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Interview with Ted Andrew, Director, Product Marketing and Dan Behler, VP, Marketing
Interview with Terry Shamblin, President & CEO of American Peanut Growers Group LLC
The American Peanut Growers Group, LLC, also known as APGG, maintains a medium-sized shelling facility located in Donalsonville, Georgia.
How many different peanut farms supply the shelling facility and how do these peanuts get selected at the APGG Buying Points?
APGG currently represents (79) member entities, consisting of approximately (93) different peanut producers, who deliver peanuts from over (300) different farm numbers. APGG also handles peanuts from about (20) non-member peanut producers each year. Each APGG member is assigned to a buying point location in our system. All (11) buying point locations are owned by producers, or a group of producers, who are all members in APGG. Each APGG member has been approved by APGG's Board of Directors as a quality producer, and with the right character to become an APGG member. Each member is required to bring 100% of his peanut production each and every year to APGG, with some minor exclusions allowed.
Where do the peanuts come from and what types of peanuts do you shell? What is the capacity at the shelling plant?
APGG members have farms in an approximately 75-mile radius from our shelling facility. These farms are located in (13) Georgia counties, (1) Florida county, and (1) Alabama county, all contiguous. APGG only handles Runner peanut varieties and shells approximately 100,000 farmer stock tons of peanuts annually, producing some 155 million pounds of shelled peanuts. Our shelling schedule is normally (24) hours per day, (5) days per week, (11) months per year, shelling at a rate of approximately (20) tons per hour.
Can you explain or describe how APGG is vertically integrated? How does APGG operate from its buying points to shelling and warehouse facilities.
APGG has attempted to concentrate some of its highest yielding, top quality peanut producers, in the heart of the Southeast U.S. peanut production. The sandy loam soil and 85% irrigated production, coupled with a state-of-the-art peanut shelling facility, offers us the formula to be one of the premier shelling facilities in the U.S. Having the same producers each year, and with each of them having a fully vested interest in the reputation of our Company, provides a unique platform for us to operate, different from most peanut shellers. All of the farm production, buying point operations, procedures, shelling and sales are not dictated, but are directed through our (11) Member Board of Directors and our Management Team. All buying points operate under one APGG license with USDA, and APGG leases all warehouses used in our system, to justify proper control of the procedures and product stored. While each buying point is responsible for labor to receive, dry, grade and store the peanuts during harvest, including a shrink tolerance, APGG personnel manages, inspects, fumigates and unloads the warehouses to ensure the quality and quantities needed by the shelling plant.
How is this a strength for your company's growth plans?
Our Company's business model has been very successful since the beginning of 2003. We have grown from processing 60,000 farmer stock tons in 2003, to over 100,000 farmer stock tons today. We are operating at a reasonably full, efficient capacity, which has allowed us to make improvements and achieve other efficiencies during this growth cycle. Unfortunately, with farming production costs the highest they have ever been, and commodity prices low, we do not think there will be much agricultural growth over the next few years. Growth usually takes more commitment of capital, and handling thousands of tons takes infrastructure. As all business leaders know, cash is much easier to spend, than it is to make. So, we will continue to operate safely for APGG Members. There are a few beneficial changes which we will make though, even though prices for our products are depressed at this time.
What are some of the food safety initiatives that APGG follows in order to ensure your customers top quality and safe peanuts?.The fifth generation shelling facility designed by Lewis M. Carter Manufacturing (LMC) certainly makes food safety easier. The whole plant is (4) feet off the ground level, with all conveying on the floor level, and all operating equipment on a solid 8 foot high mezzanine above it. We have much more room for ease of operation, maintenance and cleaning than most any other shelling facility previously built. As far as the product, each grade of peanuts goes through two cleaning processes, two gravity separation processes, and more sizing than many older plants. Process controls are used to ensure the quality of our products, including an automated sampling system for ensuring low foreign material levels. Foreign material controls are increasingly important for manufacturing customers to lower customer complaints on their finished products. We are certified compliant with Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standards under the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and audited by The American Institute of Baking (AIB) in compliance with their standards. Additionally, we comply with audits from many of our individual customers each year. Our customers and further processors report APGG has become one of the most consistent, quality suppliers of shelled peanuts in the industry. We are proud of the reputation we have achieved, which includes the ethics and service of our employees and Members.
APGG is involved in sustainable business practices, from installing the largest solar rooftop in Georgia to improving energy conservation in the plant. What factors contributed toward moving in this direction?
Sustainability simply makes sense. What makes more sense than making food production, water and natural resources as sustainable as possible? In most cases, sustainable business practices can help your bottom line, even though the largest benefit may come to future generations. We built our plant with programmable logistical controls (PLC) which saves on electrical power by starting motors in sequence and lessens overall power needs. We installed a 400 KW solar system in 2011, and are in the process of clearing about six acres of land now, for a one megawatt solar power system to be installed near the end of this year. We have continued to reduce our waste, and recycle materials. We have partnered with two producer-owned cotton gins, who have some producers who are common within APGG, and constructed a feed mill to produce pelletized calf and cattle feeds from our peanut hull and cotton gin residue by-products. We will continue to find ways to utilize all that is available to us, and if we can't use them, to get these products to someone who can develop a market for them.
When did APGG start getting involved in export markets and do you expect increased export growth opportunities outside of the U.S.? Which countries? What is your percentage domestic vs. export in sales?
We began exporting early in our existence. We have continued to expand our export sales over the past (11) years, and think that global growth opportunities will continue to increase considerably for U.S. peanuts. With U.S. prices down since the 2012 crop, our peanuts are actually more price competitive now than many other origins exporting. Freight is always an issue concerning cost, and it takes a year or two to get some contract commitments completed, but my guess is that our industry will continue to export more peanuts from the U.S. over the next several years. Being a much smaller peanut producing origin than China or India, a small export order in their stead, could result in a huge order for us. We have exported peanuts to Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Japan, Israel, Jordan, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Colombia. We usually sell 75-85% of our peanuts domestically and 15-25% export.
As President and CEO, what do you like most about your job at APGG? How has membership with APC enhanced business practices?
The thing I love most about my job at APGG is easily the people. We have some of the best customers, affiliates, owners and employees. We have been able to align ourselves with honest, hard-working people from every segment. Our owners work hard, and they expect us to do the same, and they have treated us fairly because we do. We try to operate by Total Quality Management training many of us had years ago, authored by Philip Crosby, which taught us that a good trade with a customer was one that created mutual trust, mutual respect and mutual benefit. We see ourselves in a true, honest partnership with our customers. Our major customers must appreciate that also, because most of them treat us that same way. The American Peanut Council has provided us the setting to meet many of these customers and assist in building our relationships with them. They have also helped our industry structure and implement goals, such as the eTDE software system for original documents to be shared electronically, and standards for tote bag packaging. They have brought other topics that require industry-wide cooperative efforts, like traceability and sustainability, to the forefront. They have helped identify and secure food safety training for our employees. And they have helped educate us on the product we are processing. The APC staff does a great job, serving as a platform for businesses from all segments of the peanut industry, to come together and share ideas and goals, and work together to reach them, while also helping to increase sales of U.S. peanuts, both domestic and export.
For more information, contact:Terry L. Shamblin, President & CEOAmerican Peanut Growers Group, LLC5212 Highway 39 NorthDonalsonville, Georgia 39845Phone (229) 524-8250Fax (229) 524-8220Website: www.apgg.com
An interview with Christine Epperson, President of the Virginia Diner
APC: This year the Virginia Diner will be celebrating its 85th Anniversary.
CE: The Virginia Diner is an important part of Virginia history and there are several special events being planned to mark the anniversary. There will be two open houses, one from April 25-27 and the major one will be from September 25-28. We will feature our peanut products and the food for which we have become famous – chicken, ham, biscuits and peanut pie. Special guests and elected officials will be in attendance. Make plans to attend the 85th Anniversary!
APC: The Virginia Diner started out as a small diner in a railcar in 1929, when did peanuts become a major part of the business?
CE: The Diner has been cooking and selling peanuts since the late 1940s. The peanut part of the business grew out of the Diner, as travelers requested peanuts be shipped to them. My parents bought the business in 1976. At that time, the mail order part of the business was mostly fourth quarter seasonal with everything still being done in the Diner kitchen utilizing many of the restaurant employees. It was in the mid-1980s before we had full time staff hired for the peanut side of the business. Today, we provide sample bags of peanuts for diners in the restaurant. The Diner is a whole entity, you can't have one without the other.
APC: Is the mail order peanut business larger than the restaurant business, and when did this occur?
CE: The peanut side is about 80% of our sales now. Peanuts became a larger business in the mid-1980s. We printed our first "catalog" in 1984. Prior to that, we mailed letters with order forms and yellow envelope –sized cards with our products on them.
APC: What kinds of peanuts do you use and what are some of your top selling products?
CE: We use only Super Extra Large peanuts and we have a production facility for most of our products. The salted peanuts are our best sellers, followed by the double dipped chocolate peanuts and butter toasted peanuts.
APC: Are Virginia Diner peanuts sold nationwide?
CE: Yes, but pockets of the business are in large metropolitan areas. We sell to resellers (particularly on the west coast due to shipping costs), internet sales, corporate gifts, home buyers and fundraising groups.
APC: The American Heart Association has awarded your peanuts the "Heart-Check Food Certification". How has this impacted sales?
CE: This is very new and exciting and we are the only peanut company thus far to receive this. There has been a lot of interest at wholesale shows, but it is too soon to tell.
APC: Who developed your tag line, "A Legend in a Nutshell since 1929", which your firm has lived up to?
CE: My father, now deceased, was a visionary. He came up with the tag line, as well as first naming our product gourmet. He received a phone call from Moscow back in 1977. The ambassador wanted our Virginia Super Extra Large Salted Peanuts shipped to him for a banquet. My father said that if our peanuts were being served alongside caviar and champagne, then by God we were gourmet! He was also the first among the peanut companies to lead the way to the world wide web. We were on CompuServe in 1993, DOS, and then Windows 3.1.
APC: How has APC membership helped your business?
CE: Membership has given us a wonderful source of information. Helped us reverse the decision to keep peanuts out of the Boy Scout Jamboree in DC (where we sold). It provides a resource for vendors and to our customers. Membership also provides us with educational materials, and funding for the Ag schools which assist us with various projects. And it has helped us prepare a response regarding peanut allergies in the schools when we had a school division threatening to not use our fundraiser.
APC: Anything else you would like to add?
GC: We are the oldest continually run roadside Diner in Virginia.
For more information, visit: www.vadiner.com
An interview with Dr. Malcolm Broome, Executive Director, Mississippi Peanut Growers Association.


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Sep 18, 2007
Step-by-step instructions for Java on the NXT
Some guys from the Eindhoven University of Technology have created a tutorial that provides step-by-step instructions for the installation and configuration of leJOS NXJ. leJOS NXJ is a Java platform that enables you to write Java programs for the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT and run them on the brick.
The tutorial also shows how to use the popular IDE Eclipse for that.
Hence, if you are into Object Oriented Programming when it comes to your NXT, check it out.
Thanks, Christoph and Hu!
Posted by: Matthias Paul Scholz at 9:30 PM
5 comments:
Is the there an NXT Eclipse plugin similar to the RCX plugin that lets you download the firmware and compile and lejos programs?
- Sep 19, 2007, 12:03:00 AM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
Not yet, as far as I know.
But work is under way.
- Sep 19, 2007, 12:04:00 AM
you only need to download the firmware once, which you can easily do with the cmd line. Compiling and downloading the program works, as described in the tutorial, directly in Eclipse.
- Sep 19, 2007, 11:02:00 PM
"you only need to download the firmware once"
That was true for RCX Lejos as well ( up until the point where you need to change the batteries.)
Is that also the case for the NXT?
The firmware menu item in the eclipse plugin was a convenient for doing this.
- Sep 19, 2007, 11:28:00 PM
- Christoph said...
The tutorial has moved to a new location: http://www.bartneck.de/2008/03/04/java-lego-nxt-eclipse-tutorial/
- Mar 17, 2008, 4:04:00 PM
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EDIT: Because of overwhelming enthusiastic responses, this conversation open for few more days. Sandra will be checking your comments from time to time and follow up with them. Thank you for participating!
AM Lee
Jan 26 2012: it's a brilliant idea. I'm a native Chinese speaker, and i must say reading any kind of specialized writing in Chinese is a lot easier than in English. -- Back a 100 years the Chinese did away with all the jargons and complex classical language rules and from my perspective it really makes education more efficient, and it also make it easy for lay people to understand what's going on.
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for example, the term for pneumonia in Chinese is just "lung infection", Pyelonephritis is just "kidney infection", Cirrhosis is just "liver become hard disease". etc. it not only helps lay people understand what's going on, but it also makes learning easier. when you take classes in Chinese, you just learn how things work, where as in English you spend a lot of time learning how things are called.
as for how to implement simple language, I'd say one easy way is to simply have interested parties come together and come up with a list of simple words. With automation it should be easy for any writer to conform to the standard if they so choose.
if George Boolos can explained goedel's second incompleteness theorem using only one syllable words, there should be no reason why doctors and lawyers can't explain a much less abstract ideas in the same way
Jan 26 2012: I always wondered if there was such thing as plain Chinese. Then I started learning Mandarin and realized words were simply put together to form other words, just like you describe.
But i still find it surprising that doctors, lawyers and people in positions of power didn't develop their own secret language to exert power over common people. It's human nature.
English medical terms are complicated because they are based on latin words. Health literacy campaigns often publish booklets with translations of these terms into common language, hoping that doctors will use them when talking to patients.
Jan 27 2012: Well, Sandra, for several thousand years, the Chinese elite did have an extremely complicated special language (the "eight-legged essay") that's entirely incomprehensible to laymen. The language, however, was not seen as a tool of oppression, but rather a tool of egalitarian ideal. -- The government was set up so that anyone who manage to master the excessively complicated language automatically attained political power, and most folks like it this way because when compared to alternatives where power is a matter of birth right or wealth, the system offers far more opportunities to poor people of low birth.
What finally got rid of the obsession with language was an intellectual movement back in the 1920s called the New Culture Movement. The movement advocated simple vernacular language as a revolt against the old literary-dominated imperial system. Curiously, the New Culture Movement's rationale for simple language is the exact opposite of yours. The Movement did not want to get rid of jargon because it empowers the user and create inequality, just the opposite, the movement wanted to get rid of jargons because it thought that jargons did not empower the user enough. -- if you spend a year learning how to talk like an expert, you will have far less advantage than the other fellow who spend the same year spent studying how to think and make decisions like an expert so why bother learning a set of complicated language?
Jan 28 2012: Whatever the rationale they arrived at, the efficacy of a communication with reduced barriers is fairly immediate and apparently obvious.
Complex ideas can still be described simply - our brains are far better structured to understanding complex contextual cues than it is in memorizing obscure and relatively rarely used facts - which is what technical language is for most people.Jan 28 2012: Simply fascinating, AM Lee. Can you recommend a book about language evolution in China?
George, I agree with you. Saying that complex language is needed to describe complex ideas sounds more like an excuse. Obviously, if your audience shares your knowledge of that sort language, go ahead and use it. Like in the examples that Tiffany Kahnen and John Niman mentioned in their posts: lawyers writing contracts that will be scrutinized by other lawyers. But when your reader is a layperson, show that you really know your stuff and explain it all using familiar words, examples, analogies, pictures, whatever takes to get the message across.Jan 29 2012: sorry Sandra, I have never read any books dedicated to the evolution of Chinese language so i can't really recommend one. But Google seems to think that Elisabeth Kaske's "The Politics of Language in Chinese Education, 1895-1919" is a good fit for your interest. The book is based on Ms. Kaske's PhD dissertation of the same title, so it should be very carefully researched, and its focus is on the politics of simplifying language -- which i guess would fit your interest more than books detailing the actual linguistics changes. (the book is indexed on google books and you can read about half of the book there)Jan 29 2012: oh yeah let me just squeeze one irrelevant question in before this thing closes, is "etc" in Portuguese really "pa da ti pa da da pa da da" lol? or is that just your own quirky way of speaking ?
Kevin Greene
Jan 26 2012: In the film Philadelphia Denzel Washington asks Tom Hanks "to explain the situation to him like he's a five year old." If lawyers, teachers and those hoping to communicate effectively can bear this simple maxim in mind without coming across as condescending, I think things would go a lot more smoothly for all concerned.Jan 26 2012: There is a balance between plain language and sounding too simple - I have experienced people switching off when an idea is not complicated - has anyone else had this experience?
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Jan 26 2012: No, but I've have the opposite experience. Even very educated and literate people prefer simple language.
But you're right, simple is not the same as simplistic. A simple explanation of a complex concept must not "twist" its meaning or be reductionist.
It's important to get rid of the prejudice that plain language is baby talk.Jan 29 2012: Granted. But should doctors speak to each other as they would speak to a patient? I believe there are several points to consider 1) can the same person do both? 2) shoudl the same person do both? 3) should the simple become a little more complex and the complex a lot (! or not)more accessable in the process?
1) many mothers during the first few years of their children's life compaling about "going brain dead".. One of many reasons for that - a young child doesn't warrant a complex verbal communication. During studying we are forced to deliver volume of work - 5,000 words or more etc. We are NOT praised if the subject could be covered by fewer statements, but penalised! Therefore often unnecessary bubbles are created..At work we are constantly forced to deliver volume of communication - once again, how can you charge for document of 1 page the same that you could (would) charge for the same concept of 50 pages... To stretch is out - that's where the "new" words are necessary -... Once you learn all those new words - can you actually go back efficiently? Can you concise effectively? Can it actually be done without feeling like a mother to a newborn - "usuing only some of her potential? etc? 2. Should we than strive to do it all - simple and complex or should interpretors become involved? Just like help is being used to make up presentations to use MORE words - maybe there should be a service that allows for less words to be used? The concept is already in place - in marketing, advertising etc... Labels that can't carry loads of info conceised to make sense... 3) why do we treat consumers(clients) as incapable to understand the language we use in business/legal every day. Isn't it somewhat patronizing to think that they need so much simplification? Legal advice here requires us to put matters in plain English - and I never had one client complain - is it because I am originally Russian and speak 2 other languages fluently that I pick up on general ignorance? Thanks
George Kong
Jan 28 2012: A naieve opinion: Have the intent of the law discussed openly in plain english terms and attached to the actual definition and letter of the law. The intent isn't the legal definition - but rather the guideline on how to apply the legal definition of the law.
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This is not dissimilar to having commenting and documentation in programming - one states the design intent and the rationale used to achieve it, while the other provides the actual code by which the mechanics of the action are carried out.
We use both, because some code can be very opaque; especially when you start getting functions that call functions that call other functions, ad nauseum.
Jan 28 2012: This is a pragmatic solution and it has been tried before. From October 2010 to December 2011, the Portuguese government published plain-language summaries of all new decree-laws (laws made by the government, not by Parliament). These were published, along with the laws, in Portuguese and English, in the online version of the Official Gazette.
About 200 summaries were published to mixed reviews. Regular folk loved them, legal folk tended to hate them. Main criticism: the government had no right to "interpret" the law, that was the lawyers' and the courts' job.
I'm not legally trained - my part in this project was to write the summaries, which would then have to be approved by the government - so I couldn't argue with some of the more conceptual views. But I think that resistance is always to be expected when you try something new and, particularly, when you start messing with certain groups' power.
If you'd like to see some of the summaries, visit this Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/leiclara?ref=ts
Jan 29 2012: Haha. I'm sure we'll see this idea rear its head somewhere else in some form again - after all, I've arrived at it quite independently from the Portugese government, so it's likely its an idea that's been proposed or at least thought of by more. It is in a sense, an obvious solution...
But you're right - those entrenched in power, that rely on certain ineffective details to retain that power are motivated to fight against progress in order to retain their own standing and positions in society. The human mind is so averse to personal loss after all.
L Taylor
Jan 27 2012: I saw where another poster provided a link to PlainLanguage.gov, but I didn't see any reference to the Plain Writing Act of 2010 (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ274/pdf/PLAW-111publ274.pdf), which was signed into law in fall 2010. It requires federal agencies to use plain language in new documents beginning one year after the law's enactment. PlainLanguage.gov has lots of examples of how using plain language vastly simplified government communications. It even has examples of money saved because the new, clearer communication eliminated the need for workers to field many phone calls from people who needed help understanding government communications or forms.Jan 26 2012: Obrigado, Sandra. Fico muito satisfeito com essa iniciativa de tornar claro o que se escreve na investigação (pelo menos nos resumos). Fico chocado, sinceramente, por me deparar com resumos que não resumem nada, ou pela complexidade ou, como disse, por mascararem a falta de substância. Assim questiono: investigam para quê e para quem? Para o "canudo" e para o seu ego. Porque, acredito, que um grande cientista ficaria lisonjeado se o mais simples dos seres humanos entendesse perfeitamente a sua extraordinária descoberta.
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Já agora, vi por alto o site http://portuguesclaro.pt, que me parece que seja teu, e parece-me muito interessante e pertinente. Sou designer de comunicação e curiosamente uma das minhas lutas tem sido a clareza da comunicação através do "menos design possível". Tal como é importante retirar palavras, também é importante tirar grafismos supérfluos no design gráfico e no design de produto.
Felicidades e obrigado por este forum muito interessante e construtivo. Parabéns.
Gary Goebel
Jan 26 2012: "Comes now Plaintiff, by and through counsel undersigned below, hereby states and alleges for his cause of action as follows:
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Plaintiff states...
Which ones is quicker, easier and makes sense to non law trained people? My guess is the first is tradition, habit or done without thought because that is the way it has always been done. Not exactly compelling reasons to continue, are they?Jan 26 2012: I completely agree. Two things I think drive the complexity of the language. 1. is scholarly pursuits that create their own lingo 2. the business benefit of maintaining legal speech in a world of it's own.
I remember the first time I read an overseas contract. A lawyer had to translate it for me. I wondered why the arcane writing and not just plain text. He told me the plain text was "ambiguous" but the legal term where obfuscated.
When contracts require a lawyer to interpret them, a lawyer has to be hired and there is a profound monetary benefit to the whole lawyer community to maintain that as a specialized field with it's own impenetrable language.
BTW the "plain text law" is that ever enforced?
EDIT: I wrote a blog about using programming as an alternative language for writing laws. http://rabbitmoondot.blogspot.com/2011/07/programmatic-law.html
Jan 28 2012: One of the most common criticism of plain language is that it can never be as precise as legal language. My experience tells me the exact opposite: often, the convoluted language used in laws, contracts, etc. hides imprecisions and ambiguities, many (but not all) of them unintentional.
Eduard Worst
Jan 26 2012: Legal flow charts that show all parties affected in a given contract... that way when a consumer looks at the end result of the contract it can be clearly understood. If it looks like an Escher and the water is flowing uphill you might not be inclined to sign it.
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Frank Luo
Jan 26 2012: I think difficult language evolves naturally over time in any specialized field. "Terms of art" as they are known come into being naturally. That makes the project to make everything easily understandable an ongoing project with no end, because the evolution of difficult language and terms is also an ongoing and never-ending process.
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There are also those who intentionally do not want to be understood. You raised the mortgage crisis as an example. But as we see at this point, "predatory lending" was specifically based upon the people's inability to understand the mortgage contract.
I applaud what you're doing but the forces that resist the effort are many and strong. I wish you the best of luck. I do think that efforts that focus on specific areas are a good way to start though -- justice system, then consumer finance like credit cards and mortgages, voting rights, etc. -- one at a time.
Eduard Worst
Jan 26 2012: Credit cards are a good example of the current subject, maybe they should have a motto like "neither borrower or lender be" with a picture of William Shakespeare on the card... or how about a picture of a homeless person pushing a shopping cart on the card much like the present day cigarette packages. : ^ )
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James Fisher
Jan 26 2012: Likewise, I've always thought the "remittance advice" that ATMs give you should say "You do not need what you are about to buy. Put this money back."Jan 26 2012: Saw your TEDx speech. Brilliant by the way.
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On the consumer side of things I've started asking for simpler language documents and have been pleasantly surprised to find some businesses do and have been trying to spread the word to the people around me to ask as well. If businesses get reoccurring requests it will help them to see there is a point.
Jan 26 2012: That's what moves things forward! Just make sure they know why you're not buying or, if they're clear, why you're buying. Tell the person serving you, tell their consumer service, tell their quality department, and tell their CEO!Jan 26 2012: The CFPB is working to make things like credit card agreements more understandable. Generally the complicated agreements are not written for the average case but the ones at the margin. Agreements are also complicated when businesses are trying to contract out of default rules. We don't have long agreements for things like buying groceries because those are covered by the UCC and while the average person has not read the UCC they have a sense of what it means. So by creating more standards and uniformity we can probably reduce how complicated various agreements are.
Jan 26 2012: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been doing a great job. Financial regulators in other countries could learn a lot from them.
I agree with you: some agreements are so complex because the lawyers who wrote them want to cover all possibilities. My question is: is it worth it? Are those remote cases so expensive to deal with that it justifies burdening the contract with another 20 pages of small print that alienate all the other clients? Wouldn't a simple contract increase business and end up making the company more money that a watertight contract that avoids a few lawsuits but makes my company look bad?Jan 26 2012: Hi Sandra,
Interesting topic!
We've got quite a cool project related to language simplification at Memorial University (in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada) where I work.
It's called Yaffle.ca and it's an online database of projects and research from the university. Researchers are asked to provide lay summaries of their work: once submitted, the summaries are edited to make them understandable to a general audience.
The ultmate goal of the project is to help communities and regions in our province access the wealth of knowledge based at the university. Our take is that, if the people who need this information can't access research because of difficult wording, then we're not making the most of it.
Jan 26 2012: This sounds great, Rebecca.
Someone mentioned a similar idea to me recently, but they were coming from another perspective (not different, but complementary): many research projects get public funding, but their results are not accessible to the public due, in part, to the language used. In their opinion, a plain language summary should be part of the funding criteria.
I'd love to talk to you more about this project. Please email em at sandra [dot] martins [at] portuguesclaro [dot] ptJan 26 2012: A big hello from one Canadian to another! I work at a university in Finland and some of my colleagues are really interested in the 'popularization' of research and I think this could be a great idea for us too. Please e-mail me as well with more info: paula[dot]haapanen[at]lut[dot]fi.
Henry Fawell
Jan 26 2012: I have two recommendations:
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1. Introduce executives and public policy makers to more teachers. Teachers know how to strip down big concepts to the simplest terms for their students. Executives often scoff at the idea of simple concepts, but it's a vital skill.
2. Adopt a "Less is More" strategy. Use less words in your speeches, fewer slides in Power Point, less words in your press releases. If you are forced to communicate more quickly, you have no choice but to simplify. And a simple message is a message that resonates.
Jan 26 2012: True intelligence is to take a concept complex and difficult in and of itself, and to condense it down to a level that even a child can understand.
Jan 26 2012: Exactly, even Einstein said that.
The real skill is to be able to discuss the complex concept with different audiences, using the language that each will understrand.Jan 26 2012: Henry, "less is more" works in many situations. However, there are moments when clarity requires more words, some images, a few more explanations. We need to make sure that our audiences grabs the concepts, even if we think they're pretty obvious. So, a document that was 2-pages long might end up being 5-pages long because we must make sure the reader knows what our concepts mean.Jan 26 2012: Lawmakers and lawyers should follow the example of the medical profession: write in plain language at a 5th grade reading level. Medical nomenclature is no less complicated than legal verbiage, but any complex language can be written in simple terms. Unfortunately, there appears to be little economic motivation for clear language, whereas there is often motivation for obscurity, loopholes, confusion, and deception.
See the following:
Jan 26 2012: Absolutely! The only concern I would have is how such simplified language would be handled in courts. The legal system has evolved to function on legalese. A hybrid of legal and common language - where common language is for form and legal language for the binding aspects - could bridge that gap. The great question there, however, is - would organizations render the same language equally in legalese and in common terms? Would things be hidden in the legalese under the guise of understanding? If we abandoned complex language in favor of the simple, could that be abused by court systems and lawyers to serve clients' interests?
Jan 26 2012: Perhaps unsurprisingly, even a verbal agreement can be considered a binding contract in court. It's even possible (at least in some courts) to submit a document handwritten on notebook paper. The actual requirements for legal documents is quite low-- they just have to meet certain criteria in what they communicate, but all of the formality and overflow language seems to be a byproduct of legal culture moreso than of any real requirements.
The important bit of it is not to translate the legalese, but then keep the legalese-- but to abandon the legalese altogether. I think generally, people think there is some power in legalese-- like it's an arcane language of incantation that renders things important or austere enough to be taken seriously. The reality is that there isn't anything that legalese communicates more effectively to a general audience or more economically than plain language.Jan 26 2012: My experience of the medical profession is quite different. Doctors tend to use as much jargon as lawyers. Please tell me more about these doctors who write at 5th grade reading level. I'm very interested in hearing about that.
Jan 26 2012: I think it's only handwriting that doctors do at a 5th grade level.
I thought this conversation had amazing timing: I am the Executive Director of a large criminal defense law firm in Los Angeles and I am, right this very minute, re-writing our "Engagement Letter" to clients (like a client contract) in thoroughly plainspoken English.
The previous version was overly wordy and incomprehensibly impenetrable. To people who wonder "what business incentive there is to incur the cost?" As a general experience, people don't read (or comprehend the legalese).. leading to a relationship that is murky or ill-defined, leaving a lot of room for clients to be upset or surprised by things that happen routinely in a case. When that happens, people complain, malign you on the internet, demand money back, etc.
By re-writing what is, in essence, a contract with the client, we get to spell out clearly not just what we demand of the client, but what we are promising as well-- we're not just changing the language, but we're also leveling the relationship created from the document.
How this came about was in looking at our prior agreement, and then noticing that every time I sent it to a client, I would walk them through what it was "really saying" and then the idea hit me: why don't we just write ~that~ down instead? I had expected resistance from both the founding attorney in the firm and from our firm's ethics counsel, but I was pleasantly surprised by the enthusiasm.
We are doing this across the board-- all of our client-facing communications are being de-formalized, plainspoken, and direct.
Jan 26 2012: That's great! I bet your business will benefit from it, and not just in terms of the relationship with your clients (less complaints, etc.). You'll get more referrals from satisfied clients.
Consider joining Clarity, an international association for the promotion of plain legal language, and sharing your experience with other members. Clarity's next conference will be in May in Washington.
https://sites.google.com/site/claritydc2012/Jan 26 2012: I'm so happy to hear you say that, Fletcher. I've always wondered why there is such a resistance to plain language as a lawyer will always have to explain it to a non-lawyer client at some point.
Respect.Jan 26 2012: It depends on the healthcare system. My employer, the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, works hard to deliver documents in plain language to patients. There are presentations on plain language (an example: http://www.massgeneral.org/stoecklecenter/assets/pdf/patient_exper/health%20literacy_11092011.pdf) and training sessions for those who work with patients (another example: https://hub.partners.org/catalog/one-section?section_id=5385468), along with other information that might not be available publicly on the web. The key is in training staff to understand the importance of and techniques for writing plain language.
Alek Liskov
Jan 26 2012: In my perspective, it's very simple. Use the power and the complexity of the English language as lightly as possible. Be as clear as possible. And most importantly, make sure that the communication is both ways. Get feedback from the citizens to see if they really understand the underlying meaning of the document. And, of course, make changes accordingly, in case they do not understand.
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Jan 26 2012: Sounds like the perfect plan, Alek. If governments and companies actually did that, most people would understand most documents. But, somehow, it's never that simple. What is "clear" for an organization is rarely "clear" for common readers. And user-testing is normally seen as too time-consuming and expensive to become an everyday tool.
Jan 26 2012: In terms of cost, you're absolutely right. But in this case, there will be very few solutions that won't require some sort of spending on the business/government side. Which, being a business student, is understandably one of the reasons why it hasn't been done yet.
Jan 26 2012: There is also evidence that shows that plain language saves a lot of money. As a business student, you might be interested in reading Prof. Kimble's article Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please.
http://www.plainlanguagenetwork.org/kimble/dollars.htmJan 29 2012: Yes, the consequences are not seen, yet language is key.
The students in our survey were rather skeptical if the (German) political and the media system could be changed - so thank you for the idea just to boycott those who don't use an understandable language. It's tough in regards to the state, but at least citizens could get the idea "It's not my fault that I don not understand. It's their fault, they do not express understandably." And claim to get better letters etc. Just had a look at your site and decided to join the Forum.Jan 28 2012: Hi do you guys know about STE (Simplified Technical English) its used by the airline air traffic control and in a few other sectors
I'm in a business associated with helping companies cut their translation budgets by getting the source language sorted out: for example
In the long run if it saves money I guess it will spread, but its only recently that this has started to matter as globalization means more and more organisations have to think about
not just their own language but the rest of the world too.Jan 28 2012: Plain language is taken as a given, yet there are many diverse (and verbose!) definitions of it and many opinions on what's acceptable. Before we start to say we're implementing it, we need to agree on what it means. Many style-guides seem to be based on opinion and folklore. The early pages of the US federal guidelines are very eccentric and its rule on passive verbs seems unsubstantiated. There needs to be research on what sort of language communicates well, otherwise it's just me saying what I think plain language is and you disagreeing.
Jan 28 2012: You are absolutely right, Paul. Even plain-language practitioners can disagree when it come to defining what they do.
Currently, we seem to be moving towards a definition that is more outcome-focused than method-focused. This means that a text/document/website/etc. is considered to be in plain language when the intended audience can easily read it, understand it and use it.
The guidelines you mention are useful but do not, per se, guarantee this result. And, as you say, we need more research on the effectiveness of such guidelines.
Jan 28 2012: Thank you, Sandra. I've now critiqued those early pages of the federal guidelines as a PDF. They really are quite messy. I'm British but admire America and am concerned that that country should have such a document as a showpiece. I'd like to bring together writing-practitioners and academic linguists to discuss the subject of improving language, establishing standards and cognitive linguistics. I fear that there's an unusually large gulf between linguists and people who work with language (probably because of the way linguistics has developed in the Anglosphere). If government were writing guidelines on fishing, you'd hope it would consult not just anglers but marine biologists too. Good wishes.Jan 29 2012: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages
In the Eu, there are guidelines for language use. Most people in the Eu, don't speak the language of other membercountries. So if you write a text in B1, about 90% of the people will understand the text. In Holland there are experiments with rewriting text in B1.Jan 27 2012: one thing to consider is that lawyers now use legalese to obscure and drive away the audience, could they not use simple language to do the same? lawyers could just as equally demand that their opposition speak in ever simpler terms as a form of lawfare until meaning or time has run out. and demanding that the opposition speak to people as though they were babies would drive them away as much as complex language.
this is not an argument against, but merely a clause to add to the plain language dynamic. there should be some type of mechanism whereby lawyers cannot simply continue to ask for simpler language and stall the court or hammer at the intelligence of their opponent. i would suggest going to a jury.Jan 27 2012: I think business has already taken the lead in that direction......example can be many advertisements are using every day people and every day language to communicate better with consumer instead of high priced super models and jargonic language.....
Well law or government will not do that , because that's the "Abraca Debra" for them to confuse people and rule.........
Jan 27 2012: Adverts tend to use simple language (but not always transparent) because they are goal-oriented: if an advert is too complex, the product doesn't sell, the advertising firm gets fired.
The problem arises after the deal is done, when the business suddenly changes the way it communicates with its customers - obscure terms and conditions, messy bills, etc.
It's like a lovely boyfriend turning into a lausy husband once he hears that "I do".
Jan 28 2012: Yes, sometimes someone wants to be overly abstract or creative in advert, that may turn the communication in to a non transparent one or full of jargons that consumer seldom understands....but when business understands that it changes because thats the main way of reaching consumer and getting business which is in contrary to law/government.
Should not all communication at least have a goal , which is communicating rightly what was intended to?
I am not clear what you are trying to say by saying "problem arises after deal is done"
If you wanted to say about communication related to buy-out, bankruptcy, merger etc of business, then actually they need to do communication in legal terms so it turns in to one as you described. Look here the target audience is different not the day to day consumer but it's the regulators, share holders, competitors, investors, bankers etc etc..... its a communication of lawyers...thats why it follows the usual rules their style.
Jan 28 2012: When I said that "the problem arises when the deal is done" I was referring to how a business changes the way it communicates with its customers once they signed on the dotted line. Pre-sales communications are friendly and simple, post-sale communications (contracts, bills, statements, customer service letters, etc.) tend to be much harder to figure out. The marketing experts give way to the legal department or to the IT guys that format the bills, and no-one seems to care about communication anymore. But their customers still care, they still want to be treated nicely and with respect.Jan 27 2012: Hi Sandra and Paula,
I'm not the project lead, but I've forwarded both of your addresses.
We'd love to chat further about the project and what both of you are doing in relation to the challenge of making research understandable. It's a pretty major priority at our university because we serve a mainly rural population. "Our special obligation to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador" is actually part of our mandate, so I think that has helped us get administration on-board for these sorts of projects.
Anyhow, we'll definitely be in touch on this.Jan 27 2012: The journal Pediatrics, within the past several years, made an effort to make medical journal articles more readable - even for doctors themselves. Every scholarly article usually has an abstract, which summarizes the study. In this journal, they summarize the summary abstract, in clear, concise English. Makes it a lot easier to get through it all.
Jan 27 2012: Amazing..Jan 28 2012: That's great. I heard that the journal Nature was doing something similar. It shows that plain language is not just for low literacy readers. Everyone benefits from materials that are easier to read - we all have so much information to get through everyday.Jan 27 2012: Conquering illiteracy would be a good start. It's also hard to "plain language" information that is already complicated. I believe some governments, past & present, use this disconnect to their advantage...
Jan 28 2012: The two things must go hand-in-hand: increase literacy levels and make public documents clearer.
Even in countries where literacy levels are fairly high, like Sweden, plain language is still important -- a high-literacy reader (let's say, a doctor) is as baffled by a rental contract, a letter from Inland Revenue or a piece of legislation as anyone else.Jan 26 2012: olá a todos
no meu ponto de vista , existe em Portugal dois grandes problemas para se poder simplificar a linguagem:
1º a educação é feita de demasiada teoria e preparada de modo a criar diferença de classes em que o médico é o ser Doutor, o contabilista é Técnico oficial de contas e o professor é o mestre , a clivagem de posto ( profissão) é acentuada através de jargões e rétóricas para podermos parecer mais importantes doque os comuns mortais que são trolhas , emp. de balcão etc.
2º o objetivo das instituições , sejam privadas ou publicas , em complicar as mensagens parece-me a mim claro, confundir os 80% dos Portugueses para assim como não conseguem perceber os contratos , não cumprem , como não cumprem falham , logo quem beneficia são as instituições. então para quê simplificar ? com isso só fariam que os 80% compreendessem e assim ficariam mais atentos e não seriam levados em erros e falhas logo as instituições lucrariam menos . isto parece-me mais grave quando o exemplo começa no Governo e entidades publicas e acaba nos sindicatos
obrigadoJan 26 2012: Man I need a proofreader.Jan 26 2012: Many at times, this complex version of language in Government, legal and business is originated from legal requirements.
For instance, in my home country in South Asia. They use complex form of the languages, but it's mandatory for them to do that at times. So only law can simplify it.
Jan 28 2012: Sometimes there are good intentions behind those laws. For instance, a financial regulator might demand that banks supply all sorts of information, in large print, hoping that will make it easier for consumers to understand what they're buying. Unfortunately, large print and lots of acronyms do not equal clarity.
Jan 29 2012: Using large print in the hopes that something will be easier to understand is kind of like shouting at someone who doesn't speak your language, and expecting that they will understand better. Doesn't work that way.Jan 26 2012: Sandra thanks for a great and ongoing topic.Jan 26 2012: Because of your enthusiastic response, we decided to leave this conversation open for few more days. I will be checking your comments from time to time. Thanks.Jan 26 2012: I am concerned with over simplification. It is very often, that should an individual be able to learn a new language - that being a foreign language or the new language attributed to an industry - it would in itself serve as a natural selection criteria. Often with simplification comes a natural but dangerous feeling of "complete understanding", which, unfortunately can not be applied as more and more details are added to the core. By simplifying the language you are not necessarily simplifiying the issues it's used to discuss, but it appears to be so. What you may achieve is a false sense of understanding and a lot of opinionated conflicting individuals trying to do the right thing, but messing it up in the process.


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LoudLon wrote:JawsJawsJawsJawsJawsJawsJawsJawsJawsJawsDang yo!
Dang yo!
And i had it listed in this very same thread. Interesting to see the changes and the similarities in 4 months. I forgot to add The Wickerman on the new list...
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Not any order after 2
1) ET2) Braindead3) Porky's 4) The Entity (1982)5) Eight Below (2006)6) The Omen7) Baby's Day Out (1994)8) Black Christmas (1974)9) Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)10) The Thing (1982)
That was to hard
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1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)2. Day of The Dead (1985)3. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1974)4. City of Life and Death (2009)5. Dark Water (2002)6. Lion King (1994)7. The Devil's Backbone (2001)8. Hardware (1990)9. Black Sabbath (1964)10. Nosferatu (1922)
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vasquez ! i salute you I love " Black Sabbath" my favourite Mario Bava Film by far, not in my top 10 but definitely in top 30 of all time favourite films.
Damn man, that's some heavy shit, right there. You pulled a Nic Cage on me? I would flip out if you gave me "the bees, not the bees" scene, so we're cool- equal to equal with jokes.
Gah, <shivering>, I pissed myself, went into a fetal position, climbed up a wall and chimney, and horror shat, um... shat. (I actually forget why, but I'm fairly sure it had something to do with Punk and a hamster. Dunno)
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^^^Mwahahaha ME AND A HAMSTER??? Damn... I won't ask what you had in mind because I really don't wanna know.
And Theli, thanks for bringing Detroit Rock City back in my mind, been a long time I haven't seen it and I truely LOVE this flick.
And damn yes guys BLACK SABBATH IS AMAZING!!!
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Here's mine.No particular order.
1- Carrie2- The Crow3- Ever After4- Memoirs of a Geisha5- Tristan and Isolde6- Edward Scissorhands7- Phantom of the Opera (2004 version)8- Troy9- Corpse Bride10- Always Only You (recent fav, Korean movie)
I based my fav on movies that I have seen like 20 times, at least)Back when I had all the time in the world to watch movies that many times
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GladiatorAlienJawsNorth By NorthwestShooterFriday The 13thEvent HorizonDriveSunshine300
-In no order after first-Poltergeist (1982)Jaws (1975)E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)Forrest Gump (1994)Big (1988)Harry and the Hendersons (1987)Jurassic Park (1993)Aliens (1986)Live and Let Die (1973)To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)Honorable Mentions:Groundhog Day (1993)The Razor's Edge (1984)The Sting (1973)The Natural (1984)The Bad News Bears (1976)Coma (1978)The Fugitive (1993)Regarding Henry (1991)Fletch (1985)Foul Play (1978)Vacation (1983)
In no order here's 10 that come to mind.
Die HardRambo 2Lethal WeaponKing Kong (original)Seventh Voyage of SinbadHalloweenDead AliveRe AnimatorEvil DeadAirplane
honorable mentions Animal House, Godfather, Pulp Fiction, Star Wars, Robocop, and many more.
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I need to add Leon (1994) to my Top 10 but I can't think which one of these to take out.
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Lion King, because you're a grown man.
No way. That film holds a special place in my heart. I still got my Simba soft toy somewhere. Great lessons for adults in it and the songs are still freakin ace.
I saw LION KING after becoming a biological adult and it's still one of my favorites.
Chosing 10 is tough. Adding a few.....
TakenPrisonersPrometheusEscape From New YorkFirst Blood
LoudLon wrote:Lion King, because you're a grown man. No way. That film holds a special place in my heart. I still got my Simba soft toy somewhere. Great lessons for adults in it and the songs are still freakin ace.
I kid, I kid. Mazel.
Lickity Split, Hot Asses, Lickity Split, Scanty Panties, Lickity Split 2, Hot Asses 2, Scanty Panties 2, INDINA JONES AND THE CURSE OF THE CRYSTAL CLITS, The Penis Strikes Back, Lickity Split 3.
After this weekend, you can add WOLF OF WALL STREET and INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS.
ScarfaceBody DoubleVidocqTenebreDeep RedVertigoSuspiriaDawn Of The Dead (78)AliensTerminator 2
there are literally so many to choose from but the above films are my faves at the momentScarface is my all time favourite film
^^^Very nice buyings!!!
Yes Scarface in a masterpiece. But Suspiria is really the top of what you got.


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Having covered Paris, Rome and Amsterdam in our 'top blogs' series, we've decided to keep up the momentum with one of Europe's most fabulous cities: Berlin.
Berlin has so much to offer and teach; culturally and historically it's one of our richest cities.
Around 80% of Berlin was destroyed during the Second World War. The separation of East and West didn't do much to help reparation of the city, but more recently great buildings such as those on Museumsinsel have been restored to their former grandeur. That said, even two decades following the fall of the Berlin Wall, the dichotomy of the city is still apparent. Berlin has become a city full of secrets that draws tourists from over the world.
We previously gave you tips from our Berlin local, Lisa, as well as an alphabetical rundown in our Berlin A-Z. It's now time to look beyond our knowledge and identify some expert Berlin bloggers. Besides English, we've also included German, Spanish, French, Dutch and Italian blogs, for a greater degree of variety.
So, without further ado, here's our list of Top Berlin blogs:
Alternative Berlin is an inspiring site about street art and culture in Berlin. Urban art projects, squat houses and communes spill their secrets here.
The "Linda's Ex Campaign" was developed by an artist who wanted to get his girlfriend back and wrote poignant love letters all over the city asking her to come back. The whole city was touched by the gesture, and people were eager to reunite the tragic couple. This instance illustrates the engagement of street art with Berlin's citizens.
Bang Bang Berlin will give you loads of information about fashion, arts and the buzzing club scene in Berlin.
Berlin Cheese Cake is run by Emily Vanessa, a British girl who has travelled a lot and has been living in Berlin for 3 years. She publishes many Berlin recipes and photos of the city.
Das Berlin Blog is written by Aaron Wiener, an American journalist living in Berlin. His writing offers a fresh and intelligent view of the German culture and Berlin.
Slow Travel Berlin is a relevant website that aims to teach people how to travel in Berlin and encourages them to enjoy their journey as much as possible. "Slow Travel encourages people to resist "Fast" Travel – the frustratingly frequent habit of speeding through all the best known landmarks of a city in 24 or 48 hours – then leaving again."
Finding Berlin is an online magazine dedicated to Berlin and its culture. The authors of this website share photos, videos, city anecdotes, and urban art… everything that gives a fresh image of Berlin to visitors and residents alike.
Berlin Reified offers many lovely photos and lots of insider info. Sylee Gore, the owner of the blog, shares insights with a personal touch, making it a beautiful blog to share.
U Berlin is run by two native English speakers, Zoe and James, who share their experience and their life on this blog. There is no way to get closer to a place than to get to know the people who live there.
I Heart Berlin is run by a group of local people who love the city – and you can see it through their blog. They want to share all the things they love about the city with tourists and other locals. As they say, "…if you visit or live in Berlin and want to know how to find the good stuff. From restaurants to shops, from theaters to art galleries, from concerts to party, from places to people".
Foodie in Berlin is another great blog about food in Berlin. This one is run by Suzy, who was born in Kuwait and has been travelling a lot. Now she lives in Berlin. Suzy shares her likes and dislikes and of course her food passion. "Yes, I like to eat but not half as much as I like everything that goes with eating."
Needle Berlin is a guide for people who would like to move to Berlin. You can find all the information you need, about costs (mobile phones, apartment), about neighborhood, about safety, about transport, about learning the German language and even more about films and books. As we can say: almost everything you'll need to move in the best way.
Generation Berlin is a funny and well-written French website about the life of Manon, a French expat in Berlin. Manon writes about her life in Berlin and the ups and downs that go with it.
Berlin-Blog covers a wide range of issues arising from Berlin life. Politics, lifestyle, art and culture all make appearances in this intelligent take on Berlin and the rest of Germany.
In Notes of Berlin Joab Nist, the owner of this blog, posts on all the notes that Berlin leaves everyday in the city. Guests can also submit notes that they have found around the city.
My Berlino is a useful website that shares a lot of relevant information about the city and events scheduled.
Berlijn Blog is run by Marjolein, a Dutch expat who lives in Berlin. She writes about her life in Berlin and what it's like to live there. She also talks about restaurants, cool spots, parties, news and loads of other fun things that Berlin has to offer.
Well, this is my list so far, but if I've missed something critical out of here, feel free to comment or send us an e-mail. We will review it and, eventually, add it to our list of favorite Berlin Blogs.
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In tile Nassau County Junior Mathematics League, both tlie Dodd (eveiUfa and ieighth grade teams Were placed fint iu tlieir respective ' divisions. Couiity-wide, whidi iocbides over 40 schoob. the Dodd dghth grade team ranks SROod. only a point froos first place* -•.~ Aftn^tho..first .toiiipttitfoo. FREEPORT - A proposed annual village budget.'for.fiscal year 1983-84, win be. the subject of a pobEc hearing Monday evening, January 3, at 8 pm. at Freeport Vtllage Hall. The Village Board of Trustees meetiiig aHows for pobBc questions and commeiils on the line-by-line budget, which will be avulable prior to the meeting. Copies of tl>e budget can be pkM np at the ViOage QeA's **°^ •* JW8.000. According to office at Village Han or seen at the eady arithmetic. 511.2 maiion the Fre«m«tMemorial library." 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Wgh Scorers ta this competition were Eric. Whhe, Matt Magne, Kevin Rugg'. Mike Luna. Matt KelW. John Oukies, Joe Keating. David Vieser.JCTniig (Cent, on Page 12) ' Baldwin Board Sets '^ Two Sifetial-Meefings 0n Curriculum •• ,..BALDWIN. •. Cutriculnm matters will be the major agenda item at tWo special meetings of the Baldwin Bord of Education scheduled for- Toesday, January 4 anci Thursday i January .6. ' 'Although a great deal of time has been spent on reorganization this year," Baldwin Superintendent of Schools Rollaod W. Jones said, "we have also spent a' great deal ' closed oh Sabqdays andSosdajs^ . Tlie-libtary win dose at 1 pm friday, December 31. and wtU also be dosed tot the boSday weekend. PreHndnary Budget figures were reldued last week by Mayor WiUiam H. White and showed a village tax indfease, of 98* per SlOO assessed vilustion. an e i% increase over the" present* lax raleofS12."08. ' -The. village's proposed new budgei calls for expenditures of SI 6 3 millioo, an increase of • $1,029,817 over the present . budget. Estimated revenues, as released, stan^ at S4.3 millioo for the fiscal ^-ear and finds on December 28th. hat ViSage'Hall. the week before, had outlined several- reasons for ti^. tax increase. These tndode.. said viUage spokesperson Jeln Peters, ihisyear'sSK increase in v j U^ * employees' salaries; a ^rantin-gency fund of S675.O00' to take into acconiit, among.ather things, negotlatioos pegently underway for contracts befl^Kn the VHiage itod^its Civil Service Employees' Assodafioo and' tlie Police- Benevdent Association; increased health insurance costs; and less state aid than antidpated The budget is not a subject for (Cont.onPag«6) o( time on the heart of the scltoot program — curriculum." New or revised curricula have been prepared* for gproputers, English, Math. Sdence. Art, Music, IndustiOTAttrand Home-, making. The curricula wiU be presented to the School Board by Dr.- .Howard Schrvera. ^;^ssistant Su-petuitendent for Curriculum/. - hutruction-and br. Peter Lynch, IMndpal of tlie -Senior High School. Directors or chairpersons of. the varioos departments involved will join Dr. Schivera\and Dr. Lynch for the presematTons. The two special meetings will be held at the District Ofiice and wiB be sin at 8 pm. Regular Meeting The School Boiard's regular monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday. January 5, at Steele Scttooi. The board will meet at 7 pm with an executive session, to dt«;nss personnel and legal clatters, the first item on the agenda." The board expects to eater open session at approximately 8 ^m. Ttus'oorricm of the mie^ng' is opcn'tb tne pufiGc.' Spedal Meeting On ReorgantraHoo On Wednesday, January 12, the board will be meeting in special session to discuss the proposed reorganization pbn. which was presented to it by the scbooi administration last month. 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