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Neville Brand
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|Neville Brand
1966 publicity photo
|Lawrence Neville Brand
August 13, 1920
Griswold, Iowa, U.S.
|April 16, 1992
(aged 71)
Sacramento, California, U.S.
|Cause of death
|Resting place
|East Lawn Memorial Park in Sacramento, California, U.S.
|Years active
|Rae Brand (m. 1957–92)
Neville Brand (born Lawrence Neville Brand; August 13, 1920 – April 16, 1992) was an American television and movie actor. He was also a highly decorated World War II American combat soldier.
Early life[edit]
Neville Brand was born in Griswold, Iowa, to Leo Thomas Brand (June 24, 1892–April 18, 1985) and the former Helen Louise Davis (August 4, 1900–October 23, 1991) as one of seven children. His father had worked as an electrician and bridge-building steelworker in Detroit. Neville was raised in Kewanee, Illinois, where he attended high school. After his schooling he helped support the family, employed as a soda jerk, waiter, and shoe salesman in Kewanee.
He entered the Illinois Army National Guard on October 23, 1939, as a private in Company F, 129th Infantry Regiment. He was enlisted in the United States Army as Corporal Neville L. Brand, infantryman on March 5, 1941.
World War II[edit]
He trained at Fort Carson and served in World War II, seeing action with B company, 331st Infantry Regiment of the 83rd Infantry Division (Thunderbolt Division) in the Ardennes, Rhineland and Central European campaigns. Brand, a sergeant and platoon leader, was wounded in action along the Weser River on April 7, 1945. His upper right arm was hit by a bullet, and he nearly bled to death.
Brand was awarded the Silver Star, the third-highest decoration for valor in the U.S. Military, for gallantry in combat. His other awards and decorations were the Purple Heart, the Good Conduct Medal, the American Defense Service Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three Battle Stars, one Overseas Service Bar, one Service Stripe and the Combat Infantryman Badge. In a 1966 interview he explained the Silver Star, stating that withering fire from German machine guns in a hunting lodge kept him and his unit pinned down. "I must have flipped my lid," he said. "I decided to go into that lodge." He was discharged from service in October 1945.
He worked on a 1946 U.S. Army Signal Corps film with Charlton Heston and next settled in Greenwich Village and enrolled at the American Theatre Wing, working off-Broadway, including Jean-Paul Sartre's The Victors. He also attended the Geller Drama School in Los Angeles on the G.I. Bill.
Acting career[edit]
Brand started his big-screen career in D.O.A. (1950) as a henchman named Chester. His hulking physique, rough-hewn, craggy-faced looks and gravelly voice lead to him largely playing gangsters, Western outlaws and other screen "heavies," cops and other tough-guy roles throughout his career. He became well known as a villain when he killed the character played by Elvis Presley in Love Me Tender. He had the distinction of being the first actor to portray outlaw Butch Cassidy, in the film Three Outlaws, opposite Alan Hale Jr. as the Sundance Kid. Though not the big-budget romp that the later Paul Newman–Robert Redford film was, both Brand's Cassidy and Hale's Kid were played as likable outlaws, a rare change from Brand's typecasting as a murderous psycho.
However, Brand was occasionally cast against type, playing a romantic lead in the movie Return from the Sea with Jan Sterling and a heartwarming character who was brain damaged and misunderstood in an episode of the TV show Daniel Boone. He played Hoss Cartwright's (Dan Blocker) Swedish uncle Gunnar Borgstrom on Bonanza in the episode "The Last Viking." He also played U.S. Navy Lieutenant Kaminsky, ignored as he tried to warn his commander of the opening skirmish in Tora! Tora! Tora!.
Of the hundreds of roles he played, he is probably most well known as Al Capone in the TV show The Untouchables and again in the movie The George Raft Story. The characterization -- including in the TV show's pilot episode an odd broken-English pseudo-Italian accent which the American-born Capone did not have in real life - caused an outcry from the Italian American community over stereotypes. He also portrayed a prison guard of Birdman of Alcatraz and as the antagonistic and untrusting, yet dedicated POW, Duke, in Stalag 17. In 1980 Brand appeared as Major Marvin Groper in The Ninth Configuration, written and directed by The Exorcist author William Peter Blatty.
Brand was also known for his roles in Westerns; he appeared in numerous Westerns throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, including The Tin Star with Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins, The Desperados with Jack Palance, and The Deadly Trackers with Richard Harris. On television, he appeared in The Virginian and then went on to star as Reese Bennet in the series Laredo. Brand co-starred with George Takei in "The Encounter," an episode of the original Twilight Zone series. Brand, a genuine decorated veteran, portrays a phony war hero, a coward who obtained his prize trophy (a Japanese soldier's sword) by murdering a Japanese officer after he had surrendered.
Personal life[edit]
Brand was an insatiable reader who amassed a collection of 30,000 books over the years, many of which were destroyed in a 1978 fire at his Malibu home.
Brand died from emphysema at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento, California, on April 16, 1992 at age 71.[1] After a private funeral service,[2] Brand was cremated, and his remains are interred in a niche of the Morning Glory Room at East Lawn Memorial Park in Sacramento.[3] Brand was survived by his wife, Rae, and three daughters.[4]
Selected filmography[edit]
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
- Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
- Halls of Montezuma (1951)
- Only the Valiant (1951)
- The Mob (1951)
- Kansas City Confidential (1952)
- The Turning Point (1952)
- Stalag 17 - Duke (1953)
- Gun Fury (1953)
- The Charge at Feather River (1953)
- The Man from the Alamo (1953)
- The Lone Gun (1954)
- Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
- The Prodigal (1955)
- Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)
- Mohawk (1956)
- Three Outlaws - as Butch Cassidy (1956)
- Love Me Tender (1956)
- The Tin Star (1957)
- Badman's Country (1958)
- Cry Terror! (1958)
- Five Gates to Hell (1959)
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
- The Last Sunset (1961)
- The George Raft Story - as Al Capone (1961)
- Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
- Hero's Island (1962)
- That Darn Cat! (1965)
• "Three Guns for Texas (1968 film)"
- Backtrack (1969)
- The Desperados (1969) - Marshal Kilpatrick
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - Lieutenant Kaminsky
- Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)
- The Deadly Trackers (1973)
- The Mad Bomber (1973)
- This Is a Hijack (1973)
- Scalawag (1973)
- Killdozer! (1974) (TV)
- Psychic Killer (1975)
- Eaten Alive (1977)
- Fire! (1977) (TV)
- Hi-Riders (1978)
- The Seekers (1979) (TV)
- Five Days from Home (1979)
- The Ninth Configuration (1980)
- Without Warning (1980)
- The Return (1980)
- Evils of the Night (1985)
- Stage 7 - episode - "Armed" - Maj. Stevens (1955)
- The Scarface Mob - TV Movie - Al Capone (1959)
- The Untouchables - episode - Pilot - Al Capone (1959)
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse - episodes - "The Untouchables: Parts 1 & 2" - Al Capone (1959)
- Bonanza - episode - "The Last Viking" - Gunnar Borgstrom (1960)
- Rawhide - episode - "Incident of the Devil and His Due" - Gaff (1960)
- The Untouchables - episode - "The Big Train: Parts 1 & 2" - Al Capone (1961)
- Death Valley Days - episode - "Preacher with a Past" - John Wesley Hardin (1962)
- Ben Casey - episode - "Will Everyone Who Believes in Terry Dunne Please Applaud" - Terry Dunne (1963)
- The Lieutenant - episode - "The Two Star Giant" - General Stone (1963)
- Rawhide - episode - "Incident of the Red Wind" - Lou Bowdark (1963)
- Wagon Train - episode - "The Zebedee Titus Story" - Zebedee Titus (1964)
- Destry - episode - "The Solid Gold Girl" - Johnny Washburn (1964)
- The Twilight Zone - episode - "The Encounter" - Fenton (1964)
- Wagon Train - episode - "The Jed Whitmore Story" - Sheriff Frank Lewis aka Jed Whitmore (1964)
- Combat! - episode - "Fly Away Home" - Sergeant Keeley (1964)
- Gunsmoke - episode - "Kioga" - Jayce McCaw (1965)
- The Virginian - episode - "We've Lost a Train" - Reese Bennett (1965)
- Laredo - 56 episodes - Reese Bennett (1965-1967)
- Daniel Boone - episode - "Tanner" - Tanner (1967)
- Bonanza - episode - "The Luck of Pepper Shannon" - Pepper Shannon (1970)
- The Virginian - episode - "Gun Quest" - Sheriff Wintle (1970)
- Alias Smith and Jones - episode - "Shootout at Diablo Station" - Chuck Gorman (1971)
- Bonanza - episode - "The Rattlesnake Brigade" - Doyle (1971)
- Alias Smith and Jones - episode - "Which Way to the O.K. Corral?" - Sam Bacon (1972)
- Marcus Welby, M.D. - episode - "Don't Talk About Darkness" - Kenny Carpenter (1972)
- Longstreet - episode - "Survival Times Two" - La Brien (1972)
- McCloud - episode - "Fifth Man in a Strong Quartet" - Fred Schultke (1972)
- McCloud - episode - "The Solid Gold Swingers" - Lt. Roy Mackie (1973)
- The Magician - episode - "Lighting on a Dry Day" - Sheriff Platt (1973)
- Kojak - episode - "Sweeter Than Life" - Sonny South (1975)
- McCloud- episode - "Three Guns for New York" - Burl Connors (1975)
- Police Story - episode - "War Games" - Norman Schoeler (1975)
- Police Woman - episode - "The Loner" - Briscoe (1975)
- Swiss Family Robinson - episode - "Jean LaFitte: Part 1" - Gambi (1976)
- Captains and the Kings - O'Herlihy (1976)
- The Eddie Capra Mysteries - episode - "Murder Plays a Dead Hand" - Frankie Dallas (1979)
- Quincy, M.E. - episode - "Dark Angel" - Police Officer Tommy Bates (1979)
- Fantasy Island - episode - "Nona/One Million B.C." - Lucus (1980)
- ^ "Death takes tough-guy actor Neville Brand, 71". The Bulletin. April 19, 1992. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "Private Service Planned for Neville Brand". The Los Angeles Times. April 19, 1992. p. 13.
- ^ "Capital's Elite Address Residents Treasure "Fabulous Forties"". The Sacramento Bee. August 8, 1993. p. B1.
- ^ Lambert, Bruce (April 19, 1992). "Neville Brand, 71, Craggy Actor Known for Many Roles as Villains". The New York Times. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- Hannsberry, Karen Burroughs. Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2003.
- Horner, William R. Bad at the Bijou. Jefferson NC: McFarland, 1982.
- Wise, James E., Jr. and Paul W. Wilderson III. Stars in Khaki. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2000.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neville Brand.
- Neville Brand at the Internet Movie Database
- Neville Brand at AllMovie
- Neville Brand at Find a Grave
- Neville Brand: Setting the Record Straight by Robert E. Witter
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I went into the bathroom and turned on the light. There were no mirrors. Just the bare unpainted walls where mirrors had been. Instead of a mirror image, I could sense myself as a conscious being. Wow, that was quite an improvement! Actually everything seemed divine and in harmony. Every part fit with every other part. Nothing was separate from the Source, yet each thing had its own existence, but in perfect cooperation with the Center. I thought, "This is how life should be."
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[I am reposting this blog from 3-6-12 which includes not only a general introduction to Shri Chaitanya, but also, in the comments section, many prayers and pastimes.]The appearance day of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has come upon us with the rising of the full moon. Those unfamiliar with the significance of Lord Chaitanya, and/or who want to gain a deeper appreciation for Him—not just intellectually, but practically, personally, and factually within themselves, are recommended to not only study about His life and teachings, but to also chant the Hare Krishna mantra very intently in personal meditation (japa), or with others in loud, melodious song and dance, sankirtan. The ideal environment for this is with those of faith and spiritual standing in the practices Shri Chaitanya taught. If this is not available, you can create a sanctified area in your home, dedicated solely for spiritual practice, praying for good association. The real fruit of knowledge is receptivity, and inspiration to engage in loving devotional service, and chanting brings about both, as it is the means and end of perfection. My teacher, Shrila Prabhupada, using the idea of science to verify theories by experiment, often encouraged us to experiment with chanting.
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Here in North Carolina we don't get anywhere near the amount of snow of northern states. Mostly the big storms pass us by or don't leave much snow. Occasionally we get a little dusting, or a few inches of that white fluffy stuff. If there is accumulation we have our Mitra (friend) who uses his tractor to plow our road and driveway. Unfortunately for us, he is out of town, and so we really appreciate his kind service, being unable to move out of our driveway, and with temperatures remaining below freezing, there is no end in sight.
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Fate Attraction Part 5—Coming to Krishna
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[I am continuing the reposting of this 5 part series as a way to commemorate this month which marks my 45th year of coming to Krishna. This is the final installment (previously posted 2-16-14)--until I make it into a whole book.] Chris had come back from Muir Woods to Berkeley a few times to restock his food supplies and then return, but this time he felt he would stay in town for a while. He wanted to begin searching the library and alternative newspapers for information about different spiritual orders and groups such as the Trappist monks, Buddhists, and various yoga societies. Somehow to have a new life, a spiritual life, and one by which he could focus on useful life skills, being in harmony with Nature, and helping others.
In his second year of college he wasn't impressed or inspired by his teachers. He reasoned that if he continued his education he would become like they who were merely part of the materialistic status quo. His teachers didn't seem interested in changing, becoming better people, or most importantly, in their own souls. Chris felt completely estranged from his old life, apparently lost, even damaged from an external perspective, and yet he felt somehow guided in the process of finding his path. It had been a radical, unpredictable journey and there no end in sight, but his effort to find and live the Truth was worth it, even if his material progress was impeded or lost forever. Without realizing and living the purpose of life, what was the use of any other obtainment, even if praised by the World?
He simplified his life by giving away most of his possessions, and began sleeping on the floor. During the day he would sit on his folded sleeping bag before a small coffee table that he used as a desk. It was covered with stacks of spiritual/religious books, magazines, and notebooks. He dreamed of being a sage or monk, what the I Ching referred to as a "superior man," not in vanity, but in depth of character. Chris had become a vegetarian rather naturally,
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Fatal Attraction Part 4: The Awakening—Learning from the Natural World and the Redwood Forest
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[I am continuing the reposting of this 5 part series.] Growing up in San Francisco, Chris didn't think it unusual or sad if the sky was overcast or foggy—it was just a different color sky, though he liked the sun too. In fact, in a general sense, even at the young age of four he began a lifelong pattern of not look forward to things, or thinking of too much about the past. Though he was learning to shut his emotions down as much as possible, in a strange way he lived in the present, at least his version of it, safe in his castle of neutrality, yet ever on guard so he could remain at peace, and not angry (like his father). He learned that if someone is angry that will mean pain, so he treaded life very gently. When his family moved from L.A. to San Francisco in 1954, he didn't feel much different in his new neighborhood in the Sunset district than he had in his previous house in Van Nuys, especially after making friends—but at first he didn't like the hills. When a neighbor began making skate coasters for the kids, the hills became an asset for fun.
In their flat on 9th Avenue, these were carefree years for Chris, at least on the surface. He had a best friend, Michael Rivers who lived next door, and they played all day, coming home for lunch, and sometimes playing Monopoly. They were loosely under the watch of Michael's mom, since Chris's parents were at work, and sometimes there was a baby sitter, but in those times kids were just let out to their own devices without supervision. As they grew older they enjoyed roaming the neighborhood, finding homes under construction to play in, climbing the tree on the corner, or exploring the hill that steeply dropped down from 8th Avenue to the fast and busy street far below. Sometimes on the weekends they would walk over to Sutro forest and climb to the top with Chris's dad.
Interestingly, from today's perspective, in his youth Chris didn't learn to make any distinction between the city composed of concrete, asphalt, cars, and houses, with the natural environment he encountered in his back yard, in vacant lots, or at Sutro forest. He hadn't yet spent time in country settings which were at least partially undisturbed and full of trees, bushes and wildlife. Although later he and his friends spent time in Golden Gate Park, and had family vacations in scenic resort areas, he still didn't understand that where a city now stood was once a scenic, natural habitat, free from human intervention and "progress." To Chris, human beings seemed to be the center around which everything else revolved, while Nature and its laws were but an afterthought, or only of secondary importance to cities and their inhabitants. It was only when he was in his existential crisis at 18 that Chris really appreciated the natural world. He discovered a Nature that wasn't secondary to human beings. Instead, humans were only a part of Nature. The natural world, the planet, and the Universe, were the basis of all life, having to be properly respected and cooperated with.
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The testing of the national emergency alert system today appears to have been a big flop, which must be a relief for Renew America's Sher Zieve, who warned us all that the alert would be the beginning of President Obama's totalitarian dictatorship. As Zieve eloquently wrote last month:
I never realized how thoroughly submissive to totalitarianism we had become, until recently. I thought we still had a chance to survive. I actually thought we would fight. On one thing Obama is correct. We HAVE become soft.
Now, in a secondary move to seize all power in the country for himself and his syndicate, Obama has decided that he will confiscate ALL television and Radio broadcasts for a supposed "test" of the EAS (Emergency Alert System). Communication for both US television and Radio will be cut off on 9 November 2011 for at least 3-4 minutes. This is both unprecedented in our history and constitutes the final phase of Obama's testing of his ability to seize communications in the USA at will. In the past, real Presidents of the USA have asked for time from the various broadcast networks when there was an emergency and they needed to speak. No more. We are now firmly in the bowels of the Obama dictatorship and said tyrant is violating each and every principle and law contained with the US Constitution.
The Obama-supported and implemented "Occupy Wall Street' flea circus has provided Obama with both an "if you don't give us what we want, we'll turn violent" crowd and an almost perfect cover for his implementation of the finalization of his Police State. Anyone still think Obama is naive and incompetent? Not a chance. As I've been writing since before he usurped the Office of POTUS, Obama has been hired to destroy the USA and once he's in power we may not be able to get rid of him. He knows precisely what he's doing. Any more questions?
Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association should also be relieved, as he too floated fears that President could "declare an emergency and then he could co-opt all of the broadcast media in the country, and it would be all the president, all day." Watch at the 3:05 mark:
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The "Eight Cs" of Sustainability Branding
Core: The starting point of credible sustainability marketing is the socio-ecological impacts of products (see chapter 3 of "Sustainability Marketing"). The thorough assessment of the key socio-ecological problems of products along the entire life cycle by means of the impact matrix or Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is necessary for companies to begin with. Tying sustainability to the key problems and the core business is essential to ensure it resonates with consumers. If a company sells cars, effective brand sustainability strategy would focus on fuel-efficient cars and clean engines or new forms of mobility – not saving some mammal in China (which is worthwile, but not necessarily adding to the sustainability brand value!). BMW, for example, withdrew from Formula One in 2009 to re-direct the financial resources (a couple of hundred million Euro!) to the development of new drive technologies and projects in the field of sustainability. It spends billions in R&D to lead the way towards the next generation of clean vehicles (electric?), and ensure "Freude am Fahren".
Co-operative: The solutions to the main socio-ecological problems associated with products along the entire life cycle require co-operations with suppliers, retailers, consumers, scientists, and other non-market actors – both in the process of innovating and marketing sustainable products and services. Interface, for example, partners with a range of individuals and organizations outside the company to help them achieve their "Mission Zero" goal, offer bio-based products and close the loop.
Credible: Solving key socio-ecological problems associated with companies' products and tying sustainability to the core business are fundamentals of credibility. Co-operations with trustworthy partners and the use of independent, third-party labels can increase the credibility of sustainability brands further. The new, award-winning organic brand "Follow Fish" partners with WWF and uses labels like Bio, MSC and Naturland to signal quality and enhance credibility. In addition to that, the company established an online tracking system, which enables consumers to see the world of behind the fish chain (where it comes from, how it was cultivated, which way it is transported, and where it is stored).
Consumer Benefits: For most consumers, socio-ecological attributes are not core benefits. Usually, socio-ecological characteristics just play an auxiliary role. Many sustainable products of the first generation suffered from "sustainability marketing myopia", i.e. the myopic focus on socio-ecological attributes over the broader expectations of consumers (e.g. fair trade coffee with a bitter taste, textiles with fading colors, and natural detergents that did not wash properly). To broaden the appeal of sustainability brands, they should emphasize the inherent consumer benefits of socio-ecological attributes, including efficiency and cost effectiveness, health and safety, symbolism and status; and they should align socio-ecological attributes with benefits such as functionality, design, and durability to create "motive alliances". Zipcar, the largest car sharing organization of the world, stresses the convenience and the cost savings of its sustainable mobility solution – besides helping the environment and being "zipster"!
Conversational: Sustainability branding is more effective as a two-way conversation, rather than a one-way announcement. Inviting consumers to participate in a conversation about the sustainability process strengthens the brand-consumer relationship. Take, for example, Patagonia's Footprint Chronicles, an online tool that helps consumers understand Patagonia's steps to make their shirts and pants more sustainably, but also allows them to see the environmental shortcomings, and join the discussion about them.
Consistency: If sustainability is key to brand positioning, it is important to communicate it to and with consumers in a consistent way, including advertising, personal selling, point of sale promotions, online communication and so on. This requires a kind of integrated approach to sustainability communication. In addition to that, the sustainability product brand has to be consistent with the overall environmental and social performance of the company. If a company makes claims about a specific environmental or social benefit of their products, this could become counterproductive if they are shown to use a highly polluting production process or one that exploits labour in poorer countries. From this perspective the means of production and the behaviour of the entire company becomes a part of the 'product' that the consumer buys. In this way sustainability marketing is different to mainstream marketing. All aspects of corporate social and environmental performance become relevant to the consumer and liable to influence their behaviour. This requires companies to approach the management of sustainability performance, and communication about it, holistically.
Commitment: Sustainability branding also requires the commitment of top management and marketing decision makers, not 'just' the PR department responsible for CSR reports and the sustainability officer in charge of health and environmental management systems (which is a important, but not directly linked to products and brands!). Coop, the second largest Swiss retailer is a good example for its commitment to sustainability. In the year 1993, the co-operative launched the sustainability retail brand "Coop Naturaplan". At the press conference the CEO and the marketing manager announced the ambitious goal to reach revenues of 400 Swiss million with the new organic food assortment by the year 2000 (at a time when the total Swiss organic food market was estimated at 200 Swiss million!). In the meanwhile sustainability has become an integral part of part of the entire business (including marketing and category managers), and Coop thrives due to its sustainability retail brands.
Continuity: Sustainability is more than a one-off campaign. It must be incorporated into the DNA of the brand. It must reflect the core values of the brand and contribute to delivering the brand promise over the long-term. This means that a brand cannot change its sustainability focus or 'cause' too often, or engage in too many non-related areas. Every brand effort has to be mutually supportive in order to achieve the broader sustainability brand promise.
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Great piece. You took my 5C's and made them better. Keep me posted on new articles.ReplyDelete
Marc Stoiber
Dear Marc, thank you for your positive feedback! You might want to at another "C", i.e. clarity (as mentioned in our recent post "Employees as Sustainability Brand Ambassadors"). Best wishes, FrankReplyDelete
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Many marketing tips are very useful to impress to my business task process. Thanks for sharing information.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 April 2012 at 05:50
Try applying these 8'C to real engineering industries and you will be laughed at.ReplyDelete
you have done a great work .......... its really working and important for us. so please keep sharing ....ReplyDelete
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@rinisha: Thank you very much for your feedback and encouragement. I had a look at your company mp9 digital. Looks very interesting. Good luck! Do you also customers offering sustainable producs and services? It might be an interesting Indian story to share with our blog readers. If so, please, contact me via email: email@example.com
Thank you! Best, Frank
- Neil Ian9 January 2013 at 04:46
Hi, great work dear authors.Thank you for posting it.ReplyDelete
I'd like to apply some of the tips on my start-up home-based animal probiotics and organic disinfectant business in Manila. This is an idea that grew out of my desire to help people address the problems of toxic household chemical cleaners, water pollution, and food safety.
Being a microbiologist, I gave an activity for my students and they used lactic acid bacteria for their pet dogs. With fantastic results and amazed students, I decided to commercialize the idea for agriculture and domestic applications. The challenge for me is the lack of locally available bio-plastic liquid containers like PLA, which would make my business truly environmentally-sustainable.
I am an instructor of Environmental Science at The University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines. The 3C's of the university are competence, commitment and compassion.
With various socio-economic and political problems in my country,
environmental sustainability is far from sight. Achieving the top scores in CPA examinations is the main agenda for the university, whereas shaping environmentally sensitive accountants may not be that high in the agenda.
Yours truly,
Neil Ian
Branding should both precede and underlie any marketing effort. Branding is not push, but pull. Branding is the expression of the essential truth or value of an organization, product, or service. One should always have good brand marketing company to take it on another level.ReplyDelete
I have always believed that it is really important to communicate your brand position with your consumers and there's a lot of ways to do it, from the traditional to digital marketing.ReplyDelete
Fantastic post and some real value on sustainability marketing.ReplyDelete
In these days, things are becoming so competitive and only the best brands rise to the top.
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ما تهتم به شركة كشف تسربات المياه بالرياض هو البحث عن كيفة علاج مشاكل تسريبات المياه التي تطرأ علي المكان فجأة بواسطة اجهزة الكشف الحدية التي تستخدمها شركة كشف تسربات بالرياض والتي تسعي للوصول الي افضل النتائج المثالية القادرة علي حل هذه المشكلة بدون تدمير فالاعتماد علي الاساليب الحديثة يساعدكم في الحصول علي نتيجة مثالية في مصلحة العميل فنحن لا نكتفي بتقديم هذه الاعمال في مدينة الرياض فقط بلا لدينا الفنين المتميزة الذي يقدمون شركة كشف تسربات المياه بالدمام التي تعمل علي حل مشكلة البيت بدون الاعتماد علي ا اساليب تقليدية التي تستخدما بعض مقدمي خدمة شركة كشف تسربات بالدمام فلا تتكايل بشأن هذا العمل بالذات لانه يحل لك الكثير من المشاكلReplyDelete


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The former champ, who has been receiving intense treatment for his injured left shoulder over recent days, took things more easily during this opening session, recording a best time of 2'09.5 to close in on thirteenth position.
In the afternoon's qualifying session, on a still damp track that dried as the session progressed. Checa was able to improve his lap times, despite being in pain. Checa, alongside team-mate Aryton Badovini finished the final session of the day with almost identical times, Checa recorded a 1'44.7 in the final minutes, to finish eleventh while Badovini lapped in 1'44.8 which positioned him twelfth.
Checa and his technicians will continue with the scheduled work tomorrow before taking a decision with regard to the Spaniard's participation in Sunday's races.
"I must admit that my shoulder is giving me trouble. If it worsens tomorrow I'll find it difficult to complete the races on Sunday. We'll see how things go tomorrow. I'd like to try and make a string of consecutive laps and then, from there, we'll see how I am physically and decide whether it's worth trying to race or whether it's better for me to concentrate on getting fit in time for Donington instead," said Checa.
"With regard to the bike, I am losing a few tenths along each of the straights but we knew this would be the case. The chassis set-up is not bad, in the changes of direction, and the bike's behaved quite well today. We'll continue to work tomorrow and then we'll make a decision."
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I am having a great day today I am feeling very lucky. I was surfing today and as I was walking back down the beach and an elder couple were walking the other way and the lady said "excuse me, you are very good".
Just read your post. These two compliments have left a **** eating grin on my face.
Back to Tudors comment there are far worse spots to surf in NJ. AC is a swell magnet and one of the better places for a competition I believe, especially a longboard competition. Also, kind of a **** move to sandbag the entire competition and make it more about him than a contest.
Shoots AC could use all the wholesome events it can get.
All this having been said I will 80% be too lazy to go down and watch.
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Remember, when taken in context, Tudor wasn't hating on AC specifically, or NJ in general. He wasn't saying, why have it in AC if its going to be in NJ. He is saying, why are we holding this contest on the entire coast. So, he used a much broader brush to slam everyone along the entire coast. He was taking pictures of Flat VB and posting: This is what we can look forward to for conditions having an even on the east coast. He mentioned AC by name, because that was the spot they are trying to hold it. He wasn't taking shots and New Jersey, or AC. He was taking a shots at the east coast. He went on to defend it on social media. Basically said, yeah, and growing up all the guys from OZ and HI told me the surf in CA sucks. I just laughed it off and paid it no mind and he basically said that is what everyone else should do. He didn't take it back either. He just said, yeah, the surf over there is second rate. I don't think many of us can argue that.
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It's a long board contest... Who cares.
Also, Its a longboard contest. and lastly, its a longboard contest. I hope they all get attacked by the feral cats under the boardwalk. Joel tudor can sucamyballs.
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Gaff brought up Bogeton Wolftucks in another tread. Is that why Tudor doesn't like AC? Bro's afraid of getting eaten.
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Jiu-Jitsu will not work Bogeton.
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Opened 7 years ago
Closed 7 years ago
#11503 closed (duplicate)
Cache backend should expose a flush method
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The low level cache interface (django.core.cache.cache) should expose a method to flush out the entire cache. The primary use of this, off the top of my head, would be to make it easier to test caching by flushing out everything in between tests, although there are probably other use cases as well.
Currently, in order to do this, you have to rely on different methods for each backend. For example, with the memcached backend, you call cache._cache.flush_all(), whereas with locmem, you set cache._cache = {}. Having backends implement a flush method would make this consistent across all supported backend options.
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comment:1 Changed 7 years ago by andrewfong
- Owner changed from nobody to andrewfong
- Status changed from new to assigned
comment:2 Changed 7 years ago by russellm
- Triage Stage changed from Unreviewed to Accepted
Changed 7 years ago by andrewfong
Exposes a flush method that clears the cache for each backend + tests. Also, since culling and flushing are related (e.g. when the cull frequency is 0), I refactored some of the culling code to use the flush method instead. Accordingly, I've added tests to make sure culling is still working correctly.
comment:3 Changed 7 years ago by andrewfong
- Has patch set
- Needs documentation set
Changed 7 years ago by DavidReynolds
Tiny documentation patch describing .flush()
comment:4 Changed 7 years ago by DavidReynolds
- Needs documentation unset
Added a quick patch with some documentation for flush()
comment:5 Changed 7 years ago by DavidReynolds
- Cc david@… added
comment:6 Changed 7 years ago by acdha
- Cc chris@… added
comment:7 Changed 7 years ago by anonymous
- Resolution set to duplicate
- Status changed from assigned to closed
#12671 added a clear() method to the cache backends.


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by Edgar Allan Poe
Stanza 1 Summary
Get out the microscope, because we're going through this poem line-by-line.
Line 1
The skies they were ashen and sober;
- We start out right in the middle of things, staring straight up at the sky.
- The speaker is telling us a story about something that once happened to him (notice the past tense). No introductions, no preparation.
- Already, though, we can tell that we're in Edgar Allan Poe's world. The skies he sees are "ashen" (gray, pale, the color of ashes) and "sober" (serious, subdued, maybe a little sad). No rainbows, no tweety little birds. In Poe's world, you don't see the sun a lot.
Line 2
The leaves they were crispèd and sere—
- The leaves on the trees aren't looking much better than the skies.
- Poe uses a couple of funny words to describe these leaves. The first is "crispèd." In modern language we might just say "crispy," but that sounds more like it's describing Doritos than poetic leaves. "Crispèd" just means that the leaves are crisp, dry, crinkly, and dead. Oh, that little accent above the "e" lets you know to pronounce the word with two syllables: crisp-ed.
- The leaves are also "sere," which is a poetic way of saying dry, brown, lifeless. Basically, the landscape we're looking at is pretty grim.
Line 3
The leaves they were withering and sere;
- This is the first of a bunch of near-repetitions that Poe includes in this poem. You'll notice right away that line 2 and line 3 are practically the same. Poe just changed one of the words for the leaves from "crispèd" to "withering."
- The two words mean pretty much the same thing, so why change it? Well, repetition is a great way to make something stick in your head, so repeating the bit about the leaves is a way of underlining the image.
- It also gives Poe a chance to try out a new sound here. As we'll see, this poem is all about the sounds of words (well, all poems are like that, but this one especially).
Line 4
It was night in the lonesome October
- Now we start to get a little more concrete detail about where we are. Apparently, it's nighttime, and it's October.
- What kind of October? How does it feel? Happy October? Sparkly October? Of course not. This is a Poe poem, so this has to be a "lonesome October." (Maybe also a Halloweeny October?)
- "Lonesome" is a pretty classic Poe adjective, and it reinforces the dreary feeling he's creating.
Line 5
Of my most immemorial year;
- Our speaker is being a little mysterious here. He won't tell us what year it is, just that it was "immemorial." That's kind of a tricky word to use here. Usually, that word is used to mean that something is "beyond memory," that it started so long ago that you can't remember when. That doesn't make total sense here though, because, as we'll see, the speaker has a good reason to remember this year.
- On the other hand, he has a good reason to want to forget it. We think Poe is using this word because it's a little hard to pin down. It can make you think of both memory and forgetting. This poem is all about those two themes, and how they struggle with each other.
Line 6
It was hard by the dim lake of Auber,
- Now we know what the landscape looks like (gray, dreary), the month (October), and time of day (night). We still don't know where we are, though. So the speaker helps us out…sort of.
- Apparently we're "hard by" (that just means "right next to") a lake called "Auber." You couldn't find that name on Google Maps; it's not a real place. Still, it helps to create a sort of otherworldly, fairy tale feeling.
Line 7
In the misty mid region of Weir—
- The lake of Auber, it turns out, is in a place called Weir. Actually, it's in mid-Weir, for what it's worth.
- We don't think it matters where in Weir we are, or even where Weir is. It's all about the sounds. "Mid" makes a nice sound when it's next to "misty," and we need ten syllables in the line, so it makes sense to throw this little word in there.
Line 8
It was down by the dank tarn of Auber,
- This line is another almost-refrain (a repeated line), like the one we saw in line 3.
- The speaker repeats line 6, but changes the descriptive words, and a couple of the details. He calls the lake of Auber a "tarn" this time (that just a fancy word for a small lake) and tells us that it's "dank" (damp and cold), instead of "dim" (line 6).
Line 9
In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir.
- Here we repeat line 7, with a few changes, like before. The details are just getting spookier.
- We learn that the land we're in is wooded. More importantly, we find out that Weir isn't just "misty," it's also haunted by ghouls (evil spirits that feast on the dead)!
- So, to recap what we've learned in the first stanza: It's nighttime in October and the speaker is next to a dark, misty, damp lake in the middle of a forest filled with ghouls. Ah, classic Poe.


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