my story is interesting. And, next, I am a mystery taken for granted by those who enjoy me, as if I came from the Cadbury plant by accident, with no background. As if I always existed as this square treat, waiting in Birmingham for a chance to meet you (Satre 15).
My story begins deep in the forests on the island of Sao Tome (Satre 32). Here, in this pristine panorama off the west coast of Africa (pictured right), the tree of my primary ingredient, theobroma cacao, takes root. A fickle specimen, my cacao tree requires meticulous care, attention, and skill to bear her fruit (Coe and Coe 19). Once tended to correctly, I am born of her warty-edged pod, plucked from her branches, separated from my kin, and left in the sun to transform and become more suitable to your tastes (Coe and Coe 17-30). But my seeds are not the only input so callously cultivated.
Of the hundreds of hands who play a role in my fruition, no story is more tragic than that of the man who toils at my roots. This man, like the seeds he nurtures, has been forced from his home in Angola, separated from his kin, and exposed to the scorching tropical sun – to meet your tastes (Martin 55). He receives no wages, inadequate food and no possibility of freedom (Higgs 141). Instead, he is afforded a lifespan of "3½ to 4 years" and, ultimately, "skeletons and shackles" (Satre 22). Unsurprisingly, the name Sao Tome has become "synonymous with okalunga – hell" (Satre 9).
Leaving hell, I travel to England aboard a trading galley to meet sugar from the Caribbean and others from across the globe. Most of these ingredients harbor similar tragic geneses, but together we will combine our dreadful beginnings to resemble the shape you hold so sweet (Mintz 55).
Most remarkably, we enter the luxurious "model village" Cadbury plant at Bournville. The irony in this juxtaposition is palpable: Bournville, complete with "shops, recreation facilities, garden allotments, a school, and a lecture hall," could not be further removed from bleak Sao Tome (Satre 15). In this factory utopia, dozens of specialized workers ensure that I am properly ground, pressed, milled, sieved, mixed, kneaded, refined and conched (Martin). And finally, I emerge the bite-sized square of bittersweet joy in your hand.
As you can see, hundreds of hands willingly participate in my great journey across the globe. But my story is not one of free market triumph. Instead, it is a tale of corruption and exploitation. The forced labor underpinning my production negates the very system you ascribed to as you purchased me this afternoon. As Mintz argues, "a human being is not an object, even when treated as one." We should, therefore, return to that "absolutely essential ingredient for freedom: a faith in free people" (Read).
I, Chocolate, am a complex combination of miracles.
I merit your wonder, awe, and concern.
Higgs, Catherine. Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2012. Print.
Martin, Carla. "AAAS E-119 Lecture 5: Popular Sweet Tooths and Scandal." Cambridge, MA: Harvard University. 2016. Lecture.
Read, Leonard. "I, Pencil: My Family Tree." Irvington-on-Hudson, NY: The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc, 1958. Pamphlet.
Satre, Lowell J. "Chocolate on Trial: Slavery, Politics, and the Ethics of Business." Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2005. Print.
Globalization has created incredible challenges for modern marketing, as companies must win over new markets that feature the unique tastes and desires of a different society. When we take a look at how chocolate is marketed and sold in both American and Chinese drugstores, we can analyze how the stores display the chocolate products. Through this analysis, we can also realize how those reflect the social perception of chocolate in each country, in turn directing how those changing perceptions turn around and drive the marketing, thus creating one large feedback loop. In this analysis, we will examine the displays that sell chocolate in one Harvard Square branch of CVS and compare that with chocolate displays in a parallel store in Shanghai, China called FamilyMart.
To set the scene for our argument, we will begin with a basic overview of the two stores and their respective displays. CVS is the second largest pharmacy chain the USA, after Walgreens; in Harvard Square alone, there are two branches opened. Taking a look at the display of chocolate in newly opened branch on JFK Street, we can see that chocolate is sold throughout the store, with one primary area for most of the chocolate being sold. The standard bulk chocolate is sold clumped together in one aisle, with various other candies and sweets, while the "Premium Chocolate" display is placed at the end of that aisle.
Most readers will be familiar with CVS, but not so much FamilyMart. FamilyMart is in fact a Japanese convenience store that has flourished in China, where there are currently 1,235 stores in operation, and it can be considered a Chinese equivalent to CVS. In this Shanghai franchise of FamilyMart, we can see that chocolate is also being sold in two sections, but with significant differences in strategy. Instead of choosing bags of prepackaged chocolates, customers can instead choose their desired amount of snack-sized mass-produced chocolates (like Snickers, M&Ms, or Chinese brands) and buy that amount for a price based on the weight of chocolate. These bins stretch down the entire aisle; the shelves on either side hold the prepackaged gift-type chocolates, bars, and even displays devoted to entire brands.
With the scene set for the two drugstores in the United States and in China, we can begin to examine the specific strategies used to create those displays and how they reflect each country's habits and perceptions of chocolate. There are two important aspects of these displays that we can focus on: the chocolate and its packaging, as well as the context of the displays themselves.
The assortment available in the regular chocolate aisle of CVS is what one would expect of any American retailer, with all the "big chocolate" players trying to assert their presence. Often, there will be yellow stickers to indicate special deals resulting in astoundingly low prices associated with a huge variety of products. This can only speak to the power of multinational corporations, which is reflected in their ability to produce and distribute millions of pounds of chocolate worldwide. This ability, as detailed by anthropologist Jack Goody in Industrial Food, is mainly due to improvements in mechanization and transportation in the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s. Coupled with this technical revolution of mass production was the increased volume of trade, and as a result, retailers are able to provide many of the same products worldwide. As a result, in the Chinese counterpart to CVS, we can see many of the same goods: M&Ms, Hershey Kisses, Ferrero Rocher. In that sense, the variety of goods that companies are trying to market do not vary much, and so they do not have to create entirely new marketing strategies for a completely different set of products.
However, in the clash of cultures that is "East Meets West", companies must tackle the task that comes with marketing to Chinese consumers. China is one of the most famous cases of growing globalization and capitalism: reforms in the 1980s shifted the Chinese economic structure from communalism to a market-based economy, and according to the World Bank, over 500 million people have been pulled above the poverty line with GDP growth rate averaging around 10% yearly. With this quickly growing economy and a population of 1.3 billion, China became the popular target for the big chocolate companies. Access to this market has not been easy for many of the companies, and these companies have had to come up with new strategies from those used in the United States to break into the Chinese market.
Thus, when we take a look at the packaging, we can see obvious differences that show that these companies are reacting towards the different perceptions that Chinese people hold about chocolate. The first main difference is that in CVS, the bulk chocolate is already packaged in bags of about ten to twelve ounces for consumers to buy. As mass production become increasingly easier for companies to use, the West saw that "choices to be made about eating…are made…by what are perceived as time constraints" (Mintz 202). Americans began prioritizing the convenience of food and snacks, and so these packs are ready-made with a variety of products for customers to grab and go.
In American society, the "experience of time…is often one of an insoluble shortage, and this perception may be essential to…the principle of ever-expanded consumption"(Mintz 202). As people in America feel increasingly pressed for time due to the pressure to do more and be more successful, these conveniently packages have unconsciously driven the mass consumption of chocolates, which in turns fuels the support for selling chocolate in such method. In other words, the packaging in CVS showcases the American impulse of buying chocolate on a whim, often to self-indulge themselves with large quantities of chocolate, which only reinforces that particular marketing strategy.
Contrast this to the packaging in FamilyMart, which reflects the more careful and thoughtful selection of Chinese consumers. Customers instead get to scoop their own bags and combinations of chocolates. This Chinese strategy of selling snack-sized chocolates has a much more practical air, in that customers can pick exactly how much of what they want to eat without the trouble of having to buy at least ten or so ounces of it. This process of selecting their chocolate and having it weighed, similar to how one would buy chocolate or candy from a specialty store in the United States, requires more upfront investment in the purchase, perhaps due to an underlying purpose of gift giving.
Gift giving itself is an act that requires much more thought and preparation, and the importance of gifts is a Chinese cultural code that successful companies have recognized while marketing in China. While the bulk chocolate can be catered towards someone's particular tastes for chocolate, other products on the FamilyMart shelves can be seen packaged very ornately to leave a positive impression upon receipt. The M&Ms are packaged in the fun shape of the M&M mascot and even with a gift inside, while the Dove chocolate has been placed in a respectable tin. In fact, Mars has adopted this tactic of appropriate packaging rather well, and the commercial below is just one example that reflects Mars' overall strategy of emphasizing the appropriateness of Dove chocolate for a gift.
This commercial is the second of a two-part series of ads that focuses on the same actor and actress. The smitten man brings chocolate to the door of the woman he pursued in the first installment, and gives it as a gift of his season's greetings. She shares the chocolate with her friends and then coyly asks him to bring another box just for her, and so the commercial ends on a promising note. We could also examine this ad for the way it plays into stereotypical gender roles and associations with chocolate, but will instead keep the focus on the action of gift giving. This ad targets the gift giving aspect of Chinese culture incredibly well, giving the audience positive images of love and associating that with Dove chocolate. As Professor Martin discussed in lecture, Mars has been able to win over the hearts of Chinese consumers more successfully than the other companies, simply by showing a distinguished knowledge of and dedication to Chinese consumers.
After analyzing the product availability and packaging in each of the stores, we can also look at the particular placement of the displays themselves within the store. As described earlier, CVS has most of its chocolate in one main aisle with the "Premium Chocolate" display labeled as such, and at the end of that aisle. This has several effects, the first of which is the mere placement of more chocolate at the end of one aisle. Because customers only pick an aisle if they know the product is in that aisle, they are more likely to walk past all the ends of the aisles. Having chocolate on the end of the aisle thus promotes its visibility in the store and entices people to pick up some "premium" chocolate, in this case various bars and packages of Ghiradelli, Lindt, and Ferrero Rocher. In the case where they prefer other kinds of chocolate, they have still been distracted by the mere image of chocolate and are then pulled into the aisle in search of the chocolate they want instead. In this particular CVS, and most American stores in general, there chocolate and candy even at the counter, which has the same effect of distracting the customer and relies again on the impulse and self-indulgence snacking tendencies that Americans tend to display.
This snacking tendency actually has been seen as a historical trend away from full and separate meals, to smaller snacks in between main mealtimes. The French anthropologist Fischler, "appalled by the way "snacking" has supplanted meal taking…raises questions about the trend toward desocialized, aperiodic eating" (Mintz 212). This tendency is so common and has become so ingrained in our diets that it aligned perfectly with Western packaging of chocolate in convenient grab-and-go sizes. Mintz further goes on to say that today one might sense the "quickening of such diffusion, a speeding up, even in large, ancient societies that were apparently once resistant to such processes, such as China and Japan".
In FamilyMart too, there were small packets of chocolate at the register for people to glance at and perhaps buy to snack on. However, the mass of the chocolate in FamilyMart was deep within the aisles of the store. The pictures have shown the large self-scoops of mass-produced chocolate, as well as the shelf displays of more nicely packaged chocolate. These displays were on either side of the bulk chocolate, and although it makes sense at first to group all the chocolate together, seems to have other effects. In order to look at those chocolates, customers must literally turn their backs on the bins in order to look at the shelves. This causes a literal separation between the two types of packaged chocolate, which directly contrasts with the placement in the American display. The chocolate in CVS at the end of the aisle drew the customer in, whereas the bins are what will catch the Chinese consumer's eyes and potentially keep them there and cause them to be completely distracted from the contents of the shelves.
How then, can chocolate companies be so successful with the ornate packaging in FamilyMart that is actually rarely seen in generic drugstores like CVS? This apparent contradiction can be explained through the perception of chocolate in China and the nature of the consumers' purchases. We have also explained the impulse buys that mark American purchases, and contrasted that with the gift-oriented purchases of the Chinese. The separation of the shelves and the bins push this explanation even further, in that Chinese consumers must truly have given genuine thought to the idea of purchasing chocolate as a gift rather than whimsically deciding to buy it for someone after seeing it. After all, the likelihood that they look at the shelves is very low when the large bins of chocolate capture their eyes first. Even when consumers buy chocolate as gifts in CVS, it still may be marked by impulsive tendencies merely because their thoughts have been primed by the image of chocolate. The placement of certain chocolate on the shelves was further emphasized by flashy displays. Of particular mention were the following two displays for Ferrero Rocher and Kinder.
These displays were of particular interest due to the fact that Mars has been so successful relative to the other chocolate companies in China. Ferrero, another of the big five companies, owns these two brands. As a matter of fact, Ferrero has carved out its own "niche in China by taking the path of least resistance" and successfully employing tactics aimed at the Chinese culture of gift giving. In Chocolate Fortunes, Lawrence Allen tells of how Ferrero "successfully sold the Chinese people on its delicate, foil-wrapped hazelnut treats", using its foreign and exclusive image to promote the value of its chocolate as a luxury gift (Wharton article). Thus, placed in this historical context, the display in FamilyMart of Ferrero with its predominantly gift-oriented goods and personalized spotlights makes complete sense.
With this explanation, the other display of Kinder chocolate then seems somewhat of an anomaly, since the packaging looks too simple to mark the goods as gifts. We often do not see Kinder chocolate in the United States; the CVS in this comparison certainly did not sell Kinder products. The reason for its presence and marketing is in fact driven by another aspect of Chinese culture – that of the value placed in children. The marketing of this product was likely developed through the social valuation of children in Chinese culture, and the parental desire to raise successful children. In the following ad, the mother has prepared Kinder chocolate for the children when they say that they want to eat something tasty. The chocolate is further described as having the nutritional value of a large glass of milk within the bar, and the children are shown playing outside happy and healthy. These images really draw on the parents' desires to have similarly happy and healthy children, and so Ferrero demonstrates truly effective marketing that plays on aspects of Chinese culture that Mars does not.
Following the examination of chocolate displays in an American CVS and a Chinese FamilyMart, we can see that both the variety of goods, their packaging, as well as the environment of their displays all reflect the societal perceptions of chocolate. These in turn show how each culture has particular values that are played upon by chocolate companies in order for them to successfully sell their product; and in doing so, these chocolate companies further reinforce the same habits that then continue to draw sales of chocolate. Yet in the Chinese market, we can see two divisive approaches that sell chocolate: one approach sells chocolate in customized bulk purchases of snack-sized chocolate, while the other approach leads to elaborate packaging the name of gift giving. These approaches, although both effective thus far, are signs that Mars has perhaps a slippery hold on the Chinese market for chocolate. There remains still an enormous amount of potential in a market of this size, and through the continued, careful analysis of Chinese culture, any company can emerge successful in the years to come.
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Hershey's Spring Assortment, Easter Candy & Chocolate. Digital image. Amazon. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 May 2015.
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"Oversea Business: China." FamilyMart. Web. 2 May 2015. Website gives stats on the number of FamilyMart franchise stores currently in China, as well as the store logo.


As I've written before, we live in a narcissistic society. And, of course, this means that we ourselves are all at least a little narcissistic.
A little narcissism is not necessarily a bad thing–we need it in order to keep ourselves in mind and to get our own needs met. However, our narcissism can, when it gets the better of us, hinder or damage our relationships. So, I thought I'd take a minute to give you a few tips about how to keep your narcissism in check.
My mentor, Nancy McWilliams, wrote a paper called "Narcissistic Pathology of Everyday Life" which has become somewhat of a cult classic in the psychology world. She describes the small ways that people with a primarily narcissistic character subtly demean and devalue others in order to protect their underlying fragile self-esteem. Although my character is not primarily narcissistic, I find that the paper is a good reminder of how to treat people better. So, I thought I'd rework it a little here…and use her work as inspiration for a list of small things that we could all do to be less "all about me" and more involved and emotionally generous with each other.
1. Apologize. When you hurt or wrong someone, say you're sorry. Preferably with feeling.
2. Compliment. Give gratuitous compliments, freely and often. People will love you.
3. Empathize. Take the time to see a perspective other than your own.
4. Help. Pitch in whenever you can. Any small effort to aid another person goes a long way.
5. Thank. Express gratitude when someone shows you kindness.
6. Accept. Acceptance starts with yourself: the more you know and accept yourself, the easier it is to tolerate others.
7. Communicate. Openly talking about your thoughts creates a dialogue, which by definition allows room for more than just your own perspective.
8. Praise. When you see someone doing a great job, let them know!
Everyone needs a good "high five" every now and then.
9. Relax. Stress and pressure can wreck interactions with others. Try relaxing a little before you engage.
10. Replenish. Take care of yourself instead of expecting others to do it for you.


Q. why 'the manhattan challenge'?
joe wanted to call it the tenderfoot challenge, for lordy did we hurt by the end, but i reject the newbie association: i'll have you know that i hiked 11 miles from glacier point at yosemite, um, a decade and change ago. i liked 'the manhattan project,' but then sarah told us a terrible story at dinner last night about nuclear wind blowing the skin off of horses in japan.
Q. what was your route?
we started at the henry hudson bridge (220th) and followed broadway down to columbus circle, where we switched over to eighth avenue until we got below times square; then we took seventh ave until it turned into varick, followed varick south for a while, and cut east until we hit broadway again - then broadway, more or less, all the way to battery park.
Q. why north to south?
because no one wants to end up exhausted in inwood at dusk. trust me, i lived there for three months. a guy who blogged his south to north trip (on the east side, moreover) sounds like he had a much sexier time than we did - resting on the steps of the met! - but celebrating the end in battery park sounded much better. also, we hit the most interesting (and unfamiliar) stuff in the first hundred blocks or so; if we'd done the trip in reverse, i'd have been too tired to check out washington heights. washington heights smells fantastic, by the way.
Q: any advice for other folks who want to do the walk?
1: bring your own toilet paper.
2: don't wear rings; your hands will swell.
3: take advil before you leave.
subtracting time for brunch at columbia, about four and a half hours. before and after we hit the aimless mass of humanity that is the upper west side, we averaged about a block a minute. this made me feel like a badass, at least until i remembered that jen will be running twice as far (we walked about 15 miles) in a few months.
totally, but not for a while - and i'd probably do the east side instead, even though i wouldn't be able to pee at my own apartment.
Q. hey, can you feel your legs today?
click on the photo up top to go to ye olde photo set (i snapped something every ten blocks or so, at least for the first few hours). more questions? hit me.
what shoes did you wear? what shoes did joe wear?
1. The "Wash and Lube" on West 220th: Shouldn't it be Lube, and then Wash? I mean, you got guys (hard working, it should be noted) who have all manner of grease and fluid on them, working over your car after you wash it? Doesn't make sense.
2. I get the ban on solicitors at Ground Zero. I just find it ironic that, in five someodd years, there will be commerce there again, only of the high tax bracket sort. Mind you, I don't have a stick in this fight--they should rebuild, I guess--and I am about the billionth person in the world one would search out for advice on the subject. But: do businessmen in suits crafting deals over the memorial seem no less tacky that a guy selling NYPD t-shirts? I dunno.
3. Apart from deciding whether to quit, did either or you feel tempted to pull a Rosie Ruiz and hop on a bus?
jacob: i wore the golas [street sneakers, kinda like pumas] i got the day after our wedding - the ones that gave me such horrible blisters that i had to wear flip flops for the rest of our honeymoon, including the hiking around the antrim coast of northern ireland. in my defense, they have since become my most comfortable shoes. joe, in turn, wore a pair of blue nikes with exposed springy-things in the back. i think that after a certain point, shoe type doesn't matter as much as you'd think it would; pounding the concrete (and the jolt of going up and down curbs all the time) for that long is just painful no matter what. i would imagine that hiking the same distance on a trail, though it would be harder on the ankles, would be much easier on the feet.
tom 1: literally, nothing about inwood makes sense. maybe that place wanted to differentiate itself from the 3,251 other car places at the top of manhattan (seriously, you can probably get a muffler at 10 pm, but a coffee? forget it).
tom 2: i think the emphasis is on the 'donations' part of the soliciting, though i can see wanting the people with the light-up crystal twin towers to stay at least a block away. logical? no. while the site is (mostly) a shrine, though, i can see wanting to keep it simple.
tom 3: not at all - i'd have quit before i got there by other means, and i would have imagined battery park mocking me if i hitched a ride there. we decided that it really wouldn't be a feat if it was anything other than dragging our asses all the way there, au naturale, at one go.
we ate at toast, baby! it was situated perfectly (about a hundred blocks from our start point, and right there on broadway). we gave your 'hood a wave as we zoomed by.


FILE PHOTO: The logo of French oil giant Total is pictured at its first gas station in Mexico City, Mexico January 25, 2018.
COLOMBOCOLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will sign agreements with French oil and gas major Total and a subsidiary of U.S. firm Schlumberger for a seismic study off its east coast to evaluate any prospective oil resources, a top official said on Friday.
Vajira Dassanayake, the director general at Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat (PRDS), said a first deal signed with Total in 2016 to conduct a study off the eastern coast did not take place due to "some issues".
"We are hoping to sign a new agreement with Total later this month," Dassanayake told Reuters.
"It's a marine survey. There will be more resources allocated this time compared to the previous agreement. They will have the marketing exclusivity for a certain period until they recover their cost," Dassanayake said.
"Actual ownership of the data will be with the government of Sri Lanka. They (Total) have one year to negotiate with us and to give us a favorable contract for production and sharing."


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