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Food Inc. at Alamo Drafthouse Park North
Environmental Film Series Where: * NEW LOCATION * Alamo Drafthouse Park North, 618 NW Loop 410 When: Thursday, February 18th at 7:30 p.m. ****************************************************** In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of […] [Read More]
Run on the Sun 5k
For those of you who enjoy running for causes…sign up for the 5K race at Solar Fest 2010!! Each year on the first Saturday in May, Solar San Antonio fuses education & entertainment to provide the community with a first-hand glimpse at available solar technologies & innovations. Solar Fest allows attendees to enjoy live music, […] [Read More]
Environmental Film Series New Location
Please join us this Thursday for King Corn at the new Alamo Drafthouse Park North Theater, 618 NW Loop 410! KING CORN Director: Aaron Woolf , Runtime: 90 Minutes , Rating: NR Thursday, January 21st 7:30 p.m. Two friends with one year to spare and a deep curiosity about the American food distribution system set […] [Read More]
Solar Fest 2010 Call for Exhibitors
Solar Fest the festival that's off the grid! Where & When Maverick Park (Broadway & 10th) San Antonio, Texas 78205 Saturday May 1, 2010 Run on the Sun 5k – 8:00AM Festival – 9:00AM – 4:00PM Each year on the first Saturday in May, Solar San Antonio fuses education & entertainment to provide the community […] [Read More]
Holiday Eco-Couture Fashion Event
Emmy Award winning journalist Tanji Patton to host Eco-Couture Fashion Event at Pearl Brewery SAN ANTONIO, December 17, 2009- Former news anchor and television personality, Tanji Patton will host the mega-fashion event, Green Christmas, on December 17 to honor respected non-profit advocacy and resource center, Solar San Antonio. The event is a conceptual, artistic presentation […] [Read More]
H-E-B and EarthShare of Texas Fundraiser
We are pleased to announce that H-E-B has selected Earth Share of Texas to be the beneficiary of its in-store coupon promotion for November, in recognition of Texas Recycles Day. This means that customers can tear off and add check-out coupons worth $1, $3, or $5 to their total bill to support environmental work in […] [Read More]
Solar San Antonio Environmental Film Series
Solar San Antonio, together with a host of local civic and environmental groups, introduces a monthly film series at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The series is designed to make educational opportunities around environmental issues more widely available through high quality, award-winning films and documentaries. On the third Thursday of each month the Environmental Film Series […] [Read More]
World's Largest Grassroots Solar Event is Coming to Town
14th annual National Solar Tour to ramp up on October 3, 2009 highlighting new ways to save money on energy bills. Part of the world's largest grassroots solar event, the 2009 National Solar Tour is coming to San Antonio through the efforts of Solar San Antonio and the American Solar Energy Society (ASES). More than […] [Read More]
Please Welcome Our New Executive Director
Solar San Antonio is proud to announce the appointment of Lanny Sinkin as Executive Director. In this role, he will administer Solar San Antonio's program activities and work with the board of directors to define the mission and strategic goals of the organization. "We know that the use of solar energy is on the verge […] [Read More]
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Holy Cross women's rowing team tied for first with Trinity for the points trophy at the 40th Head of the Schuylkill Regatta on Saturday.
Holy Cross' novice eight crew was very impressive as it placed fifth out of 25 boats with a time of 16:12.72. Pennsylvania won the event with a time of 15:13.30.
In the pair race, Holy Cross "A" placed third out of five boats with a time of 17:52.88, while Holy Cross "B" finished fourth with a time of 19:57.14. Vesper Boat Club won with a time of 16:45.43.
Holy Cross (16:07.90) placed 10th out of 21 boats in the open heavy championship eight race. Vesper boat Club (14:59.79) won.
The Crusaders finished 12th out of 21 boats in the club eight race with a time of 16:17.31. Trinity placed first with a time of 15:19.74.
In the open four race, the Crusaders finished 11th out of 33 boats with a time of 17:29.98 as Undine Barge Club placed first with a time of 16:15.44.
The Crusaders return to action when they conclude the fall season on Nov. 6, at the Green Monster Regatta in Hanover, N.H.
Pair Race
Holy Cross "A": Aleks Torres, Beth Charron.
Holy Cross "B": Catherine Roy, Jackie Esperti.
Open Four Race
Holy Cross: Amanda Woodgate (coxswain), Odet Douglass, Nicole Gabana, Mollie Sydlowski, Kate Broderick.
Novice Eight Race
Holy Cross: Kristina Giangrande (coxswain), Bridget Schirripa, Lauren Carlo, Laura Alves, Kelsey Marakovits, Gloria McMahon, Debbie Sokolowski, Ali Finn, Catherine Bogdanowicz.
Club Eight Race
Holy Cross: Jill Sollazzo (coxswain), Jackie Jankowski, Michele Grenier, Colleen Sharry, Sarah Weinstein, Alex Noonan, Kathleen O'Connor, Janelle DiMartino, Sally Quinn.
Open Heavy Championship Eight Race
Holy Cross: Claire Scherer (coxswain), Aleks Torres, Beth Charron, Meaghan Pedlow, Jackie Esperti, Catherine Roy, Nicole Gabana, Katherine Byrns, Kate Broderick.


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This just in from Slate – interview with a "cyborg". Neil Harbisson, who has a device to allow him to sense colour talks about some of the experiences and discrimination he has experienced. He notes the current situation is somewhat like those experienced by transsexuals, and that societal attitudes, as well as healthcare services, will need to change.
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Future Foods Feb 261 Comment
Will farm livestock become endangered species? Social, economic and environmental drivers are converging to not only look at producing food more efficiently and sustainably, but are also stimulating new ways to produce meat or remove the need for it altogether. Such changes, if successful, could have substantial effects on New Zealand's agricultural and economic landscapes.
Lab-grown meat has been worked on for a while, and convergence with other technologies is starting. Modern Meadow is aiming to print meat. In vitro production of meat still has a long way to go, technically, economically and socially. There is scepticism that it will become economically viable and sufficiently scaleable. Or even appeal to consumers. But would it really be that different from currently available mechanically extracted meat products , insects or some of the delights whipped up by molecular gastronomists?
Will our culinary future need meat? Bloomberg BusinessWeek notes the emergence of start-ups looking at plant proteins to replace meat and egg products. This goes way beyond that culinary favourite of yore – textured vegetable protein. What is particularly noteworthy about these developments is that some of the key backers are VCs who have also focused on clean technologies. Some of them are hoping that the food companies will give quicker returns on investments.
Like the "food pills" of yesteryear these new technologies may not come to pass, but they warrant careful consideration because of their potential to disrupt traditional practices. If a good cheap substitute for milk powder is created what effect will that have on our milk producers? A premium price for real milk or a quaint cottage industry?
Alongside vertical farming and technologies to enhance food safety these developments signal a higher tech approach to food production, and increasing emphasis on production practices, that New Zealand may not be sufficiently prepared for.
Thinking Futures Workshop Feb 222 Comments
The NZ Futures Trust is running a workshop in Wellington on 6th March. The purpose is to help connect up future thinkers and to help identify how the Futures Trust can better support futures thinking in NZ. The workshop will:
• identify gaps in the way futuring works to support New Zealand businesses
communities, policy-making and decision-making.
• identify and review potential "fixes" for the system gaps
• consider new ways to connect with other organisations, and
• work out how we can open up access to the resources held by NZFT and other organisations.
To find out more and register go here. Spaces are limited.
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If you could have bionic bits, would you, should you? Which ones? Currently your options are limited, but that seems likely to change over the next couple of decades. There is increasing activity in wiring up appendages and organs to the brain. As recently noted by Miguel Nicolelis, cyborgs rather than Singularity seems more likely. Lots of money is going into research to better understand and manipulate the brain.
Pace makers, defibrillators and cochlear implants have been around a while now, and despite high costs are routinely inserted in more affluent countries.
A bionic hand that can feel as well as move is being tested, as is an arm controlled solely by thought .
The FDA has just approved a bionic eye implant that can restore some vision (it's been available longer in Europe). The device, made by Second Sight Medical Products, costs US$100,000 and has 60 electrodes that need to be wired up. Future developments aim to increase connectivity, and hence vision quality. Costs will also probably fall. Similar devices are also being developed by others.
Researchers have also given rats a new sensory capability as they investigate how to rewire the brain.
DARPA's investing in developing a brain-computer interface to help handles lots of data, as well as other enhancements to improve soldiers physical and mental capabilities. The large numbers of military and civilian casualties from Afghanistan and Iraq is also stimulating development of advanced prosthetics and implants.
As far as I know, no one with normal hearing has had an implant to make them hear better, and rewiring your retina to have x-ray or eagle eye vision also seems unlikely for most people. More probably people will go for cheaper and less invasive external enhancements, like electronic contact lenses, or advanced Google glasses. Some implantable devices that can communicate with external devices or brain signals are also much easier and cheaper to insert, so have the potential to be more widely used.
Some people are interested in introducing RFID chips into themselves (or their children). Kevin Warwick has had several operations to introduce electronic components into himself as part of his research. However, some RFID recipients now regret their decisions or recognise that they weren't sufficiently well informed.
The increasing number of chemical and electronic "enhancements" becoming available raise concerns about the ethics, equity, privacy, liability and long term safety of them . What if your employer required or encouraged some enhancements to enable you to work more effectively, efficiently, or safely? Or cyborgs were more likely to be employed?. What if an implant to correct a medical condition results in other unforeseen enhancements?
There is a sense that we'll become more intimate with electronics this Century, through choice or obligation. That's not a done deal, widespread public discussions on the issues are only just beginning.


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Sunday, February 24, 2008
Is this the last gasp of winter for this season?
That was the question posed by Diane from Salina this morning. She also included some neat pictures of the snow in her backyard (above).
Diane, as much as you and I would like it to warm up (any day now!!) past history would suggest that Old Man Winter isn't through yet. It's not even March yet! Speaking of March, looking back at that month for the last 10 years here in Wichita, only in 2004 did we not record any snow at Mid-Continent Airport. We had trace amounts in 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2007. (Of course last year, we got 1.8" of snow in April with the hard freeze!!)
March 1998 was a month to remember! We ended the month with 13.6" of snow, most of which fell on the 19th. I remember that snow quite well (which included thunder that morning too!) . I was out live at one point as the heavy snow came down. Quote: "I feel like a drowned rat!!" The snow was coming down that heavy and my hair was soaked by the end of the live shot. (Sorry, no pictures of that!)
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- Bryce said...
Rodney...I'm so sick of winter. From the horrible ice storm that caught me in Manhattan to 8-12 inches of snow during a storm to sleet/hail and thundersleet, this winter has done me in. At least Sunday looks like a spring storm without arctic air! What fun that will be for once!
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Fourteen years ago, a writer (Lluís Homar) was involved in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he loses his sight, and also Lena, the love of his life. This man uses two names: Harry Caine, a playful pseudonym with which he signs his literary works, stories and scripts, and Mateo Blanco, his real name, with which he lives and signs the film he directs. After the accident, Mateo Blanco reduces himself to his pseudonym, Harry Caine. If he can't direct films he can only survive with the idea that Mateo Blanco died on Lanzarote with his beloved Lena (Penélope Cruz).
Fourteen years ago, a writer (Lluís Homar) was involved in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he loses his sight, and also Lena, the love of his life. This man uses two names: Harry Caine, a playful pseudonym with which he signs his literary works, stories and scripts, and Mateo Blanco, his real name, with which he lives and signs the film he directs. After the accident, Mateo Blanco reduces himself to his pseudonym, Harry Caine. If he can't direct films he can only survive with the idea that Mateo Blanco died on Lanzarote with his beloved Lena (Penélope Cruz).
* * * 1/2 (3.5 STARS): There is enough plot in Broken Embraces for half a dozen movies. For some that might sound too much like hard work, but this a Pedro Almodovar film so in fact, such busyness is not only welcome, it's de rigueur.
One thing that movies do well is 'time' – as in play with it, mould it, fold it, compress it and/or stretch it out. Almodovar performs quite a few tricks like that, with Time, here. We move from the present and into the 90s and back again. And back and forth again.
For those with little patience, you could distil the story of the film as one of a tragic love triangle. You could write that and be accurate but you would be wrong. Like Almodovar's best work the movie is really about mood, character and the sensuous pleasures derived from the cinema itself...the elegance of a camera move or the way light plays on the perfect skin of a movie star. Some say Broken Embraces pays homage to Hitchcock and to be sure there is here, when it comes to romance and desire, a shared sense of danger and intrigue, as well as an eye-popping colour scheme seemingly gleaned from Vertigo. (Sex is fun and funny, true desire can kill). But in a sense such comparisons are movie-buff dead-ends and beside the point. Almodovar is playing with his own favourite ideas here. There are riffs here we've seen Almodovar play out quite a bit before; a movie making setting, a time-tripping structure and a gorgeous female lead – a sufferer in love and a lover who suffers for it. But it is not so much a 'mad love', but one so sincere and truthful it's nearly wholesome.
The core of the film revolves around this character, Lena, played by Penelope Cruz, and it's a great part because it's all about role-play. When we meet Lena, she's a devoted daughter willing to turn tricks to raise money to ease the suffering of her ailing dad. She ends Broken Embraces, a movie star. In between, she 'plays' out 'dutiful' wife to a mean-spirited millionaire Ernesto Martel (Jose Luis Gomez) while she passionately pursues a love affair with famous movie director Mateo Blanco (Lluis Homar).
Mateo narrates the film as a completely different character. We meet him first as a blind screenwriter who calls himself Harry Caine. He pitches his tragi-comic love affair with Lena like a screenplay in the making to Diego (Tamar Novas), an aspiring filmmaker, who is also the son of Judit (Blanca Portillo), Mateo/Harry's housekeeper and minder. Judit is in love with Harry/Mateo and she does a poor job at hiding it.
As far as Almodovar plots come Broken Embraces is sane and pretty easy and it's playful too. Its construction is deliberately and obviously a play on movie-constructs. Led to believe Mateo/Harry can justify all the films loose ends and mysteries we follow willingly and find ourselves in a narrative dead end.
Here every character has a place, a reason, a story and it's only when they get to 'act-out" their arc there is a final pay-off.
Indeed the movie is full of puns and double-entendre, most of it an ironic play on the movies. At one point Martel has Mateo and Lena followed by his gay son Ernesto Jr (Ruben Ochandiano), their every action recorded on video while they are making their movie, an innocuous comedy called 'Girls and Suitcases'. He hires a lip reader so he can learn what they are saying, when it's plain just from the body language that they are in love.
Still, perhaps the strongest and most powerful movie 'object' in Broken Embraces is Cruz. Almodovar, like Mateo designs her and 'constructs' her into this figure we can accept. We fall willingly into her emotional embrace. It's often said that movie stars are not 'real'. But here, Cruz is creased and bent by the pressures the movie's hectic plot pounds her with. She is never less than 'perfect', but she also deeply human and no longer impossible"¦ and that's movie magic.
* * * (3 STARS): After mostly getting thumbs down from the critics at the Cannes International Film Festival in May, Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces opened weakly in Spain and wound up earning less than €4 million ($A6.5 million), the director's worst result on home turf for many years.
I can see why. A melancholy melodrama, the fourth collaboration with his muse Penélope Cruz is a disappointment on many levels: the script is long-winded, the plot is overly convoluted, a key relationship isn't convincing, and the characters aren't especially likable or engaging; there is no one to embrace.
The net result: Some fine acting, particularly from Lluís Homar and Blanca Portillo, is wasted on this laboured, self-indulgent tale of deceit, betrayal and revenge. Homar plays a blind screenwriter who calls himself Harry Caine; he was a successful film director under his real name, Mateo Blanco, before he lost his eyesight.
Caine is cared for by his agent and former production manager Judit (Portillo) and her son Diego (Tamar Novas). The film opens with a gratuitous and nonsensical sex scene involving Caine and a blonde journalist. Then, Caine and Judit learn of the death of a corrupt businessman, Ernesto Martel (José Luis Gómez). Soon after, a bumptious young fellow who introduces himself as Ray X (Rubén Ochandiano) begs Caine to help him with a script that's intended as an act of vengeance against his father.
The narrative then flashes back to 1992, shortly before Martel begins an affair with Lena (Cruz), his secretary, wannabe actress and part-time escort. The connections between these characters, and the circumstances which blinded Blanco, are eventually explained, but without the requisite suspense or excitement: most of the revelations are predictable.
As a measure of the director's self-indulgence, Lena is seen shooting a comedy entitled 'Girls and Suitcases', a re-working of Almodóvar's Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
He got the idea for Broken Embraces in 2006 when he was suffering terribly from migraines and spent hours in a darkened room, wondering what it would be like to go blind: the inspiration for the character of Mateo. He's described the film as his love letter to cinema, peppered with references to Roberto Rossellini's 1954 classic Voyage to Italy, Douglas Sirk and Jules Dassin, and the dangerous staircases which recall Henry Hathaway's 1940s noir Kiss of Death.
Cruz looks luminous, as ever, decked out in costumes and wigs to resemble, at various times, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe and Sophia Loren. She's asked to portray three different personas, the dutiful daughter, the mistress, and Pina in 'Girls and Suitcases', running the full gamut of emotions from playfulness and sensuality to anger and despair. But it's a stretch to believe that Lena, even as a gold-digger, would have such a passionate affair with the bland Martel. Homar and Portillo register most strongly as a couple whose ambivalent relationship is one of the key plot points. Kudos to the make-up team for the highly effective aging of Blanco/Caine, Judit and Ray X.
This is the Spanish director's 17th movie in a career stretching over 30 years. 'This is the most difficult movie I have ever made and it was necessary to make 16 movies before I was ready to do it," he said. Alas, this candy-coloured but morose confection is far from his best or most distinctive work.


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(AP) TOKYO - Standard & Poor's has cut Softbank's credit rating to reflect increased financial risks following clearance of its $21.6 billion acquisition of Sprint Nextel Corp.
S&P says Monday it cut Softbank's rating to BB+, which is the highest junk grade rating, from BBB. Softbank shares fell 3.4 percent in Tokyo.
The ratings agency says Softbank's debt will increase substantially as a result of buying 78 percent of Sprint.
The Federal Communications Commission approved the Sprint deal on Friday.
S&P says Sprint, the third biggest U.S. wireless carrier, has weak cash-flow and high debt while Sprint's acquisition of Clearwire will add to the financial burden on Japan's Softbank.
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The last time an Idaho Republican failed to win a statewide campaign, the loser was Tom Luna. Democrats think they can do it again.
Seizing on the sweeping defeat of Superintendent of Public Instruction Lunas K-12 reforms last November, Idahos minority party wants to make education the signature issue of 2014.
The Democrats aim goes beyond unseating Luna. The party promises a vigorous challenge to Lunas close partner in enacting Students Come First, two-term GOP Gov. Butch Otter, as well as Republicans down the ticket.
The voters on Propositions 1, 2 and 3 voted against bad Republican ideas and theyre going to vote against bad Republican candidates, said Democratic Party Chairman Larry Kenck. It not only points at Tom Luna. It points at Governor Otter and the whole Republican Party.
While saying those who campaigned to save Students Come First botched it terribly, Idaho GOP Chairman Barry Peterson waves off Kencks threat. Peterson said 2012 is ancient history in political terms and predicted that the education loss will have zero effect in 2014.
The same people that voted no on those three referendums already had a chance to defeat legislators who voted for the laws, Peterson said.
Though Lunas three laws passed the Legislature without a single Democratic vote, the same electorate that rebuffed Luna kept a lopsided Statehouse wholly intact, with 85 Republicans and 20 Democrats.
Luna and other statewide officials who serve four-year terms werent on the 2012 ballot. They will be next year, along with all 105 legislative seats.
That, said Kenck, makes supporters of the so-called Luna Laws vulnerable. Kenck takes heart in polling by the No on Propositions 1, 2 and 3 campaign, which outspent proponents $3.6 million to $2.8 million.
David Williams, the Maryland consultant who ran the repeal campaign, said Lunas misreading of the electorate was so serious that half of the Republicans in a May 2012 poll rated his job performance negatively.
That led to our early decision to brand these propositions as the Luna Laws in our messaging, Williams wrote in the July/August edition of Campaigns & Elections magazine.
When the campaign to defend the propositions continued to use Luna as its chief champion, Williams was stunned.
We fully expected the other side would see what we saw in our polling Tom Luna was toxic and that he would eventually be put on the bench, he wrote. But it never happened.
A No on Props 1, 2 and 3 campaign poll showed that 33 percent put the principal blame for problems facing public schools on elected officials for failing to provide adequate funding. Seventeen percent blamed unions for making it hard to fire bad teachers.
The vote that counted wasnt close. While presidential candidate Mitt Romney won 65 percent of the vote in Idaho, 57 percent rejected limits on unions in Proposition 1, 58 percent opposed pay for performance in Proposition 2, and 67 percent killed the Proposition 3 mandate for laptops and online classes.
Be careful going after teachers, Williams wrote. They are beloved.
Luna hasnt made a formal announcement for re-election but has said he plans to run. He declined to comment for this story.
His spokeswoman, Melissa McGrath, said Luna has addressed the defeat several times, most recently in September when he told the Statesman editorial board, We should have been far more aware of a broad discussion amongst the general public and not just focus on a strategy that would have legislative success.
McGrath said Luna is now working to convince the 2014 Legislature to implement 21 recommendations from a task force convened by Otter to pick up the pieces after the defeat of Students Come First. The proposals have an estimated cost of $350 million, about two-thirds of which is a six-year plan to boost teacher pay.
We have moved beyond the results of last November to focus on working with education stakeholders to continue the process of moving education forward in the state of Idaho, McGrath said.
The man who helped run Lunas winning races in 2006 and 2010 and the losing 2012 campaign says the personalization of reform drew blood.
When you spend $4 million to demonize a guy like Tom Luna, surprise, it works, said Ken Burgess, a Boise-based consultant and lobbyist.
Burgess agreed that teachers are very well loved and people listen to them ... I think it really did boil down to the impact of teachers.
Burgess said he and Luna discussed scaling back his role. One campaign ad featured Otters wife, Lori, a former teacher who was called a formidable messenger by repeal consultant Williams. But Burgess said it was ultimately Lunas call to remain front and center.
He wanted to be out there fighting the fight, Burgess said.
Burgess said Lunas advocacy of reform is paying off, citing the near-unanimous recommendations of the 31-member task force.
None of these conversations would ever have occurred had it not been for Tom Lunas courage, he said.
Two Democrats who ran when Luna was first elected to an open seat in 2006 are considering a challenge.
The 2006 nominee, Jana Jones, lost to Luna by 2 percentage points 11,000 votes out of 443,000 cast. Jones, who lives in Pocatello and works for a national education software company, was chief deputy to two-term Democratic Superintendent Marilyn Howard. Howard was the last Democrat to beat a Republican for a statewide position Luna in 2002.
Asked whether Lunas alleged toxicity will last, Jones said: Thats a strong word. But I think trust is gone. What people are looking for is leadership that they can trust for their public schools. They want leadership that is transparent, inclusive and focused on whats best for students, not politics.
Acknowledging the Democrats structural disadvantage, Jones said, I think the public is at least ready to listen and not just blindly follow political lines.
The second Democrat is former state Sen. Bert Marley, of McCammon, who became a lobbyist for the teachers union, the Idaho Education Association, after losing to Jones in the 2006 primary.
Marley said Luna is rehabilitating himself in the public eye, including his work as a member of the task force and a budget proposal to boost K-12 spending 6 percent next year the highest since 2008.
I think he was toxic (in 2012), but peoples memories are pretty short, Marley said. There are some people who think it would be a cakewalk to beat Tom Luna. I dont believe that for a second. It would be a pitched battle and very, very close.
Rumors swirl about Republicans considering a primary challenge to Luna, but none of those mentioned who replied to the Statesman said they plan to run.
Former GOP state Rep. Steve Smylie, who lost to Luna in the 2002 primary by fewer than 900 votes of 130,000 cast, explored the race. A teacher for 37 years, Smylie has the motive, but not the means.
You put a lot of professional pride into a career and you have these people basically telling you that youre incompetent nincompoops producing mindless incompetents, Smylie said. That hurt.
Still, Smylie says, hes not in.
One thing Ive discovered is there are a lot of people unhappy with Tom, but Im not sure their unhappiness translates into a willingness to support someone else, Smylie said. If somebodys willing to write you a check, then theyre really upset. Other than that, its just coffee talk.
A key figure in the repeal campaign said proponents of increased support for public schools must not let momentum fade, calling their win a unique moment in Idaho history to effect some positive change.
The vote was a sea change in the perception of education issues, from the governors office to the Legislature, from the public to the business community, said Mike Lanza, co-founder of Idaho Parents and Teachers Together.
Lanza, who served on Otters task force with Luna, said hell measure both by the effort they put into getting the recommendations funded.
Having put in hundreds of hours as a volunteer for IPTT, Lanza aims to convert a loose group of unpaid activists into a nonprofit force with tax-exempt status and a small staff.
Wed like to go out to the public and try to put pressure on the Legislature to implement these recommendations from the task force, Lanza said. If you want to have lasting and broad impact, youve got to have some money and some staff.
One of Lunas closest allies, House Education Committee Chairman Reed DeMordaunt, R-Eagle, said folks writing Lunas political obituary underestimate his commitment to reform.
Also a member of the task force, DeMordaunt said Lunas expertise will be key to convincing lawmakers to implement the recommendations.
Again, hes going to be out changing things so its going to make some people uncomfortable, DeMordaunt said.
DeMordaunt is among those rumored as a GOP successor to Luna, but he said he has no interest in challenging his friend.
Tom will fight for what he cares about to the end, DeMordaunt said. That doesnt mean hes not going to change strategic direction on how to achieve the goal. But youre never going to see him throw in the towel.
Dan Popkey
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This post will focus on successful offensive and defensive-touches in the offensive-zone, as well as scoring chances created per-minute of even-strength ice-time. The goal is to show which players contributed the most successful defensive-touches per-minute, which players had the most successful o-zone touches per-minute, and how that impacted the amount of scoring chances they helped create.
An offensive-touch is described as an event that occurs when the player being tracked has possession of the puck. Offensive-zone o-touches used in this calculation include; shots on net, completed passes, and successful dekes.
A defensive-touch is described as an event that occurs when a player attempts to remove puck-possession from the opposition. Offensive-zone d-touches used in this calculation include; successful stick-checks, successful body checks, and blocked opposition passes or dump-outs. For a stick or body check to be deemed successful, the opposition player being checked must lose possession of the puck.
The graphs included here are separated by position. The top graph shows returning defensemen who played last season. The second shows returning centremen, while the third shows returning wingers.
- The further the player's bubble is to the right, the more successful offensive-touches they had per-minute
- The higher the player's bubble is, the more successful defensive-touches they had per-minute
- The bigger the bubble is, the more scoring chances they helped create per-minute
I included players such as Jarred Tinordi, Nathan Beaulieu, and Davis Drewiske only for the sake of observation. They did not play enough even-strength minutes last season to produce enough events to make their numbers representative.
Among those d-men who played significant minutes last season, PK Subban produced the most successful offensive-touches in the offensive-zone, while also helping to create the most scoring chances per-minute played. Subban also produced only the fourth-most successful d-touches.
Outside of Tinordi, Andrei Markov had the most successful d-touches in the offensive-zone per-minute, while defensive-partner Alexei Emelin had the second-most. It's important to note (although it doesn't appear in this graph) that the three player's with the most successful d-touches in the offensive-zone (Tinordi, Markov, Emelin) also produced the most scoring-chances against per-minute played. This is likely a reflection of a willingness to pinch-in at the defensive-zone. And failed pinch-ins often result in scoring-chances against.
Lars Eller produced the most successful offensive and defensive-touches per-minute played among Montreal centres. That said, it was David Desharnais that helped produce the most scoring-chances per-minute played.
Ryan White produced more successful d-touches per-minute than Plekanec, but had far less offensive-touches and scoring chances than Montreal's other centres.
Max Pacioretty and Brendan Gallagher both produced the most successful offensive-touches per-minute played, as well as the most scoring chances. Gabriel Dumont's number are not reflective, due to a low event total.
Brian Gionta's numbers show how successful he is forechecking, as only Pacioretty produced more successful d-touches per-minute played. Unfortunately, they also demonstrate Gionta's struggles creating offense. Alex Galchenyuk produced the third-most scoring chances per-minute, while contributing the fourth most o-touches.
Rene Bourque's forechecking numbers (d-touches) are the lowest among wingers with substantial minutes played, while Travis Moen produced the fewest successful o-touches; a result reflected in Moen's low scoring-chance total.


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Jun 17, 2011 Research In Motion, the company behind Blackberry (the official smartphone of your dad's boss), is having a rough go of it. Its first quarter...
Army tests out consumer-grade smartphones for combat
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Gigwalk launches
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Here's how to see where you've been, according to your iPhone
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"Samsung Galaxy tablet and phone. Hmm, where have we seen that design before? Ah yes, WHEN WE WERE DESIGNING IT!" - Apple
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Inflation App / App Inflation
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Nov 3, 2011 Smartphones and those handy apps that you download into smartphones are now helping the British calculate their official inflation rate. Governme...
Phones in prisons
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Argentina and UruguayArgentina and Uruguay are in the southern part of South America around the Río de la Plata, the body of water that runs between these two countries. This ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission country program includes both countries, because of the relationship with the companion church in this region. The Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Unida, a member church of The Lutheran World Federation, is deeply committed to education, diakonia, ecumenical relationships and human rights. The program works closely with this companion church and its ministries in a variety of contexts in both Argentina and Uruguay.
The placements of ELCA young adults are based on a combination of ministry needs of both companion churches and human rights or community service organizations. Placement of service may be in a large or small city or in a rural setting. ELCA young adults will have the opportunity to engage in these ministries and organizations in a manner that will allow them to wrestle with questions of justice and faith, the world and how these relate to one another as well as themselves.
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- Involvement in after-school programs
- Community development in local community centers and churches
- Assistance in Sunday school or confirmation classes
- Facilitation in creative expression or activities with music
- Work with youth, young adults and/or women in marginalized communities (Christian education, recreational activities, etc.)
- Work with differently abled children or adults
- Accompaniment on projects with human rights organizations
- Collaboration in projects related to the rights of farmers
- Visiting indigenous communities
- Assist in the organization of seminars and workshops
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One of the youngest comedians scheduled to perform at the Jakarta International Fringe Festival next month, Dwika Putra, 23, launched his comedy career just last year. After performing at Stand Up Night Bandung, he appeared on local stand-up television shows "Open Mic," "Stand Up Comedy Show" and "Sentilan Sentilun."
The native Jakartan has bolstered his experience by performing at corporate events and appearing as the opening act for visiting international comedians.
At JakFringe, he will take to the stage on his own — a first for Dwika — followed by a performance by Australian musical comedian Sammy J.
Although Dwika has clocked up a significant number of performance hours in his brief career, it has not been easy.
"I feel that people usually take comedians lightly and say 'Ah, it's just a bunch of dumb people making other people laugh,' " he said. "But when you're in it, it's not that easy. We have to find techniques for presenting the material like public speaking, and the only weapon is your mic and your own body, so it's really hard. Along with that, you need to make sure your content will make people laugh, because that is what they're expecting."
Speaking of his upcoming role at JakFringe, he said: "Having my own show is really frightening and scary, but exciting at the same time. What if no one shows up? What if no one likes my material? What if they hate me? But I have to try and this is a really good chance for me."
Although stand-up comedy has only recently become popular in Indonesia, Dwika said he believes that the country has an abundant supply of comic material.
"Indonesia is very rich in the sense that there are a lot of things that we can incorporate into comedy, even traditional things like wayang," he said. "It is a very harsh place to live, but we can always use some laughter and laughter is free. I hope stand-up will not disappear and is sustainable, because it is only now booming."
Coming from a Chinese-Indonesian background, Dwika incorporates the humorous side of Chinese traditions into his comedy routine. He said he does this as a way of informing his fellow Indonesians about Chinese traditions and helping to stimulate discussion.
"I'm Chinese-Indo and we have some stupid traditions, like we are not allowed to take food before other people take their food because we would be stealing their luck," he said. "It's very trivial, funny and people just accept it. Also, people only see that I'm Chinese and they don't know what the traditions are, they only see the surface of things."
He added that his fellow Chinese-Indonesians so far haven't taken offense at his comical portrait of Chinese customs. "They look at themselves and agree that it's true," he said.
JakFringe International Festival
To purchase tickets and to learn more about the festival, visit www.jakfringe.com.
The Jakarta International Fringe Festival, which will be held from Nov. 7-11, is organized by the Jakarta Comedy Club, beritasatu.com and thejakartaglobe.com.


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Seattle Chinatown-International District
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Seattle Chinatown Historic District
Chinatown Gate of Seattle International District
|Roughly bounded by Main, Jackson, I-5, Weller, and Fifth, Seattle, Washington
|23 acres (9.3 ha)
|Architectural style
|Beaux Arts
|Governing body
|NRHP Reference #
|Added to NRHP
|November 6, 1986
The Chinatown-International District of Seattle, Washington (also known by its component names or simply as the I.D.) is an ethnic enclave neighborhood and is the center of Seattle's Asian American community. The neighborhood is multiethnic, consisting mainly of people who are of Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino ethnicity. There are also significant populations of people who are of Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, Laotian, Cambodian, and Pacific Islander descent, as well as other communities.[2][3][4]
Hing Hay Park, at the corner of S. King Street and Maynard Avenue S., is a popular gathering place in the International District. The Wing Luke Asian Museum is an important cultural institution in the neighborhood, as was the Nippon Kan Theatre until its recent closure. Kobe Terrace, on the steep slope between I-5 and S. Main Street, is another important site, where many neighborhood residents have urban gardens in the Danny Woo International District Community Garden. The district includes Uwajimaya Village, named after Uwajimaya; across Fifth Avenue from Uwajimaya Village is the Union Station office complex, built where abandoned Union Pacific Railroad tracks once ran.
According to the 2000 census,[dated info] the International District is 56% Asian, 15% black, 15% white, and 5% Hispanic/Latino.
The neighborhood encompasses the blocks east of Fifth Avenue S., beyond which are Pioneer Square and SoDo; west of Boren and Rainier Avenues S., beyond which is Rainier Valley; north of S. Dearborn Street, beyond which are Beacon Hill and the Industrial District; and south of S. Main Street, beyond which is Downtown and First Hill. The portion east of Interstate 5 and north of South Lane Street has been dubbed "Little Saigon" because of the high concentration of Vietnamese businesses there. The main thoroughfares in Chinatown are South Jackson Street and South King Street (both east- and westbound); and the prominent thoroughfare in Little Saigon is 12th Avenue South (north- and southbound) intersecting at South Jackson Street.
19th century[edit]
Chinese immigrants first came to the Pacific Northwest in the 1850s, and by the 1860s some had settled in Seattle. The first Chinese quarters were near Yesler's Mill on the waterfront. In 1886 whites drove out Seattle's Chinese population and the Great Seattle Fire of 1889 further hindered the community. Eventually the Chinese established their new quarters further inland along Washington St. Japanese immigrants also began to arrive, settling in the south side of the district; the part of present-day Dearborn Street between 8th and 12th Streets was known as Mikado Street, after the Japanese word for "emperor."[5] Japanese Americans developed Nihonmachi, or Japantown, on Main Street, two blocks north of King Street. By the mid-1920s, Nihonmachi extended from 4th Avenue along Main to 7th Avenue, with clusters of businesses along Jackson, King, Weller, Lane, and Dearborn streets.[6]
20th century[edit]
By the early 1900s a new Chinatown on King Street began to develop. In 1910 Goon Dip, a prominent businessman in Seattle's Chinese American community,[7] led a group of Chinese Americans to form the Kong Yick Investment Company, a benefit society. Their money and efforts led to the construction of two buildings—the East Kong Yick Building and the West Kong Yick Building—intended to serve as the anchor of a "new" Chinatown.[citation needed] Meanwhile, Filipino Americans settled some of the neighborhood's hotels and boarding houses beginning in the early 1900s, attracted by opportunities to work as contract laborers in agriculture and salmon canneries.[8][9] Among them was Filipino author Carlos Bulosan who wrote of his experiences in America Is In The Heart.[10]
In the 1940s the federal government forcibly detained people of Japanese ancestry in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Authorities moved them to internment camps where they lived from 1942 to 1946. Most of Seattle's Japanese residents went to Minidoka in Idaho.[11] After the war, many returned to the Pacific Northwest but relocated to the suburbs or other districts in Seattle. One remaining vestige of the old community is the office of the North American Post, a Japanese-language newspaper founded in 1902. African Americans moved to the district from across the country to work in the war industry during World War II, occupying many of the houses left vacant due to the internment of the Japanese.
Many neighborhood buildings were destroyed for the construction of Interstate 5 in the 1960s. In the 1970s, organizations devoted to the preservation of the International District were founded, some in response to the 1975 construction of the Kingdome on land that was intended for use as low-income housing. The International Examiner, a community newspaper, was founded in the district in 1974.
In the late 1970s and the 1980s, a new wave of immigrants from Southeast Asia established Seattle's Little Saigon in the district. Many of these immigrants were of Chinese descent.
The worst mass murder in the history of Seattle took place at the Wah Mee Club on Maynard Alley on February 18, 1983. Thirteen people lost their lives.
In 1986, the International District gained federal status as the "Seattle Chinatown Historic District";[12] that was the same year that the Wing Luke Asian Museum moved to 7th Avenue, a location it would occupy for two decades. In 1999, the City Council approved the "Chinatown-International District Strategic Plan" for the future of the neighborhood. Since then, the often conflicting interests of development and preservation have clashed as office developments (e.g., Union Station) and market-rate housing development (e.g., Uwajimaya Village) offer economic growth but threaten to change the character of the neighborhood and increase gentrification and rents. A debate over the vacation of S. Lane Street as part of the Uwajimaya redevelopment is an example of this clash.[13]
See also[edit]
- Festál at Seattle Center, a series of festivals celebrating the culture and contributions of Seattle's various Asian American and other ethnic communities
- History of the Chinese Americans in Seattle
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ^ "Seattle Neighborhoods: International District". Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "History - Celebrating the Diverse Cultures of Asia". Seattle Chinatown / International District. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Seattle's Chinatown - International District". Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Lei, Owen (July 17, 2011). "Seattle man champions changing a century-old street name". KING-TV. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
City ordinance 4044, enacted Dec. 23, 1895, changed Mikado to Dearborn as part of a city-wide plan to standardize street names in a booming urban area. Section 276 of the bill stated, 'That the names of Alaska Street, Mikado Street, Modjeska Street, Cullen Street, Florence Street and Duke Street, from Elliott Bay to Lake Washington, be and the same are changed to Dearborn Street.'
- ^ Takami, David A. (1998), Divided Destiny: A History of Japanese Americans in Seattle, United States: University of Washington Press, p. 29, ISBN 0-295-97762-0
- ^ "Seattle's Chinatown/International District". Wing Luke Museum. Retrieved October 15, 2007.
- ^ Cynthia Mejia-Giudici, Filipino Cannery Workers, HistoryLink Essay 411, HistoryLink, 3 December 1998. Accessed 4 January 2012.
- ^ Filipino Cannery Unionism Across Three Generations 1930s-1980s, Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, University of Washington. Accessed 4 January 2012.
- ^ Cynthia Mejia-Giudici, Bulosan, Carlos (1911?-1956), Writer, HistoryLink Essay 5202, HistoryLink, 14 February 2003. Accessed 4 January 2012.
- ^ Japanese American Internment during World War II, Friends of Minidoka. Accessed 4 January 2012.
- ^ Turkiya L. Lowe, Quintard Taylor, [www.cfr.washington.edu/research.cesu/reports/UW-01-7-B-Recs-for-National-Register-FR.pdf Recommendations for National Register Designation of Properties Associated With Civil Rights in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington], submitted to National Park Service. p. 13 of PDF (entry on Rainier Heat and Power Company). Accessed 4 January 2012.
- ^ Jacklet, Ben (July 15, 1999). "The Great Mall of Chinatown". The Stranger. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
Further reading[edit]
- Bob Santos, Humbows, Not Hot Dogs!: Memoirs of a Savvy Asian American Activist. Seattle: International Examiner Press, 2002.
- George, Kathy. "Seattle's Japantown remembered" (Archive). Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Sunday November 21, 2004.
External links[edit]
|Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Seattle/Pioneer Square-International District.
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to International District, Seattle, Washington.
- Official website of the Chinatown-International District
- International Special Review District from the City of Seattle
- Seattle's Asian American Movement, a multimedia collection of resources on the International District Preservation Movement and the Kingdome protests. Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project
- International District from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Guide to the International Special Review District Records 1973-1997 from the Northwest Digital Archives
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- Opportunity to meet and learn from business and political leaders from the area, state and nation.
Class Makeup
- Approximately 15 freshman students are selected each year.
- Applications will be accepted September 1st through March 1st of the applicants senior year. (PLC Application)
- Selection Committee and SWOSU President makes final selections after personal interviews.
- Class selected by 1st week of May.
Class Format
- Monthly meetings with SWOSU President.
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Dallas, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/29/2010 -- ReportsandReports Announce it Will Carry The UK High Value Home Insurance 2010 Market Research Report in its Store.
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UK High Value Home Insurance 2010 presents a detailed examination of the high value home insurance market. It contains an analysis of the current state of the market by looking at total market growth, profitability, claims, competitive forces and a forecast for the total number of UK affluents and the total market in gross written premiums.
• Information and data on the attractiveness of the UK high value home insurance market
• Data on historical and forecasted numbers of UK affluents.
• An insight into affluent purchasing trends, preferences and investment strategies.
Datamonitor has estimated that there were 661,000 high value home insurance policies in force in 2009. Around 531,000 of these policies were for mid net worth individuals and 58,000 for high net worth's.
This market is plagued by large losses which are largely weather or escape of water related (for all household claims, escape of water accounted for 35% of the total claims bill). In a non-event yearwhere there are no large losses caused by a weather eventthe market combined operating ratio (COR) should be around 90%.
A recurring theme that emerged throughout primary interviews was that less complex risks will continue to see a move towards direct distribution because it is easier to underwrite for these types of risks. However, clients with complex risks will continue to use brokers which can tailor a bespoke policy.
Reasons to Purchase
• Understand how high value home insurance players view this market at present.
• Get to grips with the size of the market and how it is anticipated to grow in the future.
• Realize how distribution of high value home insurance policies will change based on different purchasing patterns.
Overview 1
• Catalyst 1
• Summary 1
Executive Summary 2
Recent market growth has been driven by increased penetration and various rate increases 2
Underinsurance is still a big issue for this market 2
Some enhanced standard home insurance policies are taking business away from the specialist sector 2
With the numbers of affluents expected to grow in the future, there is plenty of new business to be won 2
Insurers can make good returns from high value home insurance 2
A typical non-event year should produce a combined ratio of 90% 2
The threat of new entrants coming into the higher end of the market is low 3
Some players are increasing rates in order to improve underwriting profits 3
The future of the high value sector will be characterized by divergence in distribution 3
MNW home insurance policies are likely to be sold direct while HNWs will continue to use brokers 3
The total market will see moderate growth as a result of new business generation 3
• Table of Contents 4
• Table of Figures 5
• Table of Tables 6
• Market Context 7
Introduction 7
High value home insurance products offer superior service and wide coverage 7
Wealthy individuals need enhanced insurance protection due to their greater value of assets 7
There is no industry-wide definition of MNW and HNW individuals 7
Segmenting MNW and HNW customers is vital for targeting new business 7
Most high value policies available on the market start from £50,000 contents sums insured 9
The total market continues to grow despite the downturn 10
The UK high value home insurance market is estimated to be worth £574m in gross written premiums 10
Datamonitor estimates that there were 589,000 high value policies in force during 2009, up by 1.9% on 2008 11
The total potential market could be worth anything up to £1.9 billion in GWP 11
Penetration is increasing, albeit at a slowing rate, but underinsurance still plagues this market 11
Greater direct advertising, cross-selling, appraisals and partnerships will help improve penetration 11
Hiscox is the only insurer which has a high profile, high value home insurance advertising campaign 12
Enhanced standard home insurance policies are a threat to the MNW market 13
Customers, especially MNW individuals, are becoming increasingly price-sensitive 14
Providers need to promote the benefits of high value products to prevent business being lost to enhanced standard home insurance policies 14
The number of wealthy individuals grew in 2009 by 8.1% to reach 8.2 million 14
Most high net worth individuals are aged between 31 and 50 16
A large number of affluents are moving their investments back into equities 17
Art, gold and collectibles have also become popular investments 18
Insurers can make good returns from high value home insurance 19
HNW risks are more profitable than MNW 19
Insurers can generate attractive returns in the high value home insurance sector 19
Underwriting is becoming more rigorous in order to select the most profitable risks 21
Rate increases by a number of insurers may become the norm for the next year or two 21
There are significant barriers to entry in this market, especially for HNW and UHNW offerings 22
Escape of water continues to be the number one cause of claims 22
Escape of water claims accounted for 35% of all household claims during the first three quarters of 2009 23
The latest crime statistics show a modest rise in cheque and credit card fraud which may influence claims 24
Some HNW insurers are noticing a marginal rise of aggravated burglary against their clients 26
Home & Legacy has partnered with SmartWater in a bid to deter theft-related crime 26
Many believe that insurers need to invest more into improving the claims service 26
The market for loss recovery specialists is growing due to the strong emphasis on claims service quality 26
The threat of inflation throughout 2010 will raise contents claims costs 27
The Floods and Water Management Bill is becoming closer to reality, which should help lower claims costs 28
Distribution 30
Introduction 30
Brokers are the principle route to market for MNW and HNW home insurance products 30
National and regional brokers are the most important distribution channel 30
The majority of mass market household insurance policies are distributed by banks and building societies 30
Affinity partnerships, often with retail banks, are a popular route to market 30
Call centers are a useful way of dealing with clients' queries and MNW product distribution 31
The broker channel is at risk of losing commoditized MNW business to direct insurers 31
Market sentiment is that MNW risks are far easier to sell direct compared to HNW and UHNW clients 31
Direct online offerings are important for attracting the next generation of emerging affluents 31
However, younger individuals are more likely to switch insurance provider 31
Price comparison websites are a way of capturing data that can be used to sell MNW policies online 32
To prevent becoming obsolete in the MNW market, brokers need to work closer with insurers 33
Some have argued that insurers should provide brokers with better resources, although this is unlikely 33
Brokers should aim to target commercial accounts in order to retain and grow business 34
Better client relationship management will undoubtedly help improve client retention 34
Insurers may purchase brokers instead of investing into a direct offering 35
Competitive Dynamics 36
Introduction 36
Most policies available on the market are tailored towards MNW individuals 36
Chubb and Hiscox are the market leaders in the high value home insurance market 38
Both Chubb and Hiscox have sustained their positions as the two largest underwriters 38
Hiscox underwrites high value home insurance via its '505' and '606' policy schedules 38
Chubb's 'Masterpiece' home insurance product range offers a wide range of features and benefits 39
The remainder of the market is characterized by insurers of smaller but similar respective sizes 39
Sterling is one of few MNW and HNW specialist insurers in the market 40
Chartis has significantly expanded its presence in this market since entering back in 2003 40
The market as a whole is characterized by composites and specialist insurers 41
Numerous different regional and national brokers exist in this market 42
2009 saw many new deals and competitor developments 43
Providers are constantly innovating and looking for new business opportunities 43
Synergy Private Clients entered the market in late 2008 43
Fortis is making moves to expand its presence in the MNW market 43
Marsh acquired HSBC Insurance Brokers in December 2009 43
Oak and Plum Underwriting have partnered to offer brokers a full range of MNW and HNW cover 44
Home & Legacy launched three new household insurance products early in 2009 44
Home & Legacy is now on the panel for the broker network Keychoice 44
MNW 'quote and buy' facilities are becoming increasingly popular in order to speed up underwriting 44
Home & Legacy now offers online quote and buy for its MNW clients 45
Plum Underwriting currently provide an online quote and buy facility for brokers to access Lloyd's capacity 45
Chubb's new broker website 'Masterpiece24' provides brokers with a quote and bind system for HNW cover 45
Castle Cover launched a new HNW website called Regal Insurance which offers online purchasing 45
The Future Decoded 47
The MNW and HNW market will experience a divergence in distribution and premium rates 47
MNW home insurance policies are likely to be sold direct while HNWs will continue to use brokers 47
It is possible that the MNW market will become more defined as a segment 47
Insurers will continue to remain competitive for clean risks, but premiums will increase for risky clients 47
The market will grow to reach £694m in gross written premiums by 2014 48
The total market will see moderate growth as a result of new business generation 48
The numbers of UK wealthy individuals will increase significantly to 12.4m by 2014 50
• Data tables 52
• Definitions 53
• Combined ratio 53
• Composite insurer 53
• Gross premium 53
• London insurance market 53
• Managing general agent 53
• Mid-net worth (mass affluent) 53
• Mass market 53
• High net worth 53
• Liquid assets (or liquid wealth) 54
• Onshore 54
• Written premiums 54
• Methodology 54
• Primary and secondary research 54
• High value home insurance market sizing 54
• Wealth Management Market Leaders Survey 2010 55
• Datamonitor's Global Wealth Model 55
• The UK sub-model 55
• Wealth model forecasting methodology 55
• Datamonitor's wealth numbers compared with other wealth numbers 56
• Further reading 56
• Ask the analyst 56
• Datamonitor consulting 56
• Disclaimer 57
List of Tables
• Table 1: Total number of UK affluents measured by onshore liquid wealth, 2005-09e (000s) 16
• Table 2: Hiscox and Sterling ratios, 2005-08 (%) 21
• Table 3: UK household insurance claims by peril, 2004-Q3 2009 (£m) 24
• Table 4: Selected number of offences from the British Crime Survey, 2004/05-2008/09 25
• Table 5: Mid and high net worth products 37
• Table 6: Key drivers affecting UK MNW and HNW home insurance GWP, 2010f-14f 48
• Table 7: UK high value home insurance market GWP, 2009e-14f (£m) 49
• Table 8: Forecast for the number of UK affluents, 2009e-14f (000s) 51
• Table 9: UK inflation rate as measured by the CPI and RPI, June 2008-December 2009 (%) 52
List of Figures
• Figure 1: Defining MNW and HNW policies 8
• Figure 2: MNW policies start at around £50,000 of contents while HNW policies start between £150,000 and £250,000 9
• Figure 3: Two thirds of the high value home insurance market is accounted for by MNW GWP in 2009 10
• Figure 4: Hiscox's advertising campaign has raised the profile of high value home insurance 13
• Figure 5: The number of UK affluents grew in 2009, after falling significantly in 2008 15
• Figure 6: Most UK-based HNWs are relatively young 17
• Figure 7: Almost half of all HNW investment portfolios are invested into equities 18
• Figure 8: Insurers can earn high returns from high value home insurance 20
• Figure 9: 2009 will be a record year for escape of water claims 23
• Figure 10: Generally crime has fallen, although fraudulent activities may continuing rising 25
• Figure 11: Lorega is leading the way for loss recovery insurance 27
• Figure 12: 2009 was characterized by falling inflation which in turn lowered home contents claims costs 28
• Figure 13: Example of how price comparison sites could be used to capture customers 33
• Figure 14: Hiscox is the number one high value home insurance underwriter 38
• Figure 15: Chubb offers three main specialist high value household insurance policies 39
• Figure 16: Hiscox and Chubb are the largest underwriters active in the high value home insurance market 41
• Figure 17: Composites and specialist insurers are both active in the MNW and HNW home insurance market 42
• Figure 18: Regal's online offering seeks entice more HNWs into making online quotes 46
• Figure 19: The high value home insurance market will experience an average growth of 3.9% up to 2014 49
• Figure 20: The numbers of UK MNW and HNW individuals will experience year-on-year growth 50
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Attempting to define realism or to clarify the various
styles of representational painting can be a challenging task. When writing about today's painters, I
always hesitate to use words like "classical," "realist," "contemporary,"
"traditional," or "modern" because they do not always fully capture what I'm
trying to describe. For example, a word like "classical" by definition refers
to Greco-Roman or Renaissance ideals, but by connotation has come to mean an
art form that embodies a certain timelessness and order. "Contemporary"
undoubtedly means anything taking place in our time, so by that definition any
painter alive is contemporary. But critically speaking, I would not call all
painters today contemporary--I'm more apt to use that distinction when a
painting has a more modern or conceptual feel.
The Desperate Man by Gustave Courbet, 1844-1845, oil painting, 17 3/4 x 21 5/8.
Artists themselves have felt the confusion and in an attempt
to bring clarity have adopted such labels as new realists, figurative realists,
classical realists, contemporary realists, and so on. These phrases have found
their meaning in a Post-Modern context, which generally defines what it is by
comparing itself to what it is not. The
New Realists of the early 1960s, for example, made it clear that they were not
your grandmother's realists reveling in Caravaggio and Jacques Louis David but
rather were trying to bring elements of representation to the Abstract
Expressionist aesthetic. The Classical Realists of the early 1980s led by
Richard Lack were differentiating their brand of realism from other forms of
representational art of the time, even though they knew that within the context
of art history "classical realism" was a contradiction in terms.
Realism can mean different things to different people and
has changed meaning over time, which is another reason why it's difficult to
define. Most would agree that realist painters are recognized by their choice
of subject matter. Like Gustave Courbet--by most accounts considered the first
Realist--or any of the Russian painters throughout history, a realist paints the
real world and finds beauty and interest in everyday people, places, and things
that the rest of society might find mundane. The realist is also defined by his
or her technical execution, which aims for an accurate, truthful representation
of the subject. The stylistic differentiation gets tricky among artists, however,
because many realists who work from life do not want to be put in the same
category as realists who work from photographs or in a photorealistic manner. This confusion translates
to the public, who will often comment that a painting looks like a photograph,
as if that were the highest compliment one could pay an artist.
As you can see, the parameters surrounding realism are
rather ambiguous. I think this is because realism is redefining itself as we
speak and also because a new movement is on the horizon. I believe that
movement will embody a language that is not yet in our artistic vocabulary,
forcing us to find new words and a new criterion.
Allison Malafronte is
the senior editor of American Artist.
Realism was redefined with the invention of the camera. Could it not be considered that realism paintings is totally unnecessary today when a 100 dollar camera can do a better job. Just wondering.
Yes Realism is difficult. I am a realist. I find beauty in everyday life and all around me. And I love the challenge of capturing the reality that inspires me. Some realists paint loosely looking more like impressionism while I do paint landscapes more softly because of distance makes things softer and grayer and I paint still lifes more sharply because there is a very small amount of distance in them. Wondering why other realists are realists? I read an article on one of the art magazines that realism was not very popular. Do you have an opinion on that?
"Could it not be considered that realism paintings is totally unnecessary today when a 100 dollar camera can do a better job. Just wondering."
There isn't a style immune to similar comments:
Why paint like that - I could take a photograph.
Why paint like that - a 5 year old with no training can do that.
Why paint like that - I can use photoshop to filter a picture.
On and on and on.
@ Papadan who said : " Realism was redefined with the invention of the camera. Could it not be considered that realism paintings is totally unnecessary today when a 100 dollar camera can do a better job. Just wondering."
Yes, realism was redefined ...so that the bad realist painters had to quit painting or to start coloring the B/W photos.
I was an abstractionist having your same opinion about the camera and the realism nowadays....until I (re)discovered the (classical) realism and it's beauty and superiority to any high-end camera + photoshop
As for a $100 camera doing a better job..well, maybe a better job then the dozens of so called realists amateurs you may find on Etsy .
I agree with chiriacdc
Nothing can compare to a beautiful well done realistic painting in the classical style.
You can tell if someone only paints from photographs and a $1000 or more camera cannot come close.
For great contemporary realism see : www.artrenewal.org
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