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- Director of Development (2)
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- Recreation Area Supervisor (2)
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- Youth Leader (1)
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- Program Specialist (1)
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- Chief Information Officer (1)
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I applied online. The process took 3 days – interviewed at Boys & Girls Clubs in February 2015.
Interview DetailsSubmitted a resume and cover letter online, called back in 2 days. Interview was long, a lot of situational questions, eg. "what would you do if.." It was the director and co director who interviewed me, both were very nice and approachable. Informal setting but still very difficult on the spot questions that caught me off guard, some were difficult because I didn't know their policies on certain issues (such as disciplining) nor could I find any info on them online...
Interview Questions- What would you do if two children started to physically fight? Answer Question
- What king of activities would you plan for the following age groups, K-3, 4-7, 8-12 Answer Question
No OfferNeutral ExperienceDifficult Interview - Application Details
I applied online – interviewed at Boys & Girls Clubs.
Interview DetailsThe interview process deals with how you respond to problems. They ask questions and then ask what your response would be in a dangerous situation or a situation where you do not feel comfortable. They also ask you about your skill level and previous experience.
Interview Questions- How would you respond to a child who is uncomplient with the rules, but you later find out from the parent that he/she has a disability and a behavioral problem? Answer Question
Accepted OfferNegative ExperienceAverage Interview - Application Details
I applied online. The process took a day – interviewed at Boys & Girls Clubs in January 2015.
Interview DetailsEmployees must have a strong interest in working with children, and actively supporting the individual needs of each child. They should be emotionally mature, and willing to commit to the level of service Boys & Girls Club aims to provide. Employees must take pride in all aspects of their designated responsibilities, and be dedicated to further development of their professional skills.
Interview Questions- Basic questions, why do you want to work here? How will you benefit the company? Answer Question
No OfferNeutral ExperienceAverage Interview - Application Details
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at Boys & Girls Clubs.
Interview DetailsMy online application was answered with three days of submitting. I interviewed with a panel of HR professionals, followed by an interview with the director I would be supporting. The panel interview was pretty standard featuring the questions one would expect. I would recommend preparing for the second interview as the managing interviewer will have some very specific questions.
Interview Questions- How Do you like to be managed? I found it unexpected because I had been my experience that managing top-down was an accepted practice and that direct report preferences was not considered--even if gauging work ethics. Answer Question
Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceAverage Interview - Application Details
I applied through a recruiter – interviewed at Boys & Girls Clubs in November 2014.
Interview DetailsInterview was great. Prior to the interview I told their HR person Mrs Alisha that I had to pick my children up before 6 pm. I was told that the position was from 2-6 pm and if I were chosen that someone from HR would contact me to notify and let me know if they could arrange me leaving by 530 pm. Three days later I was contacted by HR Mrs Hall and told the position was from 2-6 pm and if I could make future arrangements with my kids schedule to please call them back. (Im assuming) I was hired. Three days after that I was told thru my job recruiter that she received a email from the boys and girls HR stating I turned the job down and that they were willing to work with me within my time restraints. The email further stated that they were even willing to allow me to work at the Irmo sc location, which is 30 mins closer to my house. I was originally told the position was only being held for Cayce west Columbia location. This is quite the opposite of what was explained to me from their HR Mrs Hall. I didn't like looking like a liar or that I declined a job that I went out of my way to interview for I would not want to waste anyone's time. I told my job recruiter I was going to see if the position was still available and see where the descepency was. Upon speaking to HR #1 Mrs Alisha out of only 2 HR staff I was told she did not send any email and that they had filled the position but were willing to allow me to leave by 530 pm and I should call back in 2 weeks to address my concerns with the HR #2 Mrs Hall and see if any opening. I tried numerous times calling leaving vm with no response. Finally I called HR supervisor Mrs Harper to figure out the descrepencies. After explaining everything she reappointed me to #2 HR Mrs Hall and said she would have her call me directly. 2 hours later #2 HR Mrs Hall called. I explained the inconsistencies with # 1 was I actually hired? #2 will they in fact allow me to work within time restraints? and at the Irmo location? She stated she did not send a email to my recruiter however she in fact was who I originally spoke to. I asked her if she could follow up with my recruiter to notify her that neither she nor HR # 1 Mrs Alisha sent out a email as that would eliminate anything in question. She replied by nastily stating she didn't care to take the time to clarify anything, that my recruiters email is here say and that my interview had great reviews and the position was still available. She went further to say all locations including Irmo had positions available, as she stated that, a person in the background corrected her telling her the Cayce area is all they had then and now. So upon learning there were still positions available at any of their locations I reinterated, could they infact do as HR #1 Mrs Alisha said they were willing to, and allow me to work until 530 pm? HR #2 Mrs Hall replied by saying the position was from 2-6 pm and no one would've told me anything different. I ignitially thought maybe my recruiter misconstrued the email but clearly with their who, what, where , when conflicts and not cross referencing the boys and girls club have a SERIOUS break down in their communication both with future applicants and each other. In Short, There HR staff said completely opposite statements never clarifying any of their contradictive statements nor had any rashional reason to be nasty. If they are this unorthodox how would one even begin to equate procedure, policy etc
Interview Questions- If kids got into a scuffle how would you handle it? View Answer
Reasons for DecliningNever was clear if I actually got the job nor if they could allow me to work within my time restraints. They stated that the interview went well and I shouldn't have a issue with getting hired within the co, outside of positions time.
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Application DetailsI applied online. The process took 3 weeks – interviewed at Boys & Girls Clubs.
Interview DetailsWas called to interview for a position different from the one I applied for. I spoke with Human Resources on the phone and then had a panel first round interview. Met with the director for a second round interview. Human Resources was very quick to follow up after the interviews.
Interview Questions- Lots of situational questions (describe a time when you had to work with a difficult teen, etc) and I was asked to describe my youth development philosophy. Answer Question
Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceAverage Interview - Application Details
I applied in-person. The process took a week – interviewed at Boys & Girls Clubs in August 2014.
Interview DetailsYou have to get a background check, then take a drug test, if you pass this you have to watch a day worth of videos. After that you shadow a counselor and the whole process takes about a week.
Interview Questions- They ask you why you want to work there Answer Question
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Application DetailsI applied through an employee referral. The process took a week – interviewed at Boys & Girls Clubs.
Interview DetailsWas initially given a tour of the facility by two Boys & Girls Club members. Interviewed by the Program Director and Unit Director. They were very professional and very specific in their questions regarding experience with technology and working with children.
Interview Questions- None of the questions were very difficult or unexpected. Questions related to technical aptitude, experience working with children and where I saw myself in three (3) years. Answer Question
Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceEasy Interview - Application Details
I applied in-person. The process took a week – interviewed at Boys & Girls Clubs.
Interview DetailsPretty standard process. Submit a job application and resume to HR. They will call to set up an interview, which involves two people. They ask questions related to the job you're applying for, give scenarios and ask your response, ask about experience and interest in the organization. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Interview Questions- Responding to scenario questions would be difficult if you have no experience. Answer Question
Negotiation DetailsThey do not do a lot of negotiating, they offer you a position.Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceAverage Interview - Application Details
I applied online. The process took 1+ week – interviewed at Boys & Girls Clubs in May 2014.
Interview DetailsApplied on their website, and received an initial interview the following week. It was a very typical interview with different scenarios where I was asked to explain how I would respond in different situations. I was also asked about my previous experience and how I would relate to the kids I would be working with. I was called back for a second interview, which is not until next week.
Interview Questions- This is not a direct quote, but I was asked something like "Since the Teen Program at our center is relatively new and undeveloped, what steps would you take to help grow the program and how would you try to attract more teens in our community to the program? Also, how would you help more teens understand that this program is not just for younger children?" Answer Question
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Turin Shroud resurrected
By RICHARD DAWKINS - RICHARDDAWKINS.NET
Added: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:11:36 UTC - An RDFRS Original
The Daily Telegraph (Dec 20th) has an article by the Reverend Peter Mullen spurred by alleged recent evidence from Italy that the Turin shroud cannot be a fake. The new 'evidence' amounts to yet another 'Argument from Personal Incredulity': the Italian scientists cannot understand how it could have been faked. By contrast, the carbon-14 evidence that the shroud's linen is much too young to be the shroud of Jesus is rock solid. Three independent labs, in Arizona, Zurich and Oxford, were each given four samples, making 12 datings in all. The dates varied within expected margins of error, but all put the linen as younger than 600 AD. The shroud may or may not bear the genuine imprint of a body, but that body is not the body of Jesus or of anyone who lived before 600 AD.
Peter Mullen, however, is not interested in mere matters of fact. Factual evidence, in his view, is of no importance to people of faith.
I don't think that we can ever know for certain. Moreover, I don't think it matters.
When pressed to give his judgment on the shroud's authenticity, Pope Benedict never went further than to affirm that it could prove a strengthening of faith among those who already believe. It is, he said, "an image which reminds us always of Christ's suffering". And this is surely right. To make this problematic piece of cloth the criterion for belief in the Resurrection is to be guilty of the same mixture of crass literalism and the misapplication of forensic science as that found in Richard Dawkins's declaration that if God exists, we should be able to detect him with our telescopes.
I hope it is superfluous for me to deny that I ever said that. Presumably Mr Mullen is attempting to satirise my more general belief that, before we believe in gods we should require evidence of some kind. His is a version of a particular canard about atheists that I dealt with near the beginning of The God Delusion:
This is as good a moment as any to forestall an inevitable retort to the book, one that would otherwise – as sure as night follows day – turn up in a review: 'The God that Dawkins doesn't believe in is a God that I don't believe in either. I don't believe in an old man in the sky with a long white beard.' That old man is an irrelevant distraction and his beard is as tedious as it is long. Indeed, the distraction is worse than irrelevant. Its very silliness is calculated to distract attention from the fact that what the speaker really believes is not a whole lot less silly. I know you don't believe in an old bearded man sitting on a cloud, so let's not waste any more time on that. I am not attacking any particular version of God or gods. I am attacking God, all gods, anything and everything supernatural, wherever and whenever they have been or will be invented.
Mullen takes to a clear extreme his point about facts not mattering to people of faith:
It is an unsatisfactory faith which insists upon forensic proofs. Suppose that today's consensus is that the shroud is genuine. Then do we all become devout believers? And must we then give up that belief if tomorrow there is a conclusive report to demonstrate that it is a medieval forgery?
He doesn't go quite this far, but he makes me wonder how he would respond to the following thought experiment. Suppose archeologists and historians unearthed conclusive evidence that Jesus never existed; suppose unequivocal proof were found that the whole story of Jesus was a work of fiction, would this shake the faith of Peter Mullen and other Christians that Jesus was the Son of God, who redeemed mankind of sin? Would they say something like the following: "Maybe Jesus is a purely fictional character and maybe it is only in fiction that he died for our sins, but he is still my Redeemer and the Son of God. Why shouldn't I have a fictional redeemer if my faith is strong enough?"
I find it impossible to imagine such a warped view of reality, but there are precedents, for example creationist scientists who privately believe the universe is only 6000 years old, yet happily write mathematical papers assuming that it is 14 billion years old.
It's worth visiting the Telegraph to see, not so much Mullen's article as the comments that follow it. I haven't made a systematic count, but at the time of writing a surprisingly large number of them are atheistic. I found it very encouraging, given the right wing politics with which the Telegraph is traditionally associated.
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Całun Turyński wskrzeszony
Autor tekstu: Richard Dawkins
Tłumaczenie: Małgorzata Koraszewska
"The Daily Telegraph" (20 grudnia) opublikował artykuł wielebnego Petera Mullena, zainspirowany niedawnymi rzekomymi dowodami z Włoch, że Całun Turyński nie może być fałszerstwem. Nowe "dowody" to po prostu jeszcze jeden "Argument Osobistego Niedowierzania": włoscy naukowcy nie mogą zrozumieć, jak mógłby być sfałszowany. W odróżnieniu od tego, dowody z badań C-14, że len całunu jest zdecydowanie zbyt nowy, by mógł być całunem Jezusa, jest solidny jak skała. Trzy niezależne laboratoria: w Arizonie, Zurychu i Oksfordzie otrzymały cztery próbki każdy, co pozwoliło na w sumie 12 datowań. Daty różniły się w ramach spodziewanego marginesu błędu, ale wszystkie ustaliły wiek lnu na młodszy niż rok 600 n.e. Całun może mieć, a może nie mieć, autentyczny odcisk ciała, ale ciało to nie było ciałem Jezusa ani nikogo, kto żył przed rokiem 600 n.e.
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The Supreme Court advocate, K. T. S. Tulsi, appeared on behalf of the CBI and advanced the same arguments that he had placed before the special CBI court earlier on Monday, requesting for remand because the CBI needed to question Mr. Shah on some important documents, letters and investigate some materials recovered from some laptops.
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Because: Lowe rocked a series of dramatic black outfits to London Fashion week, most of which were a little sheer and a lot sexy. During the day she kept it retro in lots of pastel pink ike at Topshop Unique, though out favorite look might be her white lace Erdem dress that she wore to the designer's show.
If You Love: Super-short skirts and tousled hair
Your It Girl Match is: Ellie Goulding
Because: Show your legs off with style inspired by Ellie Goulding's miniskirts and short-shorts. Don't think that this trend is not fall appropriate! All you need is a big plushy sweater to wear on top, like Goulding did at House of Holland.
If You Love: Skeleton prints and oversized jackets
Your It Girl Match is: Georgia May Jagger
Because: The bomber jacket Jagger wore to The Global Fund event is, well, the bomb. She also doubled up on skeleton prints at the Longchamp store opening and a costume party.
If You Love: '70s style and Marianne Faithfull bangs
Your It Girl Match is: Suki Waterhouse
Because: The British model and actress has nailed looking like a '70s siren thanks to an oversized aviator jacket at Burberry and a feather vest at the Longchamp store party. She also gets bonus points for wearing the craziest costume we've ever seen to a (seemingly) circus-themed party.
If You Love: Print mixing and bright blue
Your It Girl Match is: Pixie Geldof
Because: Whether it's a logo sweater with a printed skirt at House of Holland or a sacred heart-printed slip dress at an event, Pixie Geldof never shies away from a shocking sartorial choice, including her short and messy pixie cut.
If You Love: Bright red hair, silver screen sirens, and long skirts
Your It Girl Match is: Paloma Faith
Because: Faith is all about retro silhouettes that evoke some Marlene Dietrich-style drama, like her latex pencil skirt at Burberry or her shimmery evening dress at Ashish.
If You Love: Black tights and wearing sunglasses inside
Your It Girl Match is: Kate Moss
Because: Though she limited her LFW attendance to only three events (the Topshop Unique show, Lonchamp party, and another party), Moss kept her style consistent, opting for all black looks that showed off her gams. You do you, Moss.
If You Love: A quirky '50s vibe with a red lip
Your It Girl Match is: Harley Viera-Newton
Because: The London-born, LA-bred DJ loves a high waisted skirt with a cropped sweater or a party dress with a fitted waist. She has also mastered wearing red lipstick--she favors Ruby Woo by MAC, FYI.
If You Love: Everything! And can't decide if you're more into sexy or pretty
Your It Girl Match is: Anna Kendrick
Because: The actress swapped between a super-sleek black dress at Julien MacDonald and a floral tea dress at Temperley London with ease, furthering our theary that there's no role Anna Kendrick can't play.
If You Love: Statement accessories and a good blazer
Your It Girl Match is: Poppy Delevingne
Because: Delevingne's sleek Burberry trench, flower-embellished sunglasses, and lace cat ears are just a couple of the awesome accessories she wore during London Fashion Week. Do you think her and Cara share closets?
If You Love: Fuzzy textures and bold prints
Your It Girl Match is: Sienna Miller
Because: Between her blue-ish furry looks at Matthew Williamson and Burberry and her floral Dolce & Gabbana dress at the Global Fund party, Miller knows how to make an entrance. She also knows how to pick out the best leopard coat--tell us your secrets, please?
If You Love: Schoolgirl dresses
Your It Girl Match is: Atlanta de Cadenet Taylor
Because: We spied de Cadenet Taylor at Topshop Unique looking perfectly prim in a Topshop black dress.


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AMERICA and other countries still have to fine-tune their cyber-defences to distinguish mere nuisances from real menaces. That, rather than any revelations about fiendish North Korean cyber-warfare, seems to be the upshot of the latest reported cyber-attack on South Korean and American websites.
Initially, it was reported that this was the first series of attacks to hit government websites in several countries simultaneously. Officials in both Seoul and Washington, DC, said they were suffering "distributed denial of service" overload (known as DDOS in geekspeak). In these a computer is overwhelmed with bogus requests for a response sent from infected computers. American targets included sites at the Treasury, the Secret Service, and the Transportation Department; the South Korean list included the Defence Ministry, the National Assembly, the presidential Blue House and some banks. The timing felt eerie: attacks began on July 4th, Independence Day.
Neither country is a stranger to cyberwarfare. The South Korean Defence Security Command reported an average of 95,000 daily attacks. Some security experts blame North Korea, which has supposedly trained an elite group of hackers at Mirim College, its military school. In a speech in May, President Barack Obama called cyber-security one of America's "most serious economic and national security challenges."
Yet little hard evidence has emerged about the seriousness of the attacks or their origin. Plenty of people may wish to spoil America's national holiday. According to Arbor Networks, a security firm, the attack was "comparatively small scale". Setting up an attack takes a competent cyber-hooligan five minutes' work on a laptop. It is not just the bad guys who can do it: Iranian government sites have been attacked during the country's recent unrest. A popular post on Twitter, a social networking site, was "#Iranelection Cyberwar Guide for Beginners", highlighting a site compiled by a sympathetic Welsh civil servant.


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It could hurt my career to say no. Hahaha. This isn't blowing the boss under his desk- these serfs aren't being served up as cannon fodder to satisfy their lord's bloodlust. One doesn't arrive at the absolute pinnacle of a field based on the argument that "it might hurt the career not too"
The drive to be at the absolute top of ones chosen game - be it doctoring, lawyering, teaching, sailing, dog grooming, acting, bar tending, waitin tables, being a bell boy, cop, gardener, auto mechanic, or roller derby girl has almost nothing to do with the weakass desire to "be successful" and everything to do with being in a constant state of competition- with oneself if there's no one else around.
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" Private Asset Management magazine selected Northern Trust for the award because of its expertise in the private wealth arena and its ability to provide clients with top of the line investment, wealth planning and servicing capabilities," Private Asset Management Managing Editor Kristen Oliveri said. "With close to $200 billion in assets in its wealth management business, Northern Trust is large, but the company's core values of service, integrity and expertise create a unique culture focused on helping every client achieve his or her goals."
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The Private Asset Management Awards were presented at a Feb. 12 ceremony in New York City, where Northern Trust was nominated for eight different categories: Best Private Wealth Manager – over $5 billion; Best Private Wealth Manager – Client Service – over $5 billion; Private Banking – North America; Private Banking – Client Service; Private Banking - Innovation, Best Trustee Services, Best Multi-Family Office for Client Service; and Best Single Family Office Service Provider. A panel of independent industry experts selected the nominees and winners based on a number of qualitative and quantitative performance indicators. Northern Trust is a premier wealth management firm that specializes in goals-based financial advice. We offer clients insightful perspectives and creative thinking, backed by innovative technology and a strong fiduciary ethos. Northern Trust is ranked among the top 10 U.S. wealth managers with $197.7 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2012, and more than 70 wealth management offices in the United States and abroad. The Financial Times Group has named Northern Trust Best Private Bank in the USA for four consecutive years. In 2012 Northern Trust was also was named Best Private Bank globally for Innovation and Best Private Bank for Socially Responsible Investing.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Obama's Starbucks Run: 'The Bear Is Loose!'
Barack Obama leaves the White House to take a rare stroll to a nearby Starbucks.
The president left without the travelling White House press pool, and photographers scrambled to catch up to him.
As he left the White House on Monday afternoon he joked: "The bear is loose!"
Mr Obama, accompanied by his chief of staff Denis McDonough, shook the hands of stunned bystanders outside Starbucks, smiling and waving.
He said he was drinking tea instead of coffee and made his way back to the White House.
It is Mr Obama's second foray recently from the presidential mansion. Last month he stunned sightseers by opting to walk to the Department of the Interior, a couple of blocks away.


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Roger 5pts Just think, good catholics, each and every time you put your hard earned money in that collection basket, you are supporting a monster like this scumbag. It's sickening
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Episode 135: How to Study for the PMP Exam and Pass
In this episode of The PM Podcast we are going to take a close look at something that is near and dear to myself: The PMP Exam. In particular we will talk about how to prepare for and pass the pmp exam. But there would be nothing more boring if I just began reading all the tips and tricks I have in my arsenal for this. So in order to make it more interesting, I have invited Bill Rouck, PMP to be on the program.
Bill is one of my PM PrepCast student and has passed his PMP exam just this year. So what you hear from him is pretty much the latest information in PMP exam preparation. We talk about the following topics:
- His reasons for taking the PMP Exam
- We explore if the PMP certificate is a must in today's marketplace
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- Tips for taking the actual PMP exam
- What happened before, during and after the exam
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Body type: | A few extra pounds | Slender, About average, Curvy, Athletic and toned, Heavyset, A few extra pounds |
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- Date:17 Sep 2011
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Goodison Park
- Attendance:31,576
- Jagielka (32) Vellios (83)
Drenthe (90) - Di Santo (30) Di Santo (30)
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- 98:53 +8.53
Marouane Fellaini gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Franco Di Santo. Free kick taken by Ali Al Habsi.
- 98:05 +8.05
Short corner taken by Leon Osman.
- 97:04 +7.04
Roysten Drenthe scores a goal from inside the area to the bottom left corner of the goal. Everton 3-1 Wigan.Assist by Denis Stracqualursi.
- 96:18 +6.18
Effort from outside the penalty box by Ben Watson goes wide right of the target.
- 91:05 +1.05
Hugo Rodallega goes off and Shaun Maloney comes on.
- 87:26
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Patrick Van Aanholt by Apostolos Vellios. The referee shows Apostolos Vellios a yellow card. Direct free kick taken by Patrick Van Aanholt.
- 84:58
David Jones decides to take the corner short.
- 84:32
Hugo Rodallega takes a shot. Tony Hibbert gets a block in.
- 84:27
David Jones takes a shot.
- 83:25
Apostolos Vellios finds the back of the net with a headed goal from inside the box. Everton 2-1 Wigan.Assist on the goal came from Tony Hibbert.
- 82:30
Denis Stracqualursi comes on in place of Tim Cahill.
- 80:49
Roysten Drenthe produces a cross, save by Ali Al Habsi.
- 80:00
The referee gives a free kick against Leon Osman for handball. Direct free kick taken by Ben Watson.
- 76:25
Effort on goal by Patrick Van Aanholt from just inside the area clears the crossbar.
- 75:42
Franco Di Santo gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Tony Hibbert. Tony Hibbert restarts play with the free kick.
- 73:52
Free kick awarded for a foul by Tim Cahill on Gary Caldwell. Free kick taken by Ali Al Habsi.
- 72:14
Inswinging corner taken left-footed by David Jones from the right by-line.
- 71:54
Patrick Van Aanholt takes a shot. Blocked by Jack Rodwell.
- 71:34
Short corner taken by Franco Di Santo.
- 70:17
Jordi Gomez leaves the field to be replaced by David Jones.
- 67:33
Apostolos Vellios takes a shot. Ali Al Habsi makes a comfortable save.
- 65:50
Apostolos Vellios is brought on as a substitute for Seamus Coleman.
- 64:19
Tim Cahill fouled by Gary Caldwell, the ref awards a free kick. Gary Caldwell is cautioned. Leighton Baines shoots direct from the free kick.
- 62:15
Free kick awarded for a foul by Seamus Coleman on James McCarthy. Ben Watson takes the direct free kick.
- 59:05
Foul by Marouane Fellaini on Franco Di Santo, free kick awarded. Marouane Fellaini booked. Hugo Rodallega produces a strike on goal direct from the free kick.
- 57:50
The offside flag is raised against Tim Cahill. Roysten Drenthe replaces Diniyar Bilyaletdinov. Gary Caldwell takes the indirect free kick.
- 56:02
Jordi Gomez fouled by Marouane Fellaini, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick taken by Ben Watson.
- 55:09
Inswinging corner taken by Leon Osman from the left by-line.
- 54:29
Foul by Patrick Van Aanholt on Seamus Coleman, free kick awarded. Leighton Baines delivers the ball from the free kick left-footed from right wing, Franco Di Santo makes a clearance.
- 51:07
The official flags Tim Cahill offside. Indirect free kick taken by Ali Al Habsi.
- 49:55
Corner taken right-footed by Ben Watson from the left by-line to the near post, Tim Howard makes a save.
- 49:03
Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Ben Watson from the left by-line to the near post, Leon Osman manages to make a clearance.
- 48:37
Marouane Fellaini concedes a free kick for a foul on Jordi Gomez. Direct free kick taken by Ben Watson.
- 46:48
Effort from the edge of the penalty area by Seamus Coleman goes wide of the left-hand post.
- 45:08 +0.08
Tim Cahill produces a header from deep inside the six-yard box that clears the bar.
- 43:30
Franco Di Santo fouled by Tony Hibbert, the ref awards a free kick. The free kick is swung in right-footed by Ben Watson, Marouane Fellaini makes a clearance.
- 42:51
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov sends in a cross.
- 42:27
Victor Moses takes a shot. Phil Jagielka gets a block in.
- 42:09
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov takes a shot. Blocked by Ben Watson.
- 40:21
Maynor Figueroa concedes a free kick for a foul on Tim Cahill. Phil Jagielka takes the free kick.
- 39:10
Ben Watson takes the inswinging corner, Tim Howard makes a save.
- 38:14
Phil Jagielka challenges Hugo Rodallega unfairly and gives away a free kick. Free kick taken by Hugo Rodallega.
- 33:45
Leon Osman fouled by Gary Caldwell, the ref awards a free kick. Leighton Baines fires a strike on goal direct from the free kick.
- 32:05
Corner taken right-footed by Leon Osman from the left by-line, Tim Cahill takes a shot. Phil Jagielka finds the net with a headed goal from inside the six-yard box. Everton 1-1 Wigan.The assist for the goal came from Tim Cahill.
- 31:50
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov takes a shot. Gary Caldwell gets a block in.
- 30:32
Franco Di Santo finds the back of the net with a goal from just outside the area to the top right corner of the goal. Everton 0-1 Wigan.Assist by Ben Watson.
- 29:47
Inswinging corner taken by Ben Watson from the left by-line played to the near post.
- 28:55
Unfair challenge on Victor Moses by Marouane Fellaini results in a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Gary Caldwell.
- 28:37
Marouane Fellaini takes a shot. Blocked by Gary Caldwell.
- 27:22
Franco Di Santo concedes a free kick for a foul on Tony Hibbert. Phil Jagielka restarts play with the free kick.
- 24:58
Leon Osman produces a right-footed shot from just outside the box that goes wide right of the goal.
- 21:45
Jordi Gomez decides to take a short corner.
- 19:10
Maynor Figueroa concedes a free kick for a foul on Leon Osman. Free kick taken by Leon Osman.
- 18:14
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov concedes a free kick for a foul on Victor Moses. Free kick taken by Ben Watson.
- 17:11
Patrick Van Aanholt fouled by Seamus Coleman, the ref awards a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Ali Al Habsi.
- 16:03
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Leon Osman by Gary Caldwell. Free kick crossed by Leighton Baines, clearance by Adrian Lopez.
- 15:42
Tim Cahill takes a shot. Blocked by Gary Caldwell.
- 13:33
Tim Cahill is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Maynor Figueroa takes the indirect free kick.
- 12:21
The ball is crossed by Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.
- 9:24
Franco Di Santo has an effort at goal from outside the area which goes wide left of the target.
- 7:05
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on James McCarthy by Marouane Fellaini. Free kick taken by Patrick Van Aanholt.
- 5:10
Inswinging corner taken by Leighton Baines, Jack Rodwell takes a shot. Patrick Van Aanholt gets a block in.
- 5:01
Seamus Coleman takes a shot. Save by Ali Al Habsi.
- 4:32
The referee blows for offside. Indirect free kick taken by Sylvain Distin.
- 3:11
The referee blows for offside against Hugo Rodallega. Tim Howard takes the free kick.
- 2:08
Jack Rodwell takes a shot from long distance which goes wide of the right-hand upright.
- 0:11
Tim Cahill gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Adrian Lopez. Gary Caldwell restarts play with the free kick.
Match Preview
Moyes prepared to make changes Everton manager David Moyes has warned that despite having one of the smallest squads in the top flight no player should become complacent about their first-team place. The Toffees registered just 18 players over the age of 21 in their 25-man list submitted to the Premier League. But even then it is not a case of the established names turning out every match as captain Phil Neville discovered last weekend. The 34-year-old was left on the bench for 2-2 draw with Aston Villa in what was expected to be his 200th Premier League appearance for the club. "We have got some options. I don't know how many we registered in the 25-man squad but it wasn't that many," said Moyes ahead of the visit of Wigan. "We have competition and I have said if I don't think someone is quite playing well enough then I will change it. "After that we have one or two but after that we have to go into the kids and that is where I am short. "But I've got good competition at right-back with Tony Hibbert and Phil Neville and that is healthy." Interestingly Moyes now seems to see Neville, who has operated as Everton's midfield anchor more often than not, primarily as a defender. That could be due, in part, to the array of choices he has in midfield. He started with Marouane Fellaini, 23, and Jack Rodwell, 20, in central midfield against Villa and sees that as being the partnership for the future. "It is only exciting if they play well and they did that last week but if they don't play well it won't be exciting for me and I have other people who can take their place," said the Toffees boss. "We would like players to develop and we would like to introduce younger players if we can. "Felli's been around the team since we bought him as a 19-year-old and Jack has been around it since he was 17. "They are young but they are good, experienced players and they know how it works and what is expected. "The `young boy' tag has not left Jack yet but he it is for him to step up to the mark and I thought last week he did that. "He now has to show that on a consistent and regular basis but he's certainly got a talent and that is why he is talked about so much." Tim Cahill is set to start in attack again with Louis Saha's perennial fitness problems continuing. Wigan defender Emmerson Boyce (hamstring) is rated only 50-50. Defenders Steven Gohouri (calf) and Antolin Alcaraz (thigh) are getting closer to fitness but remain sidelined. Manager Roberto Martinez, who made seven changes in the Carling Cup in midweek, will revert to a more familiar line-up but Shaun Maloney, David Jones and Patrick van Aanholt could make league debuts.
- Tim Howard
- Tony Hibbert
- Phil Jagielka
- Sylvain Distin
- Leighton Baines
- Seamus Coleman
- Marouane Fellaini
- Jack Rodwell
- Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
- Leon Osman
- Tim Cahill
- Jan Mucha
- Johnny Heitinga
- Roysten Drenthe
- Denis Stracqualursi
- Phil Neville
- Ross Barkley
- Apostolos Vellios
- Ali Al Habsi
- Patrick Van Aanholt
- Gary Caldwell
- Adrian Lopez
- Maynor Figueroa
- Jordi Gomez
- Ben Watson
- James McCarthy
- Victor Moses
- Franco Di Santo
- Hugo Rodallega
- Michael Pollitt
- Hendry Thomas
- Albert Crusat
- Shaun Maloney
- James McArthur
- Conor Sammon
- David Jones
Match Report
Toffees leave it late Everton left it late to secure their first home win of the season as they came from behind to beat Wigan 3-1 David Moyes' side laboured in front of goal, as they have done so far season, but managed to eke out victory without a recognised front-line striker. Three goals in their previous three matches had pointed to a familiar problem for the Toffees. And on a day when one centre-forward they let go in the summer was the match-winner a few miles up the road in Lancashire, and the one genuine striker they have left departed Goodison Park in a huff before kick-off it seemed they might pay for their lack of bite up front. Ayegbeni Yakubu, deemed surplus to requirements by Moyes in the summer and allowed to leave for little over #1million, scored twice for Blackburn on his debut against Arsenal. Louis Saha, he of the perennial injury problems, was left out of the squad again and reacted by venting his frustration on Twitter. With Tim Cahill now reclassified as a striker by Moyes, who has few other options at the moment, it highlighted how short the resources are. But the Scot's sides are nothing if determined and after defender Phil Jagielka had equalised Franco di Santo's opener with only the third goal of his four-year Everton career, youngster Apostolos Vellios headed in with six minutes to go before Royston Drenthe poked home deep in injury time. It made the absence of Saha, who has played just 41 minutes in two substitute appearances this season, immaterial - although Moyes may have something to say about his pre-match comments. "I am not good enough. Absolutely destroyed," tweeted the Frenchman, who is understood to have left Goodison Park soon after discovering he was not in the squad. "It's coz I'm confident in my ability that I'm gutted." Everton had dominated from the off but after Seamus Coleman's stooping header was turned around the post by Ali Al Habsi. Di Santo's lack of vision squandered Wigan's chance to take an early lead. Marouane Fellaini's stumble on the halfway line gave the Argentinian a free run at Jagielka but with the unmarked Victor Moses in acres of space to his right the striker blazed a hopelessly optimistic 30-yard shot well wide. It was a rare chance in a half which the hosts dominated with Tim Cahill being crowded out by Gary Caldwell after Leon Osman's neat reverse pass had sent Leighton Baines racing into the area. Caldwell was the busiest centre-half as he also kept out Fellaini's close-range effort as Coleman began to enjoy some freedom on the right. But Moses posed even more of a threat and looked destined to score when he nipped in front of Sylvain Distin only for Tony Hibbert to slide in and knock the ball behind in the 31st minute. Moyes will have been furious with the way Di Santo was allowed to collect Ben Watson's near-post corner, casually wander back towards the flag before turning inside Osman and firing in a shot which deflected off Hibbert and past Tim Howard for his third goal of the season. Having previously struggled for goals the Argentinian has now scored more this season than in his previous three-and-a-half years in England. However, the lead lasted just 97 seconds as Osman's inswinging corner was met by a powerful Cahill header which crashed against the crossbar, rebounding to Jagielka four yards out who nodded home. Baines, with a free-kick, and Cahill, with a header, both went close as Everton finished the half strongly. Everton continued to pressure without threatening after the break. Their lack of a predatory instinct up front was highlighted in the 76th minute when Osman rolled an inviting cross into the six-yard area only to look up and see none of his team-mates had made a run to connect. Drenthe and fellow loan signing Denis Stracqualursi, making his debut, came on as substitutes and without very little input the game swung in Everton's favour. When Hibbert whipped over a cross from the right the 19-year-old Vellios rose highest to head into the far corner of the net. Even then Everton could not relax with Wigan substitute Dave Jones hitting the crossbar from long range. However, when Drenthe raced through to poke past Al Habsi in the eighth minute of injury time the fans were finally able to celebrate three points at home for the first time since May.
Form Guide
- Everton
- Wigan DDWL
Last Meetings
- Wigan
- 1 - 1
- Everton
- 30/04/2011
- Everton
- 0 - 0
- Wigan
- 11/12/2010
- Wigan
- 0 - 1
- Everton
- 30/01/2010
- Everton
- 2 - 1
- Wigan
- 30/08/2009
- Everton
- 4 - 0
- Wigan
- 05/04/2009
- Wigan
- 1 - 0
- Everton
- 24/11/2008
Top Scorers
- L Osman 1
- F Di Santo 2
- Total goals 6
- Goals per game 3
- 1 (For) Period 11-20 mins
- (For) 1 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 1 (For) 1 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- 1 (For) 1 (Against) Period 81-90 mins
- Total goals 6
- Goals per game 3
- (For) 1 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- 1 (For) Period 21-30 mins
- 1 (For) 1 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- 1 (For) 2 (Against) Period 61-70 mins


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Eastern Industrial Revolution:
Not a brilliant one to be honest. In this world the Tang Dynasty are able to last a little longer and the scientific advances of their regime are better documented and even continue under slightly more supportive, or at the very least ambivalent, subsequent dynasties. This means that by the High Middle Ages a relatively efficient steam engine is invented in China.
Of course Confucian teachings and the vast ubiquity of human labour meant that there was little use for these inventions and they were mostly relegated to oddities or toys for the wealthy. Of course it did allow for the construction of some truly massive mechanised dolls, clocks and other steam and clockwork contraptions. However there was one area where steam engines saw practical use. Steam ships, made of wood and bamboo like always but with iron steam engines and propelled by paddles were moving along the coast by the 14th Century. Also minor noble houses who had less available labour did begin employing steam engines to mechanise mines and quarries which, whilst unpopular with the more powerful and traditional noble houses, did increase the prosperity of these early industrialists.
Butterflies erased the Mongol Empire from existence though the steppes would still produce a few minor khanates and empires as they always have. Thankfully none of them were as destructive as OTL. China also avoided the north-south divide of the OTL Middle Ages, the empire would fragment a few times but always pull itself back together eventually. It was in the 14th Century, during one of these periods of division, that the great age of Chinese seafaring took place. On their primitive steamships Chinese merchants and explorers left the southern kingdom and headed out into the Indian Ocean, interacting with the local civilizations and even introducing some new technologies to India and East Africa.
European history had continued much like OTL, minus the Mongol invasions which had spared them the Ottoman Turks and the devastation of nations like Poland, Hungary and the principalities of the Rus. As they travelled down the coast of Africa they eventually reached Chinese outposts in Southern Africa. Reaching further they entered an Indian Ocean that, whilst not under the control of Chinese hegemony was definitely influenced by it. This would begin the great age of Euro-Chinese cooperation/competition. Europeans picked up Chinese advancements and, unencumbered by Confucian doctrine (but still held back to a lesser extent thanks to some Christian doctrine), progressed them even further.
A Chinese expedition seeking trade in Polynesia would eventually discover the Americas barely a few years before a similar expedition from Iberia would do the same when looking for a route to Asia that bypassed Chinese South Africa via the Atlantic. A different and slightly larger cast of characters would be responsible for the eventual colonisation and partition of the New World. Unfortunately it would be the more enterprising, opportunistic and violently evangelist Europeans that would win the scramble for the Americas or in this world Yingzhou/Carlisles (Chinese and European names respectively) and take the majority of the land, even converting a few Chinese colonies in subsequent centuries. Amerindians would still suffer horribly from diseases but would do a lot better in Chinese lands once the pandemics had run their course. European colonists and conquerors would still be just as willing to assimilate or remove them as OTL. On the whole there seemed to be more of an initiative to convert the indigenous populations to Christianity and then their conquerors culture rather than exterminate them.
The Industrial Revolution began in the 17th Century and though progress was slower and hampered by conservative institutions it still happened. Europeans were the first to properly exploit their derivatives of Chinese steam engines and began applying them to as many different jobs as possible. At first there were engineering guilds that kept the secrets of mechanisation to themselves but as aristocrats and merchants used steam power in more and more of their own businesses soon enough private entrepreneurs and much later, state owned research institutions took over the development of technology. East Asia did fall behind and the power of Europe's empires replaced the old hegemonies, replacing it with a different status quo. Fortunately this served to stimulate them as well and East Asia rushed to catch up as well.
History happened.
It is now 1970 and this world is very different. It is more technologically advanced thanks to an earlier and more widespread industrial revolution. A lack of Mongol invasions actually spared a lot of Asian and Muslim knowledge that also contributed to the advancement of scientific learning. Climate change and pollution are more advanced though fortunately for most of the global population sea level rise is not very severe yet. Smog is a real danger in many cities, especially in the crowded metropolises of East Asia and in some areas it is only possible to go outside if you are wearing a gas mask.
Medical technology benefits from decent cybernetic limb replacements and the cloning industry is beginning to make artificially grown organ transplants that are not immediately rejected by the patients body. The climate change and deforestation have unleashed many previously unknown diseases into modern society that have no known cures. Pandemics and pandemic scares have become unsettlingly common now and pharmaceutical companies are all scrambling to engineer new cures and vaccines (vaccines make more money) for the people. Antibiotic resistant bacteria and viruses are also common which has made antibiotics largely obsolete. Genetic engineering and the biological sciences in general are more advanced than OTL with GM crops now replacing natural strains especially in areas suffering from unpredictable weather patterns and growing desertification. Some nations are trying to engineer faster growing trees that can survive in arid conditions in order to prevent erosion of topsoil in certain areas. A new initiative has also appeared to replant or extend forests in order to create a carbon sink. Whether these trees will be natural or genetically engineered has yet to be agreed upon. Cloning is still in the early stages of development and people are debating its practical applications.
Robotics are another field in its teething stage. True artificial intelligence is still centuries away at best and this world still has the 'AI is a crapshoot' trope so no-one is really that enthusiastic about genuine artificial intelligence, especially in complex and vital systems lest it try to take over the world. The world is beginning to look a little cyberpunk as more things become digitised in this world. Social networking systems have become popular even in authoritarian states where it now makes it easier to monitor people via their digital messages. Hackers are on the most wanted lists across the world and entire government agencies are devoted to cracking hacker communication codes as well as cleaning up their messes. There is a sort of internet in development but the world appears to be very tentative in trusting the other powers to set up a proper worldwide information network, especially one that they will have more trouble censoring than their own existing individual networks. Great efforts have also been made to reinforce said communications networks. They were originally created to coordinate national defence like OTL and they need to be able to withstand nuclear weaponry.
China is still an empire and has bounced back considerably since the Europeans eclipsed them at the beginning of the industrial revolution. They modernised just as well as the Europeans and while they still lag in terms of a lot of high technology they more than make up for it with volume. They have the prestige of being the first industrialised nation but European do like to rub the fact that they never did anything concrete with it in their faces. Europe still managed to usurp China in much of the globe and stole most of their colonies from them but they have recovered and become a force to be reckoned with once again.
China itself is still a very traditional society. A sort of bureaucratic monarchy exists that still keeps the trappings of older imperial regimes but often leaves matters of government to the vast number of different governmental departments and institutions. The monarchy are still divine but their power is theoretical at best and they are discouraged from actually exercising it by most of the government. Instead there is an idea of leaving government to those who's job it is to concern themselves with it. Micromanagement and specialisation are key features of China's regime with each institution dealing with their particular duty and cooperating with other specialists whenever more complicated matters appear. It is an admittedly unwieldy system but it works and the costs have yet to outweigh the benefits. Social harmony is the order of the day. Built on existing Confucian principles, Harmonialism is based on the concept of social stratification in order to maintain order and cohesion in a community. The idea that jobs should be left to those who's duty it is to perform maintains the status quo and is supposed to a means of providing security and focus to the population. It is possible to navigate this system and move up the social classes as it is strictly meritocratic and allows for those with talent to exploit it but radicalism is not tolerated and anyone who wishes to completely reorder society will find themselves in a cell, preferably a padded one.
China has rebuilt its influence over a number of nations since they modernised. These nations usually follow some form of Harmonialism but are often use it as an excuse to be authoritarian rather than try to organise an efficient ordered society (the theory behind the ideology). They're all non-European states as well which is another unifying factor for this alliance system. By this point the Chinese have taken over their economies as well which has both strengthened ties and created tension between nations that are not that comfortable with the Chinese having so much control.
Europe used to be the centre of the world during the 18th and 19th Century. Now they have genuine competition. The death of the Holy Roman Empire in the 1910s to economic stagnation and (not)-nationalist and republican ideals has left the western portion of the continent fragmented once again. They were saved from complete dissolution thanks to competent/sane leadership emerging in the successor states. A lot of old nationalities have re-emerged once again and new ones created by the HRE have now been embraced as completely independent identities. Despite the damages of the authoritarian HRE, Europe's economy has recovered and once again they are one of the economic centres of the world. Collectively they even outdo China's total output. A new economic and loose political alliance has grown in order to maintain European prosperity, Christian integrity and protect them against the resurgent Muslim states.
The Republic of France is currently the leader of the European League as the nation with the largest single economy and the strongest military. They do have direct influence over a couple of neighbouring republic but for the most part the other members of the EL are fully self-autonomous. Italy is still divided and at an impasse over their proposed unification. Greater Lombardy does not want to be ruled by a king and the latest Neapolitan plebiscite is very pro-monarchy. All members of the EL are democracies of some form whether it is a republic or a constitutional hereditary state (some HRE nobility and vassals were clever enough to keep their thrones after the revolution, usually by supporting them). There are certain rules and regulations that all member states must abide by including a primitive form of human rights. Of course these measures are all very tentative and any attempt at actually centralising control and giving the European Consulate real power usually resurrects bad memories and horror stories of life under the Holy Roman Empire.
There is also tension between the various Churches including the Revived Roman Papacy (originally left Rome in the 1660s during the short lived Emirate of Rum, restored in the 1690s), the Francian/Burgundian Ecclesiastical Council at Avignon and the various Dissension Churches scattered here and there across the Continent. Then of course there is the matter of openly devout non-Christians who are a completely separate problem.
Russia had a much more difficult time at first. There was no Mongol Invasion which thankfully preserved more of their old culture, retained their links with Western Europe and prevented them coming under the domination of the more belligerent principalities. They still expanded into Siberia but Central Asia proved to be a more difficult prospect than OTL. Thus their attention was pushed further to the South and the squabbling sultanates and emirates of the Middle East. Russian expansion has been a slow crawl South but in the last century, after the Great War and a number of smaller wars, they have pushed down to the Persian Gulf, annexed Central Asia and even conquered most of the Balkans. Whilst officially part of the Empire itself Central Asia is still very Muslim and most of their indigenous culture survives. Russia's industrialisation was rather difficult but they managed to modernize through imported experts and entrepreneurs. The government is a strange form of Harmonialism (which the Tsars have found very agreeable) that also incorporates clericalism and a slight democratic influence from their European neighbours. Muslims in Russia and their dependencies are tolerated and are allowed to practice in the open but religious enthusiasm is often frowned upon, it tends to upset the Orthodox Christian rhetoric of the government.
The British Isles spent the last two centuries as a bastion against the Holy Roman Empire and long before that preferred to divorce itself from most Continental affairs. This is what led to their rapid inclusion into the Colonial Era. The Kingdom of England, later Britain, has a strong maritime history and whilst they never ruled the waves in this TL they were a major power. The rise of republicanism on the Continent has caused an increase in reactionary ideals in both politics and society. Whilst not exactly Harmonialist (largely because China doesn't like them and it interferes with the whole endorse innovation) they place a lot of emphasis on the status quo and the importance of the hierarchy. They still industrialised and like OTL got a strong head-start on their rivals thanks to their abundant coal supply and ease in transporting it to wherever was necessary. Successful industrialists and other businessmen often get incorporated into the nobility (sometimes forcefully) and the purchasing of noble titles is still a practice that keeps the upper class titled. Their fight against the HRE also led to the industrialisation of their colonies in order to provide more economic and political muscle. They have also re-appropriated a lot of HRE colonies after the collapse of the rest of the Empire. Whilst behind the Continent in terms of high technology the British are enthusiastic modernisers and understand the importance of research and development. Their meritocratic government also encourages entrepreneurs and inventors to discover and develop new research. Whether they succeed or not is more difficult as upsetting the status quo is discouraged but like with other Harmonialists it works for the present and the foreseeable future. They were also one of the first states to implement state education in order to create a more skilled labour force. These methods, along with state encouragement of invention and industrialisation, has allowed the British to counter the corruption and inefficiency of their own political system.
Britain is the home of the oldest and largest Dissension Church. Originally created as a form of nationalised Catholicism the Anglican Church has evolved into its own entity. It was the first church to translate the Bible from Latin into the local language, English.
Socially this world is rather more traditional if not authoritarian than OTL. It is a more Catholic world and with, more advanced technology as well as governments that are both traditionalist and likely to encourage more large families, the global population is higher at around 8.5 billion. Scientific racism never developed in a world where it was the Asians who first discovered simple mechanisation and even taught it to Africans and other races successfully. Cultural racism though does still persist in areas and the big powers do still hold a semblance of the White (but not necessarily white) Man's Burden. Imperialism is alive and well and the major powers that still practice it are developing and re-branding it into a new and more efficient form of cooperation and mutual exploitation. Also despite the focus on maintaining old social cohesion the importance of technology has never been ignored or actively discouraged which explains how such advanced technology exists in a somewhat more repressive and stratified world.
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