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The Info List - Thomson Reuters
Reuters Corporation (/ˈrɔɪtərz/) is a Canadian[5] multinational mass media and information firm. The firm was founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where it is headquartered at 333 Bay Street in Downtown Toronto.[6][7] Thomson Reuters
Reuters shares are cross listed on the New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TRI) and the Toronto
Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: TRI). Thomson Reuters
Reuters was created by the Thomson Corporation's purchase of the British company Reuters Group
Reuters Group in April 2008,[8] and is majority owned by The Woodbridge Company, a holding company for the Thomson family.[9] Thomson Reuters
Reuters was ranked as Canada's "leading corporate brand" in the 2010 Interbrand
Interbrand Best Canadian Brands ranking.[10] Thomson Reuters
Reuters operates in more than 100 countries, and has more than 45,000 employees.[4]
1.1 The Thomson Corporation 1.2 Reuters
Reuters Group 1.3 Reuters
Reuters acquisition 1.4 Market position and Thomson Reuters
Reuters merger antitrust review 1.5 Reuters
Reuters purchase process
2 Operations 3 Acquisitions and divestitures 4 Sponsorships 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links
History[edit] The Thomson Corporation[edit] Main article: Thomson Corporation The company was founded by Roy Thomson in 1934 in Ontario
Ontario as the publisher of The Timmins Daily Press. In 1953, Thomson acquired the Scotsman newspaper and moved to Scotland the following year. He consolidated his media position in Scotland in 1957 when he won the franchise for Scottish Television. In 1959, he bought the Kemsley Group, a purchase that eventually gave him control of the Sunday Times. He separately acquired the Times in 1967. He moved into the airline business in 1965, when he acquired Britannia Airways
Britannia Airways and into oil and gas exploration in 1971 when he participated in a consortium to exploit reserves in the North Sea. In the 1970s, following the death of Lord Thomson, the company withdrew from national newspapers and broadcast media, selling the Times, the Sunday Times
Sunday Times and Scottish Television and instead moved into publishing, buying Sweet & Maxwell in 1988. The company at this time was known as the International Thomson Organisation Ltd (ITOL).[11] In 1989, ITOL merged with Thomson Newspapers, forming The Thomson Corporation. In 1996, The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation acquired West Publishing, a purveyor of legal research and solutions including Westlaw.[12] Reuters
Reuters Group[edit] Main article: Reuters
Reuters Group The Company was founded by Paul Julius Reuter in 1851 in London as a business transmitting stock market quotations.[12] Reuter set up his "Submarine Telegraph" office in October 1851 and negotiated a contract with the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange to provide stock prices from the continental exchanges in return for access to London prices, which he then supplied to stockbrokers in Paris, France.[12] In 1865, Reuters in London was the first organization to report the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.[12] The company was involved in developing the use of radio in 1923.[12] It was acquired by the British National & Provincial Press in 1941 and first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1984.[12] Reuters
Reuters began to grow rapidly in the 1980s, widening the range of its business products and expanding its global reporting network for media, financial and economic services: key product launches included Equities 2000 (1987), Dealing 2000-2 (1992), Business Briefing (1994), Reuters
Reuters Television for the financial markets (1994), 3000 Series (1996) and the Reuters
Reuters 3000 Xtra service (1999).[12] Reuters
Reuters acquisition[edit] The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation acquired Reuters Group
Reuters Group PLC to form Thomson Reuters
Reuters on April 17, 2008.[13] Thomson Reuters
Reuters operated under a dual-listed company ("DLC") structure and had two parent companies, both of which were publicly listed — Thomson Reuters Corporation and Thomson Reuters
Reuters PLC. In 2009, it unified its dual listed company structure and stopped its listing on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. It is now listed only as Thomson Reuters Corporation on the New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange and Toronto
Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: TRI).[14][15] On February 13, 2013, Thomson Reuters
Reuters announced it would cut 2,500 jobs to cut cost in its Legal, Financial and Risk division.[16] On October 29, 2013, Thomson Reuters
Reuters announced it would cut another 3,000 jobs, mostly in its Legal, Financial and Risk division.[17] Market position and Thomson Reuters
Reuters merger antitrust review[edit]
Reuters Building as seen from Eighth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.
The Thomson- Reuters
Reuters merger transaction was reviewed by the U.S. Department of Justice and by the European Commission. On February 19, 2008, both the Department of Justice and the Commission cleared the transaction subject to minor divestments.[18] The Department of Justice required the parties to sell copies of the data contained in the following products: Thomson's WorldScope, a global fundamentals product; Reuters
Reuters Estimates, an earnings estimates product; and Reuters Aftermarket (Embargoed) Research Database, an analyst research distribution product. The proposed settlement further requires the licensing of related intellectual property, access to personnel, and transitional support to ensure that the buyer of each set of data can continue to update its database so as to continue to offer users a viable and competitive product.[19] The European Commission
European Commission imposed similar divestments: according to the Commission's press release, "the parties committed to divest the databases containing the content sets of such financial information products, together with relevant assets, personnel and customer base as appropriate to allow purchasers of the databases and assets to quickly establish themselves as a credible competitive force in the marketplace in competition with the merged entity, re-establishing the pre-merger rivalry in the respective fields."[20] These remedies were viewed as very minor given the scope of the transaction. According to the Financial Times, "the remedy proposed by the competition authorities will affect no more than $25m of the new Thomson Reuters
Reuters group's $13bn-plus combined revenues."[21] The transaction was cleared by the Canadian Competition Bureau.[22] In November 2009, The European Commission
European Commission opened formal anti-trust proceedings[23] against Thomson Reuters
Reuters concerning a potential infringement of the EC Treaty's rules on abuse of a dominant market position (Article 82). The Commission investigated Thomson Reuters' practices in the area of real-time market datafeeds, and in particular whether customers or competitors were prevented from translating Reuters
Reuters Instrument Codes (RICs) to alternative identification codes of other datafeed suppliers (so-called 'mapping') to the detriment of competition. In December 2012, the European Commission
European Commission adopted a decision that renders legally binding the commitments offered by Thomson Reuters
Reuters to create a new licence ("ERL") allowing customers, for a monthly fee, to use Reuters
Reuters Instrument Codes (RICs) in applications for data sourced from Thomson Reuters' real time consolidated datafeed competitors to which they have moved.[24] Reuters
Reuters purchase process[edit]
New York Building as seen from Times Square.
Historically, no single individual has been permitted to own more than 15% of Reuters, under the first of the Reuters
Reuters Principles, which states, " Reuters
Reuters shall at no time pass into the hands of any one interest, group or faction."[25] However, that restriction was waived for the purchase by Thomson, whose family holding company, the Woodbridge Company currently owns 53% of the enlarged business. Robert Peston, business editor at BBC News, stated that this has worried Reuters
Reuters journalists, both because they are concerned that Reuters' journalism business will be marginalized by the financial data provision business of the combined company, and because of the threat to Reuters's reputation for unbiased journalism by the appearance of one majority shareholder. Pehr Gyllenhammar, chairman of the Reuters
Reuters Founders Share Company, explained that the Reuters
Reuters Trust's First Principle had been waived for the Thomson family because of the poor financial circumstances that Reuters
Reuters had been in, stating, "The future of Reuters
Reuters takes precedence over the principles. If Reuters
Reuters were not strong enough to continue on its own, the principles would have no meaning." He stated, not having met David Thomson but having discussed the matter with Geoff Beattie, the president of Woodbridge, that the Thomson family had agreed to vote as directed by the Reuters
Reuters Founders Share Company on any matter that the trustees might deem to threaten the five principles of the Reuters
Reuters Trust. Woodbridge will be allowed an exemption from the First Principle as long as it remains controlled by the Thomson family.[26][27][28][29] Operations[edit] The chief executive of the combined company is James C. Smith, who was the chief executive for the professional division, and the chairman is David Thomson.[30][31][32] The company in 2014 was organized around eight divisions across financial, media, legal and science industries:[33] As of 2018, the Financial & Risk division makes for over half of the company's revenue.[34]
Financial & Risk[35] Legal Pharma & Life Sciences Reuters
Reuters News Agency Tax & Accounting
Former divisions:
Intellectual Property Scholarly & Scientific Research
Reuters competes with Bloomberg L.P., in aggregating financial and legal news.[36] Acquisitions and divestitures[edit] Between 2008 and 2018, Thomson Reuters
Reuters completed over 200 acquisitions.[34]
In July, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired Streamlogics.[37] Founded in 1999, Streamlogics is a provider of customizable, high volume, real time data mining solutions [38] for hundreds of enterprises across several verticals including financial services, technology and health care/life sciences. Streamlogics' webcasting solutions are used for training and certification, marketing and lead generation, and corporate communications.[39] In August, it bought Vhayu Technologies. Vhayu is a provider of tick data services, and Thomson Reuters
Reuters had been distributing its Velocity product under the Reuters
Reuters Tick Capture Engine label for the four years prior to the acquisition.[40] On September 21, 2009, Thomson Reuters
Reuters bought Hugin Group, the European IR and PR distribution group, from NYSE Euronext. Terms have not been disclosed, but it has been reported in Danish newspapers that the price was between €40 million and €42m.[41] In September, it also bought the Abacus software business from Deloitte, a provider of corporate taxation software for the U.K., Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, as well as Indirect Tax Reporting software for 20 E.U. countries. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.[42] In October, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired Breaking Views[43] In November, The Tax & Accounting business acquired Sabrix, Inc, a global provider of transaction tax management software applications and related services.[44]
In January, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired Discovery Logic[45] In February, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired Aegisoft LLC to improve their electronic trading capabilities by offering direct market access.[46] In May, it acquired Point Carbon A/S, a Norwegian company that provides news and trading analytics for the energy and environmental markets.[47] In June, it acquired Complinet, a compliance software company.[48] In October, it acquired Serengeti Law, a matter management and ebilling system. On November 22, it acquired the legal process outsourcing (LPO) provider Pangea3. Financial Terms of the deal were not disclosed.[49] In November, it also acquired the banking data and analytic provider Highline Financial, and GeneGo, a supplier of systems biology databases, software and services.[50]
On 20 June 2011, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired CorpSmart from Deloitte.[51] On July 18, 2011 Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired Manatron from Thoma Bravo.[52] In August 2011, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired GFMS.[53] In December 2011, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired Emochila, a website development firm founded by Chad Brubaker and Justin Curzi in the tax and accounting space, in order to further integrate its CS suite of products onto a cloud-based platform.[54]
In January 2012, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired Dr Tax, Canada's largest independently owned developer of income tax software for accounting firms and consumers.[55][56] In February 2012, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired RedEgg, a provider of media intelligence solutions for public relations and marketing professionals.[57] On March 22, it acquired BizActions, a digital newsletter and Web marketing providers for accounting firms in North America[58] On 8 June 2012, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired Apsmart, a London-based company specializing in design and development of mobile solutions.[59] On 25 June 2012, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired Zawya Limited, a regional provider of business intelligence and unique tools for financial professionals in the Middle East and North Africa .[60] On 10 July 2012, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired FX Alliance Inc, an independent provider of electronic foreign exchange trading solutions to corporations and asset managers.[61] In July, it also acquired Dofiscal[62] On 26 July 2012, Thomson Reuters
Reuters announced acquisition of MarkMonitor, a San Francisco-based company specializing in internet brand protection software and services.[63]
On January 3, 2013, Thomson announced that it was to acquire Practical Law Company, the London-based provider of practical legal know-how and workflow tools to law firms and corporate law departments. Practical Law Company has more than 750 employees, with principal operations in London and New York, and will be part of the Legal business of Thomson Reuters.[64] On 16 April 2013, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired Select TaxWorks Assets of RedGear Technologies.[65] On 6 June 2013, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired Pricing Partners, a provider of OTC Derivatives Pricing Analytics and independent valuation.[66] On 2 July 2013, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired the foreign exchange options business of Tradeweb.[67] On August 16, 2013, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired the foreign exchange options risk management technology provider SigmaGenix.[68] On August 18, 2013, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired a majority stake in Omnesys Technologies[69] and acquired completely the company on September 16, 2013 [70] In August, it also acquired WeComply.[71] On September 10, 2013, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired the CPE and CPA Division of Bisk Education Inc [72] and Kortes.[73] On October 23, 2013, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired Entagen, acquiring the Cortellis family of products for drug pipeline, deals, patents, and company content.[74] On December 10, 2013, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired Avedas and expands its scholarly-research analytics solution.[75]
In February, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired Brazil's Domínio Sistemas, a company focused on developing accounting solutions.[76] On July 1, 2014, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired UBS
UBS Convertible Indices.[77] In October, Thomson Reuters
Reuters sold its PE/VC media assets (including PEHub and Venture Capital Journal) to UCG.[78]
Reuters acquired K'Origin.[79] In September, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired business-integrity.[80]
In April, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired Wm Reuters
Reuters Foreign Exchange benchmarks from State Street Corporation.[81] In July, Thomson Reuters
Reuters announced it would be selling its Intellectual Property and Science business (including Web of Science, MarkMonitor
MarkMonitor and EndNote) to private equity funds.[82][34] The newly independent business is Clarivate Analytics.[83]
In March, Thomson Reuters
Reuters acquired the Avox and Clarient businesses from DTCC[84][85][86]
Reuters announced it was divesting its financial and risk unit to US private equity firm, the Blackstone Group. Thomson Reuters
Reuters will retain 45% of the divested unit, keep the Reuters
Reuters brand and will continue to deliver Reuters
Reuters news and editorial content to the new divested unit. The deal will fund the Reuters business for the next 30 years.[87] David Thomson is said to oppose the deal,[88] and the transaction has yet to be approved.
Sponsorships[edit] Thomson Reuters
Reuters has sponsored Canadian golf champion Mike Weir
Mike Weir and the AT&T Williams Formula One
Formula One team. It also sponsors Marketplace, a radio show from American Public Media. Thomson Reuters
Reuters donated millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation.[89] See also[edit]
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Merry Christmas - Read our exciting news.
Our big news this week is that we have managed to persuade a well known Australian director that Gunnedah Hero would make a great Aussie movie. He is reading it over the holiday break. This is an exciting beginning for our new author. Who knows where that will lead? We also managed to get his books into the Stockman's Hall of Fame. A very unusual book outlet, but perfect for this title. The eBook of Gunnedah Hero is now on Smashwords, with a New Zealand library supplier who is about to go world wide, and if not there yet, it will be on Google when they finish their processing.
We have several wonderful new books to publish next year, and I know there will be more from the competition. If your competition entry isn't in yet, send it today. You never know what the new year could bring for you.
I am taking a short break until next Tuesday when I will be back to work all fired up.
Merry Christmas to all our competition entrants, signed authors, and followers. We have been thrilled with the response to our venture and look forward to working with you in the new year. May 2012 be a happy and prosperous one for all.


Evolving in the Highlands and now governed by the Camanachd Association based in Inverness, shinty is about two teams striking a small leather ball with a curved stick known as a caman. The caman is made of wood and the curve slanted on both sides. The ball is a hard solid sphere, slightly smaller than a tennis ball and chopped in half, consisting of a cork core covered by two pieces of leather stitched together.
In shinty, a player is allowed to play the ball in the air and to use both sides of the caman. The caman may also be used to block and to tackle, although a player may not come down on an opponent's caman. Players may also tackle using the body as long as it is shoulder-to-shoulder.
The game can be played by children, men or women and, with the ball travelling at speeds of 100 miles per hour, can be quite an experience for both players and spectators!
It is never too late to start playing the game – simply get in contact with a shinty club near you.
There had been several shinty teams on the island before the formation of the present Bute Shinty Club which was started post-war in 1946. The first of these was established in 1906 and among them North Bute was the most successful, having been runners-up in the 1923 Sutherland Cup.
In 1947 the newly-established Bute Shinty Club introduced the Highland Games to raise funds to support the club and subsequently many of the shinty players took part. Among the regular shinty names competing over the years were the Hunters, the McMillans, I Caskie, I Fraser, the Macfies, Zeb Walker, B Carmichael and Jim Tait.
In 1972, as British champions, Zeb Walker and Scooby McMillan travelled to Tenerife to take part in the world wrestling championships. In 1973 Johnny Macfie, Zeb and Scooby took part in the Europa Games in the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.
The post of Shinty Club President and Highland Games' President was combined up until 1984, at that point it was decided to run the Highland Games with a separate committee and chairman. The separate committees have worked well and supported one another since then, both for the good of shinty and the success of the Highland Games. The Secretary of the Games for many years was keen shinty supporter, T B McMillan.
For more information on Buty Shinty Club visit the club's website – www.buteshintyclub.co.uk.


These days in Germany, blind auditions are held in the The Voice of Germany show, in which competitors show their singing skills.
In the past auditions, Kathrin Eftekhari introduced her singing talent, who raised all the judges to their feet with her amazing voice!
Her performance impressed all of the judges, and the new star was apparently born on the German soil. Kathrin Eftekhari sang the big hit "Is This Love" in The Voice of Germany show, which was originally performed by Bob Marley.
Many online users have pointed out that her performance is beautiful already because of the eternal smile Kathrin always has on her face during the performance. We also agree with such comments!
When you hear how the song "Is This Love" by Bob Marley was sing by Kathrin in The Voice of Germany, you will be impressed with her voice and performance!


MONROVIA, LIBERIA - The Impeachment Trial involving the Liberian Senate, and embattled Associate Justice, Kabineh Ja'neh, continues Monday, March 18, 2019 as he took the stand.
According to ELBC Legislative Reporter, Justice Ja'neh is providing evidence in his own defense.
This followed the preparation and presentation of what is termed as Theory of the Case to the Trial Jurors at the Senate by the Defense lawyers representing the legal interest of Justice Ja'neh.
Justice Ja'neh is facing impeachment trial for allegedly committing multiple offenses, ranging from corruption, mis-use of power, theft of property, among others.
Prior to his testimony, the House of Representatives had provided three witnesses who testified in favor of that august body. They included Representatives Acarius Gray, Karnie Wesso and Annie Constance.
Meanwhile, Chief Justice, Francis Korkpor, has granted an application from the Defense Team of Justice Ja'neh, accepting Retired Associate Justice, Philip Banks, the opportunity to provide evidence as expert witness in the ongoing impeachment trial.


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Africa Day Webinar on Reflections on Africa amidst COVID-19
The Centre for Gender and Africa Studies (CGAS) and the UFS will host an Africa Day Webinar on the topic, Reflections on Africa amidst Covid-19, to be delivered by Prof. Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, renowned decolonial scholar. The title of his lecture is Revisiting the African idea of Africa during the moment of Covid-19 pandemic.
The crisis delivered by Coronavirus and Covid-19 invites Africans to rethink and even unthink the long-standing dependency on Europe and North America for help. What has dawned on Africa is the equally long-standing aspiration of self-reliance. What is emerging is a new African idea of Africa which takes responsibility for its own challenges. This new African idea of Africa challenges the Mudimbean idea of Africa embodied in the colonial library.
Thus this presentation reassesses how Africa has relied on its own historical experience, its own knowledge, and own people to confront Covid-19. What is of interest here is the proverbial wisdom of necessity being the source of invention. The presentation brings to the fore the decolonial turn as it gestures beyond crisis into post-Covid-19 world order. It ends with a call for decolonial love founded on new ethics of living together and new economies of care.
Bio of Prof Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatshen
Date: Tuesday, 26 May, 2020
Duration: 90 min max (45 min talk, 45 min Q&A)
The webinar can be accessed via one of the following links:
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/cgas-africa-day-webinar
https://bit.ly/3cVDMJU
Prof Tim Murithi calls for Africa to design new global order
From left: Prof Heidi Hudson, Head of Centre for Africa
Studies (CAS); Prof Tim Murithi, Extraordinary Professor
at CAS; Prof Lucius Botes, Dean of the Faculty of
the Humanities; and Prof Prakash Naidoo, Principal of
Qwaqwa Campus.
Photo: Stephen Collet
"What do Africans have to say about the remaking of the global order?" was the opening question of Prof Tim Murithi's lecture which was hosted by the Centre for Africa Studies (CAS) of the University of the Free State (UFS) to celebrate Africa Day on 25 May 2016.
The annual Africa Day Memorial Lecture, entitled: Africa and the Remaking of the Global Order, doubled as Prof Murithi's inaugural lecture. He is CAS's newly-appointed Extraordinary Professor, as well as the Head of the Justice and Reconciliation in Africa Programme at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town. He made a compelling argument for the need for Africa to exert an active influence on international narratives of peace, governance, justice, and reconciliation.
"If we are waiting for American leadership to get us out of the quagmire of a situation we are in, we will be waiting for a long time," said Prof Murithi.
The Head of the Centre, Prof Heidi Hudson, concurred with Prof Murithi's suggestion of devising African solutions for African problems. She quoted Audre Lorde's well-known assertion that "The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house."
Remembering 1963
Over five decades ago, on 25 May 1963, the Organisation of African Unity was formed, and was renamed the African Union in 2002. Africa Day marks this pivotal point in the continent's history. On this day, we reflect on the continent's journey into democracy, peace, stability and socio-economic development. It is also an opportunity to celebrate African identity and heritage.
Continent-building dialogues
The UFS Sasol Library celebrated Africa Day with a book launch. Facets of Power. Politics, Profits and People in the Making of Zimbabwe's Blood Diamonds by Tinashe Nyamunda is a reflection of some of the challenges that Zimbabwe continues to face. It details the disadvantaged position which the country finds itself in due to greed, maladministration, and corruption, despite possessing large deposits of minerals.
In celebration of Africa Month, CAS has held a series of lectures by esteemed scholars from across the globe. Earlier in the month, Prof Henning Melber presented lectures on Namibia's independence and the African middle class. Kevin Bloom and Richard Poplak unpacked the issues surrounding Africa's continental shift, while Prof Joleen Steyn Kotze focused on the possible fall of the African National Congress.

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I have long felt haunted by the fate of Chile. I can't help but feel a strong attachment because the people who were involved, and "disappeared," tortured and killed, were me and many of my friends and fellow activists.
Not literally, for I was a boy in 1973 and lived on another continent. But if I were then, and there, who I am now, I would have shared the fate of Chileans who believed a better world was possible.
I continue to be struck by the fact that participants in the government of Salvador Allende freely apologize for their mistakes. It is no revelation to say President Allende's Popular Unity government was not perfect. It was full of people who previously had been shut out of political participation — is it reasonable to expect perfection from them? But contrast their thoughtful reflection with the behavior of the coup plotters and those who took up posts in Augusto Pinochet's murderous 16-year reign.
It is to the credit of those who reflect on what they could have done better, who are moved to publicly acknowledge mistakes, particularly in actions or speeches that, intentionally or not, served to throw up barriers to participation by those in mild opposition or sitting on the fence. Their humanity is there for us to see. Where is the humanity of those who killed, those who tortured, those who willingly served a régime that inflicted casualties in massive numbers and hurled millions more into poverty?
The Pinochet coup was the first application of "shock therapy." The intellectual author of this shock, Milton Friedman, repeatedly used the word "shock" in advising General Pinochet to apply a maximum of pressure, helpfully reprinting a letter he sent to the dictator in his book, Two Lucky People: Memoirs.
The authorities had concocted false charges against the couple; the torture was intended to force a false confession.
so that the future may flower.
Equality or dominance. The ability of everybody to develop their full potential and be full participants in societal decision-making or a minuscule elite hoarding wealth and dictating to everyone else.
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It seems like Friedman's chickens are coming home to roost in the land that gave birth to disaster capitalism. As America struggles under the weight of the sequester (austerity), even the serfs are starting to speak up and speak out a little by voicing their opposition to war in Syria. I think this resistance was not born out of a newfound love for the Syrian people but resentment that there is money for bombs but not butter. Eventually, this will have to be dealt with by increasing measures of force lest the people start falling out of love with their captors.
Official propaganda loses its potency when it becomes, too frequently, too divorced from reality. Increasing measures of force is the standard response when people stop believing — folks in the Occupy movement received a dose of it, courtesy of the Department of Homeland Security. All the more reason we have to be better organized. Certainly better organized than Occupy, although I do not at all discount the example of horizontalism and egalitarian decision-making it provided. But, if a movement is to be effective at creating change rather than simply doing the (vital and necessary) work of opposing what is wrong, it has to be able to lead and organize.
September 17 is the second anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, and, whatever our critiques of it may be, it is important that we all take part in at least some of whatever may be going on in our locale. I will be. Don't mourn, organize!
Two observations: First, the entire history of capitalism is one of violent imposition of its imperatives. For those who say that capitalism merely reflects human nature, why does it always have to be imposed by force? Second, Jeff is quite right in that the opposition to a new war in Syria has everything to do with the lack of money for "butter" and nothing to do with understanding the forces that generate these wars. There is no wide-spread recognition that Obama, like Putin and Assad (and hundreds of other enforcers of the capitalist order), is a profoundly evil man. A man who sits in the basement of the White House every Tuesday and decides who will be murdered by drones is a profoundly evil man.
I'm reading a most interesting book by Joel Kovel, The Enemy of Nature: the end of capitalism or the end of the world?. The central point of the book, as I see it, is to get the reader to understand that "everything in capitalist society is conditioned by capital, from the EPA to the raising of children, and the writing of this book" (p. 165). The topic is crucially important, but I think Kovel veers off the mark often (his understanding of the rise of capitalism is in error, I think, in chapter 7), but chapter 8, A Critique of Actually Existing Ecopolitics is a devastating critique of volunteerism (fluorescent bulbs and recycling), technology (electric cars and the Internet), Al Gore (he "never ceased carrying water for global capital"), Green Economics (he analyzes how the Kyoto process is tied to capitalist accumulation), David Korten (his arguments contain no "concentrated critique of capital itself"), cooperatives ("a significant portion of the capitalist economy, from farmer cooperatives, to credit unions, and even some HMOs, is already in cooperative hands") and more.
"The great error of assuming that cooperatives – or community economics, or green capitalism, or any of the reforms themselves – will stem the crisis arises from confusion about their relation to capital. Capital will tolerate any number of improvements and rationalizations so long as its basic expansion is secured – and, indeed, many of the reforms succeed in doing just that, and are encouraged by the state or progressive elements of the bourgeoisie on that account, even if reactionary elements of the class may resist. Thus some cooperatives and green capitalism are allowed or even encouraged to join the club so long as they add modestly to accumulation, or at least keep out of its way." – p. 180.
Kovel calls for the abolition of capitalism. I haven't read far enough to learn about his method for doing so, but I hope I'm not disappointed when I do read it. For all of its faults, it is a worthy book to add to your already long reading list, in my opinion.
I still prefer the term ruling class because that's what they do best…rule things. My best guess is capitalism is the facade that will be maintained until the true world order can be established, a golden age of neofeudalism where we all get to work on the global plantation. In America, indentured servitude has been normalized through the consumer debt industry, i.e., credit cards, student loans, medical/housing debts.
Jeff, I just finished reading Kovel's book and I thought it was a very valuable read. What he does, very effectively, I think, is to undermine the idea that there is such a thing as a "ruling class". Certainly, there are powerful capitalists who have aligned with state power to violently enforce capitalist accumulation, but there is no "ruling class" to be overthrown, per se. He goes to great lengths to show how capitalism permeates our very existence and how we are all complicit in our own oppression. The enemy lies within all of us. The popularity of invoking the concept of a "ruling class" undermines our own power and contributes to our defeatism. Kovel's contribution to the debate, I think, is that he marries socialism and the phenomenology of David Abram and Morris Berman, as he presents it in The Reenchantment of the World. Kovel does not present a pathway to the paradise of ecosocialism, but he does say that global warming may lead to it. Of course, he also acknowledges that it could lead to a fascist state or a right-wing populist political movement with greatly distressing consequences.
I think I have, at some time in the past, visited the website of the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism, but now that I know that this was Kovel's project (he recently stepped down as editor), I will be visiting and browsing the articles to learn more. Articles that are 18 months old or older and back to 2005 can be downloaded for free.
You could do worse than to browse back issues of Capitalism Nature Socialism, I think.
Alcuin, I freely admit my understanding of economics is one of my weaknesses which is why I prefaced my statement with "my best guess". When I use the term ruling class it's not to invoke defeatism but to elicit a concept that laymen (like myself) can wrap their heads around. I can envision a ruler, i.e., a king, queen, President, rich (white) man, much easier than a shadowy transnational capitalist. Regardless of terms, it seems the ends reached are similar…ruling the world. Thanks for the resource, I'll have to check it out.
Joel Kovel's works earn a recommendation from me, also. I haven't read Enemy of Nature, but I have read Red Hunting in the Promised Land and The Age of Desire, both of which explore the themes the two of you are discussing. I won't quibble too much with use of the term "ruling class," imprecise though it is, as the nature of capitalist society can't be understood without grasping the concept of class. "Bourgeoisie" is better, but as it is unfamiliar to many people, I prefer to use either "industrialists and financiers" or "capitalists" as a substitute as they are descriptions of the actual people who sit at the apex of the pyramid and hold decisive influence over society.
Alcuin and Joel Kovel, however, are correct in that there is no set group of people who can be overthrown. Because capital is restless under constant competitive pressures, the identities of those at the top, or manipulating the levels of power, will always be in flux. We thus come back to the system as the root problem. And Joel does valuable work in demonstrating the pervasiveness of capitalist ideology in all of us, which keeps the engine running. Convincing people that they like being oppressed, as long as a few goodies keep being dangled in front of them, is a far more stable way to maintain towering inequality than applying the boot.
The boot, of course, is routinely applied, but as long as it is applied to the Other and not to moi, we can close our eyes to it, or justify it as just retribution to "terrorists." Sooner or later, however, the fist is applied at home. Remember that Madeline Albright is far from the only U.S. official who has asked "What's the point of having this military if we aren't going to use it?" Slowly but steadily, the military is being used here. How far will this be allowed to go?
I ordered Red Hunting in the Promised Land: Anti-Communism and the Making of America from Abe Books (I don't do Amazon any longer) today. It looks like a very interesting book. In answer to your question about the military, my speculation is that it will be allowed to go a very long way. Capitalism has so atomized this society that we are going to be just like the classes of people that Martin Niemöller wrote about in his famous poem. Anyone opposed to capitalism will be deemed a "terrorist" and ruthlessly suppressed. The only way out will be, as Kovel speculates, through a renewed Left making a connection between global warming and capitalism. I'm not hopeful of that happening, though. I think a military dictatorship is more likely and a scenario that the bourgeoisie have already extensively planned for to protect their class privileges.
I started out reading Kovel's Red Hunting in the Promised Land, but was soon sorely disappointed. I got to page 35 before starting to skim it and then I just tossed it on the recycle pile. I'm glad that I only paid $1.00 for it. I've just finished reading Douglas Dowd's magisterial Capitalism and its Economics and I'm spoiled now. Between Dowd and Kees van der Pijl, I have developed a keen eye (and dislike) for apologists of liberalism and capitalism.
Kovel's book is an incoherent (and incorrect, in at least one place, when he claims that Mayor Floyd Olsen supported the workers against the capitalists during the 1934 truckers strike in Minneapolis) and disjointed survey of a number of liberal and conservative apologists for capital in 20th century American politics. Those include Father Coughlin, J. Edgar Hoover, George Kennan, John Foster Dulles, Joe McCarthy, Hubert Humphrey, and Walter Reuther. Were they all anticommunist? Yes. But Kovel only lightly touches on why they were anticommunist. The words, "capitalist", "ruling class", and "elite" appear from time to time, but there is no analysis or theory tying his thoughts together. Red Hunting in the Promised Land is a book for liberal progressives who love FDR and don't want to look any further for explanations on why they hate fascists and right-wing populists.
On the subject of anti-fascists: were you aware that the HUAC went after anti-fascists, both during and after WWII? In other words, the United States, despite its' leaders protestations to the contrary, supported fascism, because Franco and Mussolini protected American capital. Next up: Michael Mann's Fascists.
I can't recommend Kovel's book.
I was aware of the long history of repression against anti-fascists. I was a friend of someone who fought with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (no longer with us) and I'd tease him by calling him a "premature anti-fascist," which he would chuckle at. The government went after them when they returned from Spain; in my friend's case, if I remember correctly, he didn't lose his job as a merchant marine because his union protected him. In those days, the CPUSA and SWP were very active in many unions.
During the demonstrations against the Bush II/Cheney administration's invasion of Iraq, several of the brigade members would come out. They'd always get big cheers from everybody as the march flowed past them.
Speaking of Michael Mann's Fascists, that is a book I was disappointed in. It received a glowing review in New Left Review, which is why I decided to read it. The same criticisms you made of Red Hunting, I'd make of Fascists. After reading it, I was puzzled as to why someone who contributes to NLR would have praised it so much.
I agree with you, Systemic. I was attracted to Mann's four network theory some years ago and bought Fascists and <The Sources of Social Power, Volume 1. I didn't have time to read them until now and I'm unpersuaded in the use of his "theory" in Fascists. He's all over the map, freely concedes that the data to support his "conclusions" is limited and does not provide an over-all theory of fascism. He also states that each country displayed a different variety of fascism. The only slight value I see to his book is that he points out that Italy, Spain, Austria and Romania had under-developed economies and authoritarian regimes that played a role in the rise of fascism in each country. He doesn't bring up the fact that Germany was a new "nation" (1871) and had an authoritarian background (Prussia), either. Instead, he states that Germany was a liberal democracy. He plays fast and loose with the terms "socialist", "capitalist", "left", "right" and seems to support the class-theorists, but then he doesn't. I read the chapter on Italian fascism and was left unimpressed. I scanned the rest of the book and found myself getting increasingly annoyed by his quantitative approach (based on limited statistics) and his constant referral to his "forthcoming book". I doubt that I'll bother reading The Sources of Social Power, either. Both books are in the recycling pile. Given that William Domhoff's theories are similar to Mann's, I guess I'll scan and toss them, too. The rise of capitalism, starting in the long 16th century, has rendered general theories of power irrelevant, in my opinion. I'm not interested in general theories of power; I'm interested in how capitalism is destroying the Earth. If an author can't deal with capitalism in a coherent manner, then I don't think s/he is worthwhile reading. Onward, comrades!
Erich Fromm's Escape From Freedom I found to be very interesting because he attempted to integrate social and psychological understandings with the material conditions that allow fascism to take root. Although some people close to me disagree with me here, in a way Fromm's work is complementary to Leon Trotsky's work on fascism, because, although Fromm roots himself in the psychological, he firmly plants the psychological in the material and political. Trotsky is rooted in the material and political while tying them to the psychological.
In my opinion, Trotsky's writings on fascism are as good as we have, even today. A contrast to Mann, whose work you have analyzed well.
I read Fromm's Escape From Freedom when I was a teen-ager, many years ago. I'm sure I would benefit from a re-reading of it. I read Polanyi's thoughts on fascism last night and he makes sense. He essentially says that fascism was a response to the violent social changes in traditional societies caused by the expansion of capitalism. I wasn't aware that Trotsky had written on the subject of fascism – I'll have to check that out.
Thinking about the setbacks from the Paris Commune, the Spanish Civil War, up to the Pinochet coup in Chile, among others, or the memories of real people I knew who have fallen in the course of the struggle always make me sad. But these things also give you the courage to continue what they have started. El pueblo unido jamás será vencido! El pueblo armado jamás será aplastado!
We only fail when we quit struggling. We honor the sacrifices of fallen brothers and sisters when we continue the struggle. Let us take courage from them at the same time that we draw lessons from their struggles.
Are you familiar with securitization theory? I'm not. I ran across it when I entered "marxist cultural geography" in a search engine. One of the hits was a chapter in a book, The Dual State: Parapolitics, Carl Schmitt and the National Security Complex, edited by Eric Wilson. The title of the chapter is Capitalism, Covert Action and State-Terrorism: Toward a Political Economy of the Dual State. The author is Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, someone I've never run across before. The book is horribly expensive ($87 is the cheapest I saw), so the only way to read it is at this link.
What is the article about? It takes Schmitt to task, as well as the Copenhagen and Paris schools of security theory, for various failings and shows how the author's position is better. Typical academic tactics. Since I'm not familiar with Schmitt, the Copenhagen, or the Parisian schools, I can't vouch for the validity of the authors' points. But I can say this: the article is one of the best pieces I've ever come across in that, if you apply your knowledge of world events and history while you read the article, you will have all of your "fuzzy edges" knocked off and your understanding of capitalism will reach a new level. Ahmed shows how there has always been a dual state – capitalism requires it. He also shows why the "shadow state" has been the object of so much effort on the part of the capitalist class to hide. Reading his article was like looking through a telescope with a highly polished lens – everything came into focus. His main points about the Copenhagen and Paris schools is that they don't ground their theories in Marxism. Ahmed does and his theory shines because of it.
The article was written before the Syrian chemical attacks, but it lends support to my theory that the attacks were coordinated and paid for by the CIA as a way to justify weakening Assad's regime. I don't think the rebels were involved – I think the CIA recruited some dissatisfied Syrian Army officers to do the dirty work. No doubt, those officers have fat Swiss bank accounts now and are living in exile, because Assad would eliminate them in a second, if he could find them.
That's not pulling any punches! I'll be giving this one a read and perhaps will be the subject of a future blog post.
As to the source of the Syrian chemical-weapons attack, your thesis appears to me to be consistent with a report I read recently in which German intelligence (eavesdropping on Syrian government communications) concludes that the weapons were used by the government side, but without the knowledge or permission of Assad, with German intelligence concluding that Assad has lost control over at least some of his military/security apparatus. If so, this could account for why Assad is suddenly willing to give up his chemical-weapons arsenal, knowing that it has become a liability to him.
The above is speculation on my part as I do not know the facts, and I note the UN report on the attack did not make any conclusions as to who fired the weapons, only establishing definitively that they were used. And having read a report yesterday that two al-Qaeda-linked groups are gaining the upper hand in the ranks of the rebels, we must wonder what sort of fire the U.S. government is playing with.
I thought the piece was so good that I spent hours and hours copying and pasting it into NeoOffice from the website – it isn't easily downloadable (or at least it was a mystery to me how to sign up with academia.edu). I then spent more hours straightening out the footnotes and correcting a couple of them, because the the cited websites are no longer accessible. If you'd like a copy (I converted it to a pdf file), let me know. I'm researching Ahmed's sources now – they look promising.
As to the report you read that claimed that "two al-Qaeda-linked groups are gaining the upper hand", think about this, which Ahmed brings up in his essay: the existence of al-Qaeda has benefited the capitalist class, because it provided a way to justify military bases in areas of the world which the U.S. previously had no presence in.
The Guardian also carried a story hinting that Seymour Hersch's new book will have something to say about bin Laden, although it did not provide any details. Indeed, al-Qaeda is a creation of the CIA and is has been a convenient excuse for all manners of military expansion and repression at home.


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The Vikings played it safe with star running back Adrian Peterson, who suffered a right thigh bruise last week. But he was back at practice Monday.
Peterson was hurt in practice last Tuesday when he was hit by a defender's knee, and missed workouts Wednesday and Thursday. Peterson had said the injury wasn't serious.
Peterson was limited to individual drills Monday. He won't play in the preseason, meaning his next game is expected to be in the Sept. 14 regular-season opener at San Francisco.
Among those missing practice Monday was rookie tight end MyCole Pruitt, who had his left ankle in a walking boot. Pruitt played just nine plays in last Saturday's 26-16 preseason win over Tampa Bay before leaving after an opponent rolled onto his leg.
Also sitting out were tackle Phil Loadholt, who is out for the season with a torn left Achilles suffered against the Buccaneers, cornerback Josh Robinson, who remains on the physically unable to perform list with a torn labrum, defensive tackle Shamar Stephen (knee), safety Antone Exum (undisclosed injury) and tackle Carter Bykowski (shoulder).
Returning to practice after missing two weeks was defensive end Scott Crichton, who had a left ankle sprain, and after sitting out one week was tight end Brandon Bostick. Bostick suffered headaches after taking a hit in the Aug. 9 preseason opener.


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Here are some fascination things you may not know about potatoes: * They gave a name to the long-ago "Potato War" in Europe, when Austrian and Prussian armies ate all the potatoes along the battle lines-and then stopped fighting. * They gave us two president of the United States. In the 1840s, when blight destroyed the potato crop and brought famine to Ireland, more than a million Irish came to this country. Among their descendants: John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. * They can help you wrap a present. Cut a potato in half, carve out a design (remember how you did it in kindergarten?), and stamp out your pattern with paint on plain wrapping paper.
That's just a little of the lore that surrounds this humble yet versatile vegetable. But potatoes are also one of the world's most important food crops. Potatoes were first grown by Indians in the high sierras of the Andes in South America. they were carried to Europe by the Spanish explorers, and their use spread from there. Today, just one year's potato harvest is worth more than all the gold and silver the Spanish took from the New World.
A lot of people used to believe that potatoes were fattening. Now we're discovering that just isn't true. Most of the calories aren't in the potatoes, but in what's added to them – butter, sour cream, gravy, rich sauces, fat that's absorbed in frying, mayonnaise coating the potato salad. Potatoes by themselves are a real nutritional bargain – low in calories, free from fat and cholesterol, and rich in vitamins and other nutrients.
The 5 ounces of potato flesh you eat when you have a medium-size baked potato has about 145 calories, with 3 grams of protein and 34 grams of carbohydrate. It's rich in vitamin C; men on Spanish ships, sailing home from the New World, ate potatoes and avoided scurvy, which is caused by a lack of vitamin C. Potatoes are also rich in B-vitamins, iron, and other important minerals. What's more, they're low in sodium and high in potassium, which benefits muscles and blood pressure.
The rich, sweet taste of sweet potatoes makes them popular. They are a major source of vitamin A and also have some vitamin C, b-vitamins, iron, and other minerals.
Both types of potato are high in fiber, which fills you so you're not tempted to eat so much other food.
Prepared potato dishes from supermarket freezers, takeout counters, or fast food places are easy eating, but they're often high in fat, calories, and salt, and they're likely to be lower in vitamins. When you cook potatoes for yourself, you can cut calories and suit your own taste. And it's easier than you think. Here's some advice from experts on buying, storing, and cooking.
Potatoes aren't all alike, either. The big, mealy Idaho is one of the best in the world for baking. Smaller, thin-skinned new potatoes are better for boiling, mashing, and potato salad. A new variety called Yukon Gold gets high praise. It has butter-yellow flesh and a flavor so buttery all you need is seasoning. Look for it at the market in late summer and fall.
If you are out doing the shopping, and potatoes are on the list (maybe you put them there!), look for potatoes that are sold loose and unwashed. Pick those that are firm and smooth, without cuts, blemishes, or greenish areas. Green color indicates the development of solanine, a compound that can be toxic.
Don't buy more than a week's supply. At home, store them unwashed, preferably in a place that's cool, airy, and away from sunlight. In a warm place, potatoes start to wrinkle and sprout. In the refrigerator, their starch turns to sugar, and the taste is unpleasant.
Most nutrients are stored close under the skin, so it's better to cook potatoes with the skin on. Scrub off dirt first with a brush under running water. Cook peeled potatoes in soup or stew to retain the nutrients that dissolve in liquid.
Trying to watch your waistline? Instead of butter or rich sauces on potatoes, try: – yogurt with finely chopped chives or green onion – cooked mushrooms or other vegetables – grated cheese – or gravy with the grease skimmed off.
Cut the fat and calories by having: – oven fries instead of french fries – potato salad with light oil and vinegar dressing instead of mayonnaise – mashed potatoes made with milk instead of cream.
Potatoes are popular with good reason. Give them the right treatment, and they'll help you keep trim.
Don't throw out the peelings; they make a wonderful snack. Wash the potatoes first, and peel in wide strips with a vegetable peeler. Toss with about a tablespoon of melted margarine per cup of peel. Bake on a cookie sheet, about 15 minutes at 425 degrees, or until crisp and golden brown. They're so tasty they don't need salt.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. While cutting potatoes keep strips in ice water to crisp. Drain and pat dry on paper towels. Sprinkle with oil, and mix with hands to distribute oil evenly. Bake on a cookie sheet until golden brown and tender, about 30 to 40 minutes, turning often. Sprinkle generously with paprika, lightly with salt. Serves four.
Wash potatoes (but don't peel them) and cook in boiling salted water, until just tender (test with a fork). Drain, let cool enough to handle, peel, and slice. Put in deep bowl, and add salt, pepper, oil, and vinegar, all mixed together Refrigerate to cool and develop flavor. Two hours before serving add onion and parsley. Taste and add extra oil, salt, pepper, if needed. Serves six.
The white potato is related to the tomato, the eggplant, and tobacco. Its botanical name is Solanum tuberosum. It's not a root but a tuber – part of an underground stem. It can grow in cold, harsh climates, as in the Soviet Union and Scandinavia.
In non-stick skillet, fry Canadian bacon, stirring to prevent sticking. Add margarine or oil, and saute onion until golden. Transfer meat and onion to large saucepan, add potatoes and broth. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer about 20 minutes. Add corn, with its liquid, and milk, and heat, but do not boil. Simmer about five minutes. Taste for seasoning. Serves 4.
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According to CharityVillage.com, the top 1% of nonprofits in Canada that have large budgets and earn about 59% of all revenue have too many consultants as it is. And 42% of Canadian charities operate with $30,000 or less. Charity consultant Alex Gill points to mid-sized charities as having potential because they are looking for efficient ways to improve their operations.
One area these groups may be willing to invest in is consultants and staff for projects in areas such as finance, fundraising and HR; if there are quality professionals available for less money. These may be easier to find in the current economy.
Another area is branding. Even though some ad agencies will work pro-bono for nonprofits, some charities are willing to invest in paying an agency that specializes in their sector and can work within a limited budget to develop the organization's identity.
However, King cautions that it takes awhile to build up a trusting work relationship with many charities and those groups are not so free with spending money. On the other hand, "For smart, patient people, it's a good business — and a rewarding business," he says.


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Nadine Lüchinger (born September 16, 1978) is a Swiss film producer based in Zurich. She has been nominated for her film Ala Kachuu – Take and Run for the Best Live Action Short Film at the 94th Academy Awards.

Life and career
In 2010, Nadine graduated in Cultural Anthropology, Economics and Political Sciences at the University of Zurich with a focus on Visual Anthropology.  During her field research in Argentina, she produced, directed and cut the documentary Life in Bubbles, which was shown at international festivals and won two awards. She then began to work at various renowned Swiss production companies, like Maximage. In 2014, she became a producer at Filmgerberei responsible for establishing the fiction and doc department. Since then, Nadine has produced several short and medium-length films that are internationally shown and award-winning.

Filmography
As Producer

 Doug & Walter by Samuel Morris (2016)
 Puppenspiel by Ares Ceylan (2016)
 The witcher by Maja Tschumi (2017)
 Regimes by Maja Tschumi (2019)
 Metta da fein by Urs Berlinger & Carlo Beer (2020)
 Ala Kachuu – Take and Run by Maria Brendle (2020)
 Everything about Martin Suter. Everything but the truth by André Schäfer (2022)

As Director

 Life in Bubbles (2008)

Accolade(s)

Notes

External links

Living people
1978 births
Swiss film directors
Swiss film producers
Swiss women film producers
Swiss women film directors

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Q: Undefined Variables at $a, $b, $c and $d I am doing online aptitude test, which will pick up 2 random questions from database and display them on webpage for answering.
The code below is getting answers from candidate ( Simple demo picks up only 2 random questions).
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USA vs Wales Prediction and Betting Tips | November 21st 2022
Sanjay Kanare
The USA and Wales will square off at the Ahmad bin Alli Stadium in Group B of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Monday.
The USMNT have returned to the biggest footballing stage after missing out in 2018. The CONCACAF champions secured automatic qualification to Qatar by a whisker, finishing above Costa Rica on goal difference.
The Stars and Stripes have made it out of the group stage in four of their last seven World Cup tournaments.
Wales qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1958 in what will only be their second-ever appearance at the Mundial. The Dragons made it to Qatar through grueling playoffs, dispatching Austria and Ukraine with 2-1 and 1-0 victories respectively.
Robert Page's side have not been in action since falling to a 1-0 home defeat against Poland in the UEFA Nations League in September. Karol Swiderski scored the match-winner for the Poles.
The USA also elected not to play a warm-up friendly in the lead-up to the World Cup. Their last match was a goalless draw against Saudi Arabia in a friendly in September.
USA vs Wales Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
The two sides have clashed on two occasions in the past. The USA have one win to their name, while one game ended in a draw.
The USA have a poor recent record against European opposition, failing to win any of their last nine meetings, losing five and drawing four.
Wales reached the knockout rounds of the World Cup in their previous appearance in 1958 and were knocked out by Brazil in the quarterfinal, with Pele being the last player to score against them at a World Cup.
The USA have failed to win any of their last three matches, drawing two and scoring just one goal in the process.
Wales have progressed out of the group stage in their last two major tournament appearances, Euro 2016 and Euro 2020.
USA vs Wales Prediction
The USA are more experienced than Wales in terms of World Cup pedigree but the USMNT have a relatively inexperienced side. Their charge will be led by Chelsea's Christian Pulisic in what will be his first appearance at this stage.
The 24-year-old has been in indifferent form at club level but his displays on the international scene have been exceptional. Pulisic has 19 goal contributions in his last 23 qualifiers, scoring 12 goals and providing seven assists.
Wales, for their part, will be looking to mark their return to the big stage after a 74-year absence. The Dragons have had a golden run in the last few years and can cause trouble for teams in the tournament, with Gareth Bale having the ability to decide matches on the biggest stages.
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Furthermore, the world's 19th-ranked side will be buoyed by their relatively positive record against non-European sides. Wales have lost just one of their last seven meetings against non-European teams, winning three and drawing three while conceding only two goals across that run.
The two sides will battle it out to qualify for the knockout rounds alongside England and Iran in Group B. The Three Lions are favorites to top the group, with Wales and the USA tipped to fight for the next qualification spot.
Much of Wales' success in recent years has been backed by a compact backline and the ability to grind out results.
Monday's game is likely to be a cagey affair, with both coaches prioritizing avoiding a loss rather than going all out for the win. We are backing the spoils to be shared in a low-scoring draw.
Prediction: USA 1-1 Wales
USA vs Wales Betting Tips
Tip 1 – Result: Draw
Tip 2 – Both teams to score
Tip 3 – Under 2.5 goals
Tip 4 – Gareth Bale to score at anytime
Bold Tip – Christian Pulisic to score or assist at anytime
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Why the study of history is so crucial for our society
Exposure to stories from the past are fundamental for an understanding of the present, writes Dr Jennifer Redmond, Department of History
The announcement that Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh had requested that History is to be given a special core status in the Framework for Junior Cycle was a welcome surprise.
Like many of my colleagues in universities and schools around the country, I had been involved in writing letters to the minister while the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment were conducting their reassessment of the status of the subject.
I was poised to send yet another when the decision was announced that the minister had rejected the recommendation that History at Junior Cycle should have optional status. This decision has placed History on a firm footing in our schools, ensuring that students will engage with at least three years of Irish and world history as part of the Junior Cycle.
As a professional historian you may think I am biased. However, my concern about History's status in schools goes much deeper than any kind of intellectual vanity or believing it to be more important than the subjects that have optional status.
History can foster citizenship in ways that other subjects cannot. Exposure to stories from the past are not only fundamental for an understanding of the present, but can be dangerous not to know. A populace armed with fundamental knowledge of historical events can make informed decisions about political parties, policies and candidates who may refer to the past to justify their positions, but who may be presenting versions inconsistent with evidence.
As university academics, we teach undergraduates before they enter the Professional Master of Education programme required to become a secondary school teacher in Ireland. We teach modules recognised by the Teaching Council of Ireland as qualifying a student to enter the workplace as a History teacher. If the recommendation to downgrade History had been upheld, we had deep concerns that students would enter our degree courses having done no History whatsoever at second level.
This had the potential consequence of allowing those to whom we entrust the education of our second-level students to have just three years of undergraduate training in which to study History. This is, we believe, too short a period of time in which both to acquire a minimum knowledge of the past and to learn to think in complex and nuanced ways about History as an academic subject. There were, therefore, very clear quality assurance issues looming if this decision had not been reversed.
There are, of course, parallels within recent Irish history to justify Minister McHugh's decision. In 1958, the Irish government was forced to reverse its ban on married women teachers at primary school level because of high levels of unqualified teachers filling posts in schools around the country. This was almost two decades before the ban on married women in the civil service was lifted and was done so rather reluctantly. It was a rather bold decision given the widespread belief at the time that married women were better placed at home rather than in the workplace.
However, the government of the day recognised that if it did not change its policy schoolchildren would be deprived of adequately trained professionals to guide them in their formative years of education. The standard of teaching in all subjects at all levels should be the highest it can be. Ensuring that our future teachers receive fundamental training in historical methods means that our population will have a guaranteed baseline of knowledge about our past.
The Junior Cycle programme is designed to ensure that students learn about "local, national and international heritage …. [and] the importance of the relationship between the past and current events". This is vitally important for a citizenry capable of understanding complex political arguments that rest on historical legacies and will be an aspiration that is able to be fulfilled if History has a special status at Junior Cycle. As Gillian O'Brien wrote in a Brainstorm piece last year, students enjoy the opportunity to immerse themselves in stories from the past when they have the chance to experience historical sites. It brings to life the experiences of those from different backgrounds, classes, religions and eras. This is a fundamental exercise in empathy, a quality crucial to functioning societies.
This year I had the honour of presenting a copy of my book, Moving Histories on Irish women's emigration to Britain to President Michael D. Higgins, a champion for Irish history and a keen observer of the value of history for wider society. He has talked about its essential role in our society to help us understand each other and to be able to make critical interpretations of facts and evidence. These are skills that are necessary in an era in which claims to fake news are frequently made when evidence contradicts political realities.
There are many great phrases from history that could be used to justify these claims. The well-known but often misquoted phrase "Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it" by philosopher George Santayana is an appropriate reminder that mistakes are made but do not need to be repeated if we learn our lessons. The public interest in History, demonstrated through the huge attendances at various "decade of centenaries" events, Heritage Week, Culture Night and the Dublin Festival of History shows that there is an appetite for knowledge about the past. This should be met not just by occasional events, but by a commitment to sharing this knowledge with our future citizens as part of the core curriculum at second level.