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Skip to comments.Caption Obama's Altgeld Gardens
Posted on 02/21/2008 6:32:05 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
A man moves furniture at the Altgeld Gardens housing project Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, on Chicago's South Side. where Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., used to work as a community organizer. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
What an "ObamaNation" looks like
Where is the Change Obama????
"The problems of Altgeld Gardens are as bad today as when the youthful Mr Obama was here trying to get rival church and community groups to co-operate. Many of the houses are boarded up and gangs of unemployed youngsters roam the streets. " Linda Randle
There is so much said in that picture. Obama is going to have a tough row to hoe, methinks.
This guy didn't get the memo. He's hauling absentee ballots for Hillary.
A good photoshop would be to switch the couch with a dead body.
Midnight in the Altgeld Garden of Obama's Good and Evil
Same dish on another day.
There's probably some change in the sofa.
Sharon Jasper sits in the living room of her voucher-backed private residence. "I might be poor but I don't like to live poor. I thank God for a place to live but it's pitiful what people give you." http://blog.nola.com/updates/2007/12/housing_officials_claim_surplu.html
That statement offends me. How raciest of you to use it. Are you referring to Obama's slave heritage with "row to hoe"? Or are you pulling a Don Imus with the "hoe" comment? SARC
It's pitiful what people give you??!! Is she whining that she's not getting enough welfare, the dirty crack ho!?
Since when did the statement "tough row to hoe" become racist? I have had lots of "tough rows to hoe" and so did my ancestors.
I think you are still seeing black and white.. you must be a racist.
This community does not look all that organized.
I didn't make the "tough row to hoe" post. I made the crack ho post.
Obama's job was to explain to local residents how to research their problems, contact political officials and answer reporters' questions. He figured out who the community leaders were and tried to get them to join forces.
"He had to train residents to stand up for their own rights," said Loretta Augustine-Herron, who was part of the Developing Communities Project.
To: AmericanMade1776 There is so much said in that picture. Obama is going to have a tough row to hoe, methinks.
4 posted on 02/21/2008 9:36:39 AM EST by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
That's the point of American Socialism.
Get the taxpayer to fund your every need so that any of your own money can go to buying luxury items.
Also, the big point that should be made here is
"giving poor people money doesn't make them not poor"
The biblical proscriptions on socialism are manifold.
*give a man a fish and he'll be hungry the next day
*thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's [possessions]
*if a man will not work, neither let him eat
*all men are sinners, to give them more power is to temp them to more sin
She is joking right?
Her huge widescreen tv sure beats the 32" analog that I "splurged" on for my living room!!
Did somebody giver her that??...if so, where is the line...I want in!
I'm confused. Are you saying I'm a racist for calling the crack ho with the giant tv a crack ho?
Hazel Johnson says she worked with Sen. Obama in Altgeld Gardens in the 1980s and that in his first book and in speeches, he has exaggerated his role there. CBS Close Hazel Johnson says she worked with Sen. Obama in Altgeld Gardens in the 1980s and that in his first book and in speeches, he has exaggerated his role there.
The taxpayers have covered her expenses for 57 of her 58 years. Sharon Jasper admits to 57 years on the dole. (Shes 58.) The fact that she can live in the subsidized apartment pictured at left and call it pitiful - is indicative of a serious problem. And the problem is that you dont appreciate what you havent earned.
This is just down the road from me. It is one creepy-looking place, day or night. A lot of it was closed and vacated recently for renovation. It still looks creepy. It is regularly the site of violent crime, and it isn't unusual to see a half-dozen Chicago Police cars parked across from it on 130th Street, doing traffic stops, I assume, for who know what reason. Altgeld Gardens' already-serious social pathologies have been kicked up a few notches by an influx of residents from the notorious Robert Taylor Homes, which were recently demolished.
It's one helluva place to have to live.
Actually, it would be more fun to speculate on the etymology of the word, "altgeld." Old Gold? or Old Eunuch?
Wouldn't altgeld be "Old Money"?
Perfect example of the "bought" liberal.
"I may have made decisions that led to condition X, but I DEMAND that other people alleviate the consequences, and furthermore, I demand to live the same way that people live who made better decisions, and you damn well better not expect any gratitude, because you OWE this to me."
Wait, is geld = to money, or is gelt = to money?
And yet, Obama takes too much credit for the good that happened in Altgeld Gardens....weird..
It looks exactly like Columbia Center in Hammond. My old stompin grounds. Fortunately, I didn't live there.
You're the one with, "professor" in your screen name...
Absolute squalor but then thats what happens to everything liberalism touches.
"...you dont appreciate what you havent earned."
There it is. Everyone knows it. Everyone who has both been given some things and had to earn others.
Rule #1 in Life: Never, ever, under any circumstances trust a women with a hyphenated name (or 3 names).
John Peter Altgeld (December 30, 1847 - March 12, 1902) was the governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1893 until 1897. He was the first Democratic governor of that state since the 1850s. A leading figure of the Progressive Era movement, Altgeld improved workplace safety and child labor laws, pardoned three of the men convicted of the Haymarket Riot, and, for a time, resisted calls to break up the Pullman strike with force.
Altgeld Gardens is close to the Pullman neighborhood.
Here's a real winner,
whenever you encounter a woman with a hyphenated name, say, "oh, you're one of those".
I got that from Archie Bunker. He said this when introduced to someone who insisted on being called "miZZZ".
The Dhimmicrats have imposed this dependency and entitlement mentality on people.
It's pathetic, sinful, EVIL.
On the part of the "victim", as well - the greed for the unearned is the bread and butter of the left.
It's all about long term phonix.
Thanks. But what fun is that?!
"Dude, where's my couch?"
I know. I'm just the rain on everyone's parade!
Is that Hammond, Indiana? I was born and raised there many moons ago.
Yes, Me too. Woodmar area.
In other words, a whole lot of nothing. Well, he certainly hasn't changed.
How awful!
How depressing!
Those dishes aren't even HD!
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To most observers, there are five legitimate candidates for the award this season. Those players are quarterback Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers, quarterback Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos, quarterback Tom Brady of the New England Patriots, running back Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings and defensive end J.J. Watt of the Houston Texans.
All five of the candidates have put together great seasons in 2012, and the last two weeks of the season may determine who actually will win the award. Three of the five candidates—Rodgers, Manning and Brady—have already won the coveted award in the past.
Manning has won it four times, Brady has won it twice and Rodgers won it last season. The last player to win the award not named Manning, Brady or Rodgers, was running back LaDainian Tomlinson in 2006.
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Most Positive Countries
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Welcome to the Daily Positive (D+) World's Most Positive Countries 2016 (WMPC'16)!
The annual event to reveal the top 10 World's Most Positive Countries is in its sixth year and this year it is back with more enthusiasm and excitement. The aim of the WMPC'16 is to recognize 10 countries around the globe with most positive initiatives and actions in 2016. D+ introduces this list of countries based on a positivity index.
Apart from this overall list of 10 most positive countries, for the second time ever, D+ will also compile a list of regional positive countries from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. One country from each of the five continents with most positive achievements will be crowned and will be selected from all the countries beyond the overall winners list. The regional winners will be selected based on the same criteria used to select the overall winners but from a specific region.
Congratulations to the 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 winners. For more on the previous winners visit Press Release 2015, Press Release 2014, Press Release 2013, Press Release 2012 and Press Release 2011.
The World's Most Positive Countries 2016 will be announced on 1 November 2016 and will be presented at a ceremony on 25 November 2016 at the University of Melbourne, Australia. For regular updates on WMPC'16 visit our Facebook Page and do not hesitate to ask us questions at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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About Positivity Index
|Aloy Ejimakor, Editor, African Herald Express, Nigeria
|Bob Eden, Civil Engineer, Regional Rail Link, United Kingdom
|Dixie Dansercoer, Explorer and Executive Director, Polar Circles, Belgium
|Dr. Eisa Mohamed Abdellatif, Chief Technical Advisor, Zayed International Foundation, UAE
|Frances Tugumisirize, Director Sunbeam Project, Uganda
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|Julien Leyre, Founder, CEO, Marco Polo Project, Australia
|Kate Aubourg, Independent Writer, United Kingdom
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|Serekebrhan Fiquremariam, Lecturer Arbaminch University, Ethiopia
|Viktors Freibergs, Director, The University of Latvia, Latvia
The D+'s Positivity Index quantifies positive achievements, initiatives and actions accomplished by each country of the world. Each country is assigned a score based on the followings:
- External expert panel rating. Each panel member will select ten countries. The top most country in each list will score 10 points and the last country in each list will score 1 point. Apart from that these panel lists will also work as benchmark to ensure that our social media fan rating is not biased.
- Internal D+ volunteer-journalist panel rating. Like the external panel this panel members will also select ten countries individually. The top most country in each list will score 10 points and the last country in each list will score 1 point.
- D+ social media fan rating. Each vote will carry 1 point. Anyone can vote with a valid email address. In case of multiple votes from same email only the first vote will be retained. More updates can be found on D+ Facebook Fan Page or Click Here to participate.
- The Country pages on D+ with most number of positive news from 2016 will score higher points. Each published news that took place in 2016 will carry 10 points.
Each country will score a total from each of the above categories which will then be added together to compute the final results. The country with the highest total points is considered the most positive country. Ten countries in all will be ranked - the most to the tenth most positive countries. For more information and further details on each of the above mentioned factors feel free to email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
In order to improve the positivity index D+ removed the following criteria from 2011
- Higher rating for most visited country pages on D+.
- Higher rating for most visitors (from each country) on D+ in search of positivity.
World's Most Positive Countries 2016 FAQ
What is "World's Most Positive Countries (WMPC)"?
D+'s annual initiative World's Most Positive Countries (WMPC) selects countries based on positive events, such as, business developments, peace projects, sports achievements and scientific innovations accomplished during the current calendar year inside the countries and in the global stage. For the WMPC initiative D+ considers only those achievements that are accomplished in a competitive manner and have significant impacts on the lifestyle of the citizens under the given context of each individual country.
What is positive news?
Example of positive news are, but need not be restricted to, revealing Nobel Prize Winners, Sports World Cup Winners, New Inventions, New World Records etc. D+ does not consider "feel-good" news, such as, donation of a local citizen to a local charity, saving a dog from a burning house etc. Instead it captures accomplishments with widespread impact on the community within a country and beyond. Each of D+'s news content is curated and researched by international researchers, independent journalists and community contributors at the time of publishing the news.
What is that WMPC captures?
The initiative of the World's Most Positive Countries endeavors to calculate and quantify the impact of the positive accomplishments from different disciplines and subject-matters for each country. D+ ranks all countries in the world based on its positivity index.
Announcement of the 2016 World's Most Positive Countries: 1 November 2016, 3.30 PM, Melbourne, Australia time
Presentation Ceremony: 25 November 2016 at The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Press Release 2015
November 01, 2015
Switzerland is the World's Most Positive Country for 2015, according to the annual global index published by Daily Positive (D+), a unique online media organization from Australia for positive news. It is the first time Switzerland took the top spot in this annual positivity index.
The annual list of top ten most positive countries is compiled based on a positivity index comprised of a global expert panel rating, a D+ journalists rating, a global web poll and the number of positive news entries in 2015 on the D+ website.
The top 10 World's Most Positive Countries for 2015 along with respective ranking points are as follows:
|Country Name
|Total Points
|United States of America
|New Zealand
Apart from this overall list of ten most positive countries, for the first time ever, D+ also introduces a list of regional positive countries from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. The regional winners were selected based on the same criteria used to select the overall winners but from a specific region. The winners earned their places with some amazing positive initiatives and actions in 2015.
Switzerland jumped to the top spot from last year's fourth position with its consistent display of competitiveness in nurturing innovation and talent. Such sincere support helped projects like the solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 or the Large Hadron Collider to go to a new high this year. Switzerland also ensured the country's productivity and prosperity by ranking higher in various prestigious indexes, such as, global democracy index, peace index, tourism-friendly index and education index. "Based on innovative environmental management practices, Switzerland has become one of the most sustainable nations in the world in the areas of climate change, biodiversity and habitat protection", says one of our expert panel members.
Second placed Sweden was not far away in terms of innovation and also in all the above mentioned indexes. Perhaps that is why this year the Swedish researchers won prestigious awards, such as, the Princess of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Sweden's Eurovision song contest win made its long list of achievements for 2015 more entertaining. Sweden maintained its leading position in media transparency.
China moved to third position in 2015, sliding down one spot from last year. One of the important diplomatic wins for China in 2015 was to be able to attract global interest to the Chinese-led development bank Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). China made significant progress with its domestic navigation system Beidou by launching new satellites and with the newly developed carrier rockets. Also, Youyou Tu of China won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria. This is the first time that any expert in Chinese traditional medicine has been awarded a Nobel.
After retaining the top position for two consecutive years, England moved down to the fourth position in 2015. Despite its slow productive run this year, English researchers unveiled a graphene light bulb with lower energy emissions, longer lifetime and lower manufacturing costs. English archeologists have discovered one of Britain's largest medieval hospital cemeteries. English pride prevailed at the World Snooker Championship, Women's European Hockey Tournament and Ashes Cricket championship.
Australia remained at the fifth position in 2015. Australian researchers have unveiled the world's first 3D-printed jet engine, the University of New South Wales and their robots defended their RoboCup World Football Championship title. Australia successfully launched one of the world's most-advanced communication satellites Sky Muster into orbit, and they may have lost the Ashes to England but won their fifth One Day International Cricket World Cup at home.
Germany moved up one position to the sixth spot in 2015 compared to last year. Germany was well supported in our global poll for its role with the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. German construction of wind turbines reached a record high, German researchers helped develop a prototype quantum radar that has the potential to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systems, and Germany has been highly tourist friendly.
The United States of America slid down to seventh position this year. Improved diplomatic relationships with Cuba and Iran were seen as the best foreign policy successes in 2015. Some of this year's notable scientific achievements were, American doctors successfully transplanted, for the first time in the world, a scalp and skull while performing kidney and pancreas transplants. American researchers have discovered the world's first warm-blooded fish – the opah. Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified a brain circuit that encodes time and place. According to one of our expert panel members, "USA, despite not being able to combat its economic deficiency with full potential, continued to maintain perhaps the best academic system that allows them to keep up the great works." It is also notable that the United States of America won the Women's Football World Cup for the third time.
New Zealand made it to the eighth position in the list. New Zealand ranked high in the democratic and peaceful country indexes in 2015. New Zealand announced the creation of a 620,000 km2 Ocean Sanctuary in the Kermadec region, which will be one of the world's most significant fully protected ecosystems. Also, New Zealand reported a budget surplus for the first time since 2008, meeting a target set in 2011 following the Canterbury earthquakes and the international financial crisis.
Singapore is at the ninth position and made it to the list for the first time in our positivity index's 5-year history. Singapore has been very competitive in terms of innovation and education. Singapore's education systems, from school to the university, have been rated top-class in 2015. Also, Singapore's Botanic Gardens was recognized by UNESCO as the country's first ever World Heritage Site.
Another newcomer to the list, Norway, took the final spot of our top ten positive countries. According to a report published in 2015, Norway had the highest proportions (35.5%) of women in corporate boardrooms compared with the rest of the world. Norwegian democracy was top ranked and served as example for the global communities. Finally, one of our expert panel members highlighted, "Norway topped the list of Save the Children's 2015 Mothers' Index, which ranks the well-being of mothers and children around the globe."
D+ Most Positive Regional Countries 2015
Africa: Nigeria
Despite slow response to the rescue of the missing Chibok schoolgirls, Africa's biggest economy Nigeria stood firm with new administrations and fresh approaches against terrorism in the country. Nigeria signed a bill that criminalizes female genital mutilation in the country. In case these were not impressive enough in order for Nigeria to take the regional title from Africa, it is worth mentioning, the World Health Organization announced that polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria, bringing the country and the African region closer than ever to being certified polio-free.
Asia: Bangladesh and India
Bangladesh and India were jointly named as the most positive countries from Asia. Both the neighbors simplified their border by exchanging more than 150 enclaves of land and settled the long running dispute peacefully. It was widely compared to the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Moreover, Bangladesh has become a lower-middle income country. Bangladesh has shown outstanding leadership on the frontline of climate change that bestowed Honorable Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina with the prestigious Champions of the Earth Award by the United Nations. On the other hand, India inaugurated Cochin International airport, the first airport in the world that completely operates on solar power. India continued to march forward with their space missions and most recently successfully launched its first space Multi Wavelength Space Observatory ASTROSAT.
Europe: Finland
Finland was our regional winner from Europe. Its reputable education system, vibrant democracy, peaceful and innovative approach to national and international issues earned them the honor this year. Women's empowerment and professional development were also high on the agenda for Finnish prosperity.
North America: Cuba
Cuba was crowned as the regional winner from North America. Cuba restored full diplomatic relations with the United States and as a result, the United States removed many sanctions imposed on Cuba. Consequently, new travel and trade rules between the two countries came into effect, the diplomatic missions of each country became full embassies, and they have re-established direct telephone links for the first time in 15 years. Cuba is certainly back on the global stage with their own values and pride intact.
South America: Chile
Chile took the regional tittle from South America. Chile announced the creation of the largest marine reserve in the Americas in its Pacific waters. Chile won the Copa America football title for the first time in their history. Chilean scientists have been making the best use of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international setup of an astronomical interferometer of radio telescopes in northern Chile, with new and novel research outcomes.
This year 4541 global citizens participated in our global poll with 61% men and 39% women. The global poll result suggests, Science and Innovation, Economy, Education, International Relation, World Peace, Environment and Sports were the most popular choice of positive accomplishments among both men and women participants while voting for their positive countries. Other choices were Freedom of speech, Tourism and Poverty Alleviation.
D+ continued to observe the trend on the percentage of people hopeful for positive future, primarily immediate future, based on the comments made during its global polls since 2011. It is observed that people's positive outlook continued to decline since 2013 and apparently this year it was hugely affected by the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. Perhaps that is why World Peace moved down as the fifth most popular choice of positive accomplishment in the 2015 global poll compared with being the first choice in 2014.
Apart from the winners, other countries have also shown tremendous resilience and achieved new heights. The small African island of Seychelles continued not only to attract tourists but also built solid diplomatic relationships with other countries. Japan's win against South Africa in the Rugby world cup had to be the most spirited news in world sports in 2015. Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia won the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. Finally not to forget the heroic efforts that continued in Liberia, Guinea, Mali and Sierra Leone that almost eradicated Ebola virus.
"D+ World's Most Positive Countries is in its fifth year and this year it has been celebrated with more enthusiasm and excitement indicating global citizens are more eager than ever before to have access to positive news. It is one of the biggest wake-up calls for world media to give positive news a chance to spread." says Dr. Arif Jubaer, Founder of D+.
D+ will present the above information and facts in detail at a presentation ceremony on 25 November 2015 at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
For more information on the World's Most Positive Countries 2015 visit http://www.dailypositive.org/Most_Positive_Countries
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Press Release 2014
November 01, 2014
England is crowned as the world's most positive country for 2014, according to the annual global index published by Daily Positive (D+), an exclusive online media from Australia for positive news. In the fourth year of the award series, England topped the list of the world's most positive countries for second year in a row.
The annual list of top ten most positive countries is compiled based on a global expert panel rating, a D+ journalists rating, a global web poll and the number of positive news entries in 2014 on the D+ website.
The top 10 World's Most Positive Countries for 2014 along with respective ranking points are as follows:
|Country Name
|Total Points
|United States of America
The top 10 positive countries for 2014 earned their places with some distinguished and diverse positive achievements throughout the year. For instance, England unveiled the world's largest aircraft, English scientists sequenced the genome of the world's oldest continuously surviving cancer, English doctors helped a paralyzed man walk again after a world first pioneering therapy that involved transplanting cells from his nasal cavity into his spinal cord, English researchers won various prestigious awards, such as, Millennium Technology Prize, Kavli Prize, Fields Medal and Noble Prize. Analysis of the comments made at the D+ global poll suggests that surviving the Scottish independence referendum and being able to remain unified with Scotland gave England that extra edge in the D+ global poll over other countries as it was seen as the toughest tests of all that any country in the list had to endure in 2014.
The rise of China seems unstoppable as it climbed one step from last year to the second position in the 2014 D+ list of most positive countries. Despite controversial human rights records, the Chinese achievements simply could not be ignored. One of the biggest achievements for China during 2014 was the large trade and cooperation deals signed with the European Union, France, Russia, Switzerland and Britain, among others. China has overtaken the United States to become the world's largest economy based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) measure, according to figures from the International Monetary Fund. China also launched its first experimental spacecraft that is scheduled to orbit the moon before returning to Earth. Signaling that China is firmly behind international actions to address issues, such as, illegal elephant ivory trade and wellbeing, it has seized and destroyed tons of elephant ivory accumulated through enforcement actions and banned smoking in schools with greater impact.
The United States of America (USA) is in third position in 2014. USA continued to be impressive with research and innovation according to top ranked journal publications. However, this year they faced some steep competitions from Europe and Asia. Its efforts in Africa against the ongoing Ebola outbreak were hugely approving among the D+ global poll participants. D+ external expert panel members repeatedly recognized USA for its recent stable economic growth, decline in unemployment figures and steady foreign aids.
In 2014 Switzerland moved up into the fourth position in the list from seventh last year with its robust economy. According to data published by World Economic Forum, Switzerland retained its crown as the world's most competitive economy for the sixth year in a row. Apart from that, Science and Sports are the next two categories where Switzerland has shined with positive achievements. According to D+ external expert panel members, Switzerland was able to depict a sustained model of development with well-balanced economies between industries and Research and Development (R&D) investments, a developed democracy and excelling education systems, an effective government and political stability and appealing life style.
Australia slid down to fifth position in 2014 list of most positive countries. Australia has attempted to improve relationship with its neighboring countries as well as with its larger trade partners, such as, India, Japan, China and South Korea in an effort to maintain a solid and sustaining economy. Also, creation of a smartphone-linked bionic pancreas, winning Microsoft Imagine Cup with eye-scanning health app Eyenaemia, making a unique kit containing 3D-printed body parts for medical schools, producing the world's most sensitive thermometer and in a world first, transplanting human hearts which had stopped are some of the other notable Aussie achievements.
Sweden advanced two steps to sixth position in 2014. Among its different positive achievements, medical research stories kept Sweden exceling throughout the year. In particular, doctors in Sweden not only transplanted wombs into nine women donated from relatives but also in a medical first helped a woman to give birth to a baby boy with the help of a transplanted womb. Seventh placed Germany won the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and became the first European team to clinch the championship in South America. Germany continued to increase electricity generation from renewable sources and continued to maintain its integrity as a world-class manufacturer.
Japan made it back to the list of most positive countries in 2014 and is in eighth position. Japan in 2014 ranked as the most efficient country in the Asia and Pacific region at turning creative inputs into tangible innovation, made notable progress in stem cells research, unveiled more advanced robots including world's first personal robot that can read human emotions, won Nobel Prize in Physics and attempted to increase the export of local products with the help of trade deals including free trade agreement with Australia. France is another country that returned to the list in 2014. France was able to increase cooperation with international communities in form of aid and trade deals, attracted a record-breaking 84.7 million tourists and won Nobel Prizes in Literature and Economic Science.
Brazil became the first ever South American country to make it to the list of world's most positive countries. Brazil has emerged as a regional leader and established itself as an exemplary democracy in the region. Brazil gained world's admiration by hosting an impressive football world cup. The world cup brought economic growth in the country by means of infrastructures, stadiums, airports and tourism despite some unsatisfactory circumstances.
There are three changes in 2014 from last year's list of most positive countries. Canada, South Korea and New Zealand did not attract enough of our 3189 global poll participants with 64% men and 36% female. According to the 2014 global poll result, World Peace, Economy, Science and Innovation, Education, International Relation, Environment and Sports were the most popular choice of positive accomplishments among both men and women participants. Other topics of interest were Space Exploration, Better Public Services, Freedom of Speech, Tourism and Response to World Medical Emergencies.
Further analysis on the top three popular choices of positive accomplishments - World Peace, Economy and Science and Innovation - against different age groups suggests individuals belonging to Middle Ages were more vigilant about Economy than others. On the other hand older generation was more interested into World Peace and younger generation was captivated by Science and Innovation.
D+ top ten world's most positive countries attracted supports from all around the world in our global poll. It was interesting to see the trends in supports by dividing the poll results into five major geographical regions and collecting a subset where individuals voted for a country different than their nationalities. For instance, Brazil attracted huge supports from Europe and the USA charmed the Asians including some endorsements from the Middle East.
Finally, we analyzed the comments made during global polls in 2014 and in all past three years of D+ world's most positive countries initiatives. It is found that the overall percentage of people hopeful for a positive future was steadily growing with an exception for this year where it dropped slightly compared to last year.
D+ will present these and other observations in details at a presentation ceremony on 25 November 2014 at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
The nations outside of the 2014 list of most positive countries also achieved some significant height. India successfully put a satellite into orbit around Mars, becoming the fourth country to do so and the first nation to arrive on its first attempt and the first Asian country to reach the Red Planet. Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as Africa's largest economy after a rebasing calculation nearly doubled its Gross Domestic Product. Nigeria has also shown the world a way to stop Ebola epidemic. In Bangladesh, thanks to a series of measures taken over the last couple of decades more girls are now continuing their education at the secondary level as enrollment of girls has risen to over 6 million from 1.1 million in 1991. While speaking of girl's education, Iranian Professor Maryam Mirzakhani was awarded the 2014 Fields Medal, the most prestigious honor in mathematics, for her highly original contributions to the fields of geometry and dynamical systems and became first woman to win the prize, which was established in 1936.
On the eve of the announcement, Dr. Arif Jubaer, founder of D+, said, "Despite ongoing conflicts, epidemics and other distressing situations around us, the global citizens continued to create hopes, possibilities and opportunities and D+ is determined to recognize these heroes each year."
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Press Release 2013
November 01, 2013
Positive accomplishments in the area of scientific innovation, economy and international relations are considered as the top three requirements for being one of the most positive countries, according to the Daily Positive (D+) global poll on positive achievements.
D+, an exclusive online media for positive news, is pleased to announce the list of top 10 World's Most Positive Countries 2013 (WMPC'13). In the third year of the award series, England jumped into the top spot in 2013 from last year's third position.
The World's Most Positive Countries initiative recognizes the positive achievements, initiatives and actions accomplished by each country of the world. The list was compiled based on global expert panel rating, D+ journalists-volunteers rating, global social media survey, and the number of positive news entries in 2013 in the D+ website.
The top 10 World's Most Positive Countries 2013 along with respective ranking points are as follows:
|Country Name
|Total Points
|United States of America
|South Korea
|New Zealand
On the eve of the announcement, Dr. Arif Jubaer, founder of D+, said, "We have seen increased interest around the world regarding this annual list of positive countries and the participations were higher than ever before. It was great to see D+'s mission to spread positive news is reaching out to the furthest corner of the world."
The winners made it to the list with some great news and positive accomplishments throughout the year. England was impressive with scientific innovations, archeological discoveries and renewable energy initiatives, among others. Its contributions to medical science were highly regarded which include facilitation of world's first ever birth of a baby using Eeva technology which allows doctors to choose the healthiest embryos for IVF treatment and first ever successful liver transplantation while keeping the organ warm and functioning outside a human body. The United States of America moved down to second spot in the list this year. Alleged National Security Agency spying and government shutdown hurt the US popularity. However, it remained strong in research and innovation.
China moved up into third position with its strong international diplomacy that continued to generate interests among countries around the world seeking economic partnerships with it. Despite maintaining strong economy Australia dropped to fourth position with political instability in the country.
Germany not only maintained the leading role in the European Union but also continued to impress with its initiatives with renewable energy. The education system of Canada, particularly the research strength of its universities was highly regarded.
Robust economy, environment friendly development and its diplomatic relationship with its European neighbors earned Switzerland the seventh spot in the list. This is the first time Switzerland made it to the list. Sweden climbed up two steps into the eighth position this year with its sustainable growth in education, research and excellent public services, though often came under scrutiny for the 2013 Stockholm riots.
South Korea is another country that made it to the list of most positive countries for the first time. The handling of 2013 Korean crisis that almost brought South and North Koreans on the brink of a war was highly praised. Finally, New Zealand made it back to the list with its timely and competent decisions related to its biggest industries, such as, contamination scare of its dairy products in 2013.
There were three changes in 2013 from last year's list of the most positive countries. France, Japan and India could not make it to the list. Based on the global poll comments, France seems to have lost that charm of one of the leading nations of the European Union and struggled with issues like higher unemployment rate and war in Mali. On the other hand, despite experiencing strong technological advancements by Japan, the Fukushima disaster cleanup efforts alone had created substantial backlogs on Japan's national policies, such as, investment in renewable energy. Series of sexual assaults on women badly destroyed India's image which prompted the government to measure some recovery actions like introduction of visa on arrival for handful of countries in order to boost the tourism industry.
Further analysis on the WMPC'13 result also provides some interesting insights. According to the global poll conducted for WMPC'13, Innovation and discovery, Economy, International Relation, Environment and Sports achievements were the most popular choice of positive accomplishments among 4254 global participants with 45% women and 55% men. Among other popular subject area of positive accomplishments picked by the participants are peace, literature, improved public services, freedom of speech and reduction in corruptions.
Analysis of the comments made in the poll by the women participants suggests that women admire accomplishments related to ancient affair or nature, such as, archaeological discoveries equally with latest scientific and technological advancements. On the other hand, men were significantly more interested in positive accomplishments regarding economy, international relation and sports.
D+ will present these and other observations in details at a presentation ceremony on 25 November 2013 at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
The countries those could not make it to the top 10 also produced some great positive news stories. It was probably the best year yet for the women in Saudi Arabia. Among few positive changes, the Saudi women were not only granted seats on the country's top advisory council for the first time but also made history by reaching the summit of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest. Russia continued to increase its positive image, slow but steady, for the second year in a row. Still shown dominance in space programs and was highly praised for its stand against Syria's chemical weapons; amid likely confrontation with the US. South Sudan, the world's newest country, has advanced with work on offering training to returned soldiers as a means of boosting the economy, focusing on girls' education and making progress towards border security with its former rival, Sudan.
For more information on the World's Most Positive Countries 2013 initiative visit http://www.dailypositive.org/Most_Positive_Countries
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Press Release 2012
November 01, 2012
Daily Positive (D+), an exclusive online media for positive news, is pleased to announce the top 10 winners of the World's Most Positive Countries for 2012. In the second year of the award series, the United States of America took the top position from last year's winner Australia.
The World's Most Positive Countries initiative recognizes the positive achievements, initiatives and actions accomplished by each country of the world. Based on the accomplishments, D+ publishes an annual list of 10 most positive countries.
The top 10 World's Most Positive Countries 2012 along with respective ranking points are as follows:
|Country Name
|Total Points
|United States of America
The points were calculated based on a global expert panel rating, D+ journalists-volunteers rating, a global social media survey, and the number of positive news entries in 2012 in the D+ website. This multifaceted positive news publications, analysis and global survey feedback of 2012 generated some great reviews for the winners. The USA maintained strong sense of innovation throughout the year, such as the Nobel Prize wins to Mars Rover of NASA. It has shown some positive signs of economic recovery. The presidential election campaigns attracted positive attitude towards the USA, which also demonstrated the great and stable political system of the USA amid fierce contest between the President and his opponent.
Australia, despite the apparent political backlog, continued to maintain a strong economy compared to the other developed countries in 2012. The country was also praised for its contribution in medical science, efficient natural disaster management and for introducing tax on carbon emitters. It is the first country in the world to do this.
England has been in the news for positive reasons, thanks to the 2012 Olympic Games and Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Insights for Scotland's independence also improved the English image in general. China found its position in the top 10, being considered as a major driving force in the world economy, despite its economy showing signs of slowing down.
Japan was hailed for their continuous progress in science, infrastructure and research despite the burden of natural disasters. Apart from these facts Japan was also praised for contribution in socio-economic development and humanitarian work.
Germany and France are leading the current European Union crisis and to some extent considered as positive due to their impact on the world economy. Canada's involvements in global leadership issues were seen as somewhat limited. Nevertheless, its people kept maintaining better lifestyle. Canada was also acknowledged for political stability and humanitarian work.
India's successful fight against polio stood out. Apart from that India has been creating positive image with their consistent economic growth despite alleged widespread corruptions. Sweden's winning of the Eurovision song contest title, as well as success in medical science and information technology helped the country to get into the list. People have shown great satisfaction in their lifestyle in Sweden.
Apart from the top 10 winners, there was also positive news elsewhere. Burma had a year of positive political changes and reforms. Despite Russia's negative media coverage it established itself as frontrunner of the space programs, which also includes collaborative programs with the old rival America. Brazil not only kept showing leadership in the Latin American region, but also led with environmental initiatives to create examples for the rest of the world.
Upon announcing the top 10 winners of the World's Most Positive Countries for 2012, Dr. Arif Jubaer, founder of D+, stated "I feel that D+ is making a positive impact on people by reporting positive news. The initiative of World's Most Positive Countries will encourage individuals and countries to take more positive actions for a positive future."
For more information on the World's Most Positive Countries 2012 initiative visit http://www.dailypositive.org/Most_Positive_Countries
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Press Release 2011
November 01, 2011
Australia is the most positive country in the world! Daily Positive (D+), a non-profit wiki-based project, has revealed today the list of World's Most Positive Countries in 2011. The homeland of Kangaroos and Wallabies has topped the list, with the United States of America and England securing the second and third positions respectively.
The list of world's 10 most positive countries 2011 is the first of its kind to recognize the positive achievements, initiatives and actions accomplished by each country of the world. Each country was assigned a score and ranked based on a number of factors, including ratings from external experts panel, global D+ volunteers/journalists, D+ social media fan, and weighted rating based on the most number of positive entries and visitors to each country page on D+.
Top 10 World's Most Positive Countries 2011 along with respective ranking points are as follows:
|Country Name
|Total Score
|United States of America
|New Zealand
Australia clinched the title of the world's most positive country in the global poll of over two thousand participants from all over the world. Approximately 25% of the voters quoted Australia as the top most positive country. In the global poll Australia was highly praised as one of the rare developed nation which avoided the recent global financial recession with minimal concern.
Apart from that Australian page on D+ was the most visited page in 2011. Also Australian, Japanese and the Americans were the top three nations who visited D+ the most in search of positivity.
The United States of America ranked 2nd in the global poll, however, the United States page on D+ had the most positive news entries than others.
England, France and Germany were seen as of the new global leaders, overtaking the United States in the face of the recent Arab uprising and European financial crisis.
Japan, China and India made it to the list for their respective positive achievements and actions. Japan was recognized for overcoming one of the worst nuclear fall-outs in history and still remained dignified, China made it - even being in the midst of all kinds of negative news related to human rights - because Chinese has shown the positive hardworking spirit to the world community and India was recognized for overcoming the stigma of being one of the poorest nations.
Finally, Canada and New Zealand were recognized as silent achievers.
Apart from the winners there are many notable points that came out of the world's most positive countries 2011 initiative, such as, Libyan revolution was considered as positive amidst concern about the future, Brazil's determination to come out of the shell of third world countries was considered commendable and Zambia was hailed for undertaking successful election to ensure the smooth transition of power from the incumbent to a candidate from opposition camp.
For more information on the World's Most Positive Countries 2011 initiative visit http://www.dailypositive.org/Most_Positive_Countries


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If you have not heard about the March 2016 terrorist attacks in Brussels, you are probably not watching any news channels at all. But the chances are that you heard about the ISIS attacks in Belgium and the foiled plots to attack nuclear centrals in France or Europe.
What does this rise in terrorist attacks mean for the investments in Europe?
Well, first and beforehand, uncertainty and risk raises. Be it about real-estate investments in the European major cities (deemed to be one of the safest premium investments in the developed countries) or shares of the FMCG companies, there are obviously risks associated with purchasing shares of these companies: that is supply chains might be disrupted, key employees might be trapped or even harmed, or other countless factors might kick in. It means that overall the cost of doing business in Europe will increase: higher security costs money and slows down by travelling and communication, travel will be disrupted, insurance premiums will increase slowly but certainly. Read more
How Will Terrorism Impact Investments in Europe?
If you have not heard about the March 2016 terrorist attacks in Brussels, you are probably not watching any news channels at all. But the chances are that you heard about the ISIS attacks in Belgium and the foiled plots to attack nuclear centrals in France or Europe.
What is going on?
Looking at the status of the G20 economies, one might say nothing works. Keynesianism taken extreme has led to negative interest rates, moderate unemployment and no growth. Neo-liberalism generated uncontrolled banks, opinionated leadership and polarization of welfare. Trickle down economics do not work at all, especially if we look at the African or the Latam economics. Even the Chinese market-oriented communism is crumbling here and there. So now what?
European Bank's Shares Shattered or Under-valued?
The last few days saw the European bank's shares substantially going down. Deutsche's Bank shares went down from around 25 EUR/share in December 2015 to 13,68 today (Feb 12th, 2016). Other German banks suffered also losses of 10-20% on their share prices, whilst French and Italian ones did not fare very well too. Most of the hit banks were from the invesmtent banking sector – but the traditional commercial ones have not been spared too. Unicredit, the biggest Italian bank, has seen a similar fate too (down from 6 EUR/share to 3).
This downfall share price trend is ggetting super-serious for the bank sector itself, badly hurt by multiple factors. Amid most concerns are the (relatively) capitalization rules, which requires the banks to maintain a higher capital-to-loans ratio – and most of these mammoths have failed on the stress tests. Of course, this is a measure of efficiency – and most of the investment banks are trying hard to keep as low a ratio as possible, since this means for them doing business with other's (mostly central banks) money/funds. A nice business model indeed for the banks, who have become mostly asset managers, rather than loan-making machines. Read more
Why the Housing Market in Anglo-Saxon Countries Will Further Boom
Recently I was reading an interesting article on The Economist about the UK housing market. Whilst I do not agree with 100% of it (after all, the real estate markets have gone through various historical cycles), it is a well-argumented read. It basically says that whilst subventions via free land for the constructors might help, the housing market still has a huge inertia and might continue to grow.
One interesting extra argument (from my side this time) – the quantitative easing has introduced to the US/UK markets a lot of liquidity, which is not yet absorbed. As the liquidity will hardly find its place in new investments, it might find a safe cushion in the real-estate investments. One more reason why this might continue to be a good long-term investment.
It Might Be Time To Consider Taking a Cheap Mini-Holiday
If you are like many Brits, you have been struggling for the last few years just to get by. Between the bottom falling out of the financial markets and eroding retirees' hard-earned savings while making the jobs picture frighteningly dim for the rest of us, it hasn't been a particularly pleasant time. Now that things are looking better, however, it just might be time to think about going on holiday and letting go of some of those worries that have plagued you for such a long time. While things are still not completely back to whatever you considered normal, at least many of you might be in a position to let off a little steam. The key word here is "little". It might not yet be time to summer in the South of France, but if you are sensible about it, a mini holiday might not be too great a stretch. Read more
Why Do Systems (Tend To) Fail on Monday
You wake up an 06:30, after a full relaxing (but somehow late ending) Sunday. You rush into your car and start commuting. The traffic lights system is annoyingly slow, delaying your usually course to the office. Some traffic lights are broken. No way you could shop for a drink at your favorite coffee shop – the queues are way too long this early on the week start. You get to the office – then you circle around 10 more minutes as usually to find a parking place.
When you get (finally) in front of your desk, the usual ERP interface starts 10 seconds later. The OS seems also very slow – lots of software updates pop up and urge you to restart your computer, and the office WiFi connection is painfully slow. Everybody's running around in meetings and even the urgent "to do's" are postponed. And the list can go on for pages.
What really happens on Monday mornings with our emails, sales organisations, computers and organizations? Why is everything so slow?
The answer came to me several weeks ago, when I was reading a piece of news regarding Netflix: it said that during prime time, when the highest-watched new episodes of their TV shows are aired, Netflix accounts for almost 40% of the bandwidth (or internet traffic) in the US. Which causes huge slowdowns in the internet traffic, to such an extent that some mobile operators even sued the company for over-using the internet infrastructure.
And this of course explains why Monday mornings are causing most of the work or human-used systems to slow down: the traffic is huge, be it the need to buy coffee, the urgency of having some products delivered or the high adrenaline of the organizations trying to get massive tasks done. Systems are usually designed to cope with normal loads (in terms of users, requests or processing other types of resources or information). They are NOT designed to cope with double the traffic during peaks. Read more
How To Kick-Start Your Multi-Country Finance Management Career
You are a good country finance director or head of finance. You have a stable department, the knowledge of the local systems and legislations, and you have been very successful in this role for quite a while. Your multinational company is very happy with your financial directorship – the operating income flows are steady, your reporting is on time, subordinates act professionally and are satisfied with their jobs. And then you wonder – what is next for me? How can I do more? What is coming next in my career in multinational finance management?
You of course know the answer: the next natural career step is to take on a role in multi-country financial management. The usual path leads to a cluster or regional controller (or finance director) role. You should be heppy with that, since it gives you the chance to expand your financial management skills at multi-country level, as well as to embark on a path of multic-cultural and complex corporate finance learning.
There are also lots of questions – and the successful country finance directors are usually unsettled by them:
a) What does the new role require from me in terms of skills, experience, interactions?
b) How do I cope with the new role and the pressures associated?
c) How do I manage not one, but multiple legal entities/countries – whilst keeping the same success levels as in the past?
d) When do I start and where do I stop? etc
It is hard to answer all these questions in a short blog post such as this one, however – I will give you here some practical (and theory based) insights on how you can become a successful regional finance manager/director quickly and with little associated stress: Read more


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A heartfelt thank you to those who came out in support of MADD
On March 31, 2008, my precious 21 year old daughter, Heather, was brutally taken away from me.
I had to concentrate on how to breathe. The pain in my heart and chest was unbearable. Every second of every moment seemed to stand still. How was I to move forward through this tragedy?
I've reactivated the Mothers Against Drunk Driving Chapter in Wheeling, W.Va. MADD had a fundraiser this past Sunday at the Walmart in Triadelphia. Several of us weathered the frigid and snowy weather.
I'd like to say thank you to all those who showed their support by making a donation to MADD or by purchasing Sarris candy bars.
Thank you to the woman who purchased a hat for us to wear and to the gentleman that gave us hand warmers.
A special thank you to the person who opened his wallet so freely the day after the event and bought two cases of candy bars, just to turn around and give them away.
Thank you for the enthusiasm in spreading the word about the dangers of drinking and driving and the horrific tragedies that result from this.
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A Quest Worth Following
Their unpretentious sartorial style might not be often imitated by todays rappers, but if you cant hear the influence of A Tribe Called Quest in the music of recent chart-toppers, you need to get your ears checked. The introspective lyrics of Kanye West, the experimentalism of OutKast, and the colorful mugging of Busta Rhymes (a member of the Leaders of the New School) can all be attributed to the authority of Tribe. The hip-hop trio abandoned the traditional macho swagger to create something fresh and new -- contemplative rhymes spit over laid-back grooves. Their formula changed the game completely.
Most rappers are lucky if they release one significant album. Tribe boasts at least three. Peoples Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm introduced the world to Bonita Applebum, and Can I Kick It? The Low End Theory featured Butter and Check the Rhime. On Midnight Marauders, they went on an Award Tour and taught fans the secret to Electric Relaxation. Expect to hear those songs and more in a set that will sound like a greatest-hits compilation tonight at 9:00 at Revolution. Tickets cost $35 in advance, $38 at the door. Call 954-727-0950, or visit www.jointherevolution.net.
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Kroch Library Locked Carrel Charging Procedure
Materials that CAN be charged to a locked carrel:
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- Use a pink Carrel Charge Slip
- Fill out the carrel number and the item's call number (found on the spine - ex: DA 580 G62 1997) in the space available on the charge slip
- Place the slip in the book and have it in plain view on the desk top
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- If the book has no barcode, bring it down to the circulation desk and leave it in the Carrel Coordinator's mailbox with a note indicating what carrel the book should be charged out to after it's barcoded.
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- Do not place books on the carrel shelf until the charge slips have been stamped/processed
- Do not remove a charge slip from a charged book
- Additional carrel charge slips are available at Olin Circulation Desk
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- Place charged books on the carrel shelf with call numbers and charge slips clearly showing. If possible, keep books in call number order - this helps us keep track of materials and provide better service
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Only books checked out to your carrel may be left in the carrel. To transfer books (from Olin/Kroch, Uris or the Library Annex) from your personal account to the carrel account:
- Bring the books to the Olin Circulation Desk, where they will be sensitized
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This powerful image by Dimitar Variysky immediately stirs up all kinds of emotions. As a tiny speck of a man stands on the edge of a massive, raging waterfall, the first feeling felt by many viewers is a sense of fear, perhaps of falling or dying. The second emotion would probably be curiosity. After all, why is this man standing on the edge of a seriously dangerous-looking waterfall? Is he nuts? And lastly, depending on your perspective, it would be a sense of triumph or defeat. The optimist would see this image as a man standing tall and surviving the almighty forces of nature, while the pessimist would see it as a last act of desperation from a forsaken man.
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As I first saw this picture I just admired this man and the only thing what came to my mind was how I wanted to be in this place, peaceful surrounded by water and feeling free and hanging on my mind watching down the waterfall in the cool breeze... never ever it came to my mind it could be dangerous. Only after ready the text I realised how far away from reality I was. Great picture!!
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Q&A: Albert Brooks talks 'Drive,' awards love, the problem with twitter and Judd Apatow
After a long and very busy Golden Globes morning last Tuesday, this pundit collapsed into a well deserved nap. Being an entertainment writer/journalist/critic/commentator is a fantastic job, but the back to back days you have to get up at 5 AM to hear both SAG and Globe nominations are arguably the toughest of the year. An hour later, I groggily woke up and stared at the 40 new E-mails that somehow found their way into my inbox. Just two minutes later the phone rang. Smartly, I answered the unknown number and heard, "Greg? This is Albert Brooks."
Crap Ellwood. You better wake up, snap out of it and get it together.
Brooks was calling to discuss his well deserved Golden Globe nomination for "Drive," an honor that will hopefully catapult him toward an Academy Award. The legendary comedic writer stepped out of his usual comfort zone for Nicholas Winding Refn's modern classic playing Bernie Rose, an organized crime "entrepreneur" with a very bad temper. Brooks is also know, of course, for writing and directing some of the most original dramedies of the past 30 years. "Real Life," "Modern Romance," "Lost in America," "Defending Your Life," "Mother" and "The Muse," just to name a few. And, of course, he's a former Academy Awards nominee for his role in "Broadcast News" and was pretty fantastic in "Out of Sight" and as the voice of Marlin in "Finding Newo."
I quickly gathered my wits about me (maybe) and we were off...
Awards Campaign: So, how you doing today, sir?
Albert Brooks: Excellent, thank you.
Awards Campaign: Let's talk about this, this movie. When you heard about the script, what about the character appealed to you? What about Bernie Rose made you want to make 'Drive'?
Albert Brooks: Well, you know, I've been so busy over the years making my own movies that when I act in other people's movies [the question is] what can I do that's different? And this was right up the alley of what I was looking for. And the casting director called my manager, they knew each other and she said, 'I have this script and Ryan Gosling's attached and this director, Nicholas Refn and this is, needs to go quickly,' and I was going -- this is on a Thursday -- I was going to San Francisco on a Friday, they got me the script and they said, 'If you like it, go to his house. He's renting a house here, before you go to San Francisco.' And I did that, I read it on Thursday, I talked to him on the phone for a minute, I went to his house, and you know? I wanted to play a character. I've played characters that have been shady, but basically they've been pussies. You know, the guy, Richard Ripley in 'Out of Sight,' he never stood up, he never stuck up for himself. He had to get goons to help him. So, I liked the fact that Bernie Rose, who didn't initiate any of these problems, when they came to him, he took care of it himself. It was a stronger kind of character than I normally get. And I wanted to play that. And fortunately, I've seen scripts in the past of these kinds of parts and I've made overtures, but the director didn't see it. But Nicholas thought it was always the best idea. So, it took a Danish guy to say, 'Good.'
Awards Campaign: How have the ups and downs of the awards season been for you? Has the critics groups awards been more rewarding than you thought?
Albert Brooks: Listen, Gregory, you know, it's a good question. I've been doing this for a long, long, long, time now. And the truth is that sometimes you do things and part of you thinks, 'Wow, that's the best thing I've ever done,' and no critics group is confirming that with you. So, you know, you always got to be happy when somebody likes what you do. It's stupid not to be happy. I'm looking forward to going back to New York for the New York Film Critics Dinner. They awarded me a screenplay award for 'Mother' and I remember it as being just a lot of laughs and a nice dinner. So, obviously, if people like the work, it's all good. I don't see any issues with it. It would be like if a ball team didn't want to get into the World Series. There's no reason not to. When December comes, there were many movies I've been in that I thought were really good movies and they weren't standing in December. So, you'd rather be standing than not, that's all. It's pretty simple and straightforward. I like talking to you about it. The alternative is not talking to you. So, you know, you're an easy guy to talk to. I find it all enjoyable, it's lovely.
Awards Campaign: I am envious of all those attending the New York Critics Dinner next month because something tells me your speech will be quite entertaining. You are a naturally funny guy and we've seen that in your movies and you are incredible in 140 characters on Twitter. I've got to ask about your tweets. How many of those spur of the moment tweets or are they things you've thought about during the day and then you sort of pop on and put them on later?
Albert Brooks: Well, I don't plan Twitter out over the day, no. But I put a little thought into it, which much to my chagrin, because it takes away from a real living, you know? I'm a big consumer of news and I have my six newspaper sites booked. And what I like bout Twitter is it's almost, it allows me to make a comment about something that's just on my mind. You know, when Herman Cain drops out, I can say something. When, you know, when I didn't get a SAG award, I can say something. It's a very immediate—it's almost like doing standup in a way.
Awards Campaign: Yeah.
Albert Brooks: Because you're reacting to the immediacy. And there were some people that do exactly what you said. They, you know, will write down tweets in advance. When I start doing that, then I'm in trouble, because then I have really embraced a business that has no payment structure.
Awards Campaign: Yes, but it's the reward of more followers, isn't that enough? (Laughs.) That's not more, that's not enough? No, I guess not.
Albert Brooks: None of the followers give me the money! Do you see a drop box anywhere?
Awards Campaign: No. No. That's the one part of the business model they sort of haven't set up very correctly, very well.
Albert Brooks: Yeah, by the way, you know, that's something that the internet does that no business industry of the world has done, the internet gets a lot of people to do things for nothing. And, you know, it's supposed to be some kind of reward, well, you know, as a reward, you can have 200,000 followers. Yeah, but, you know, I'm not starting a religion. Who are these followers? But, I like to comment and, you know, it's something I would do to my friends, I'd call up a buddy and I would say, 'Did you see what Romney did today?' So. that's sort of what Twitter becomes. You do it shorter, you make a comment, but it's almost like a phone call to a friend.
Awards Campaign: But, I guess the one additional thing about Twitter for someone of your notoriety is that it allows you to grow your audience. So, the next time you have a movie coming out, especially one that you own, it allows you to market it to them or let them know about it. I know you've been on this 'Drive' ride for awhile and I've heard that you're going to be doing a little more acting, but are you working on a new picture you'd like to direct yourself?
Albert Brooks: Well, here's the real answer. I've been working as a writer. I've been writing a book, I started another book. This is what I feel and I think about it all day long. Once I start, if I decide in my mind I'm going to make another Albert Brooks movie, then I'm done with acting in other people's movies for another three years. Because, you know, that's [how long] it takes. From the writing to getting the financing, you can't leave that. Not when it's yours. You can't tell the guy who just, gave you a couple of million dollars, 'Hey, I'm going to go to France and work for Roman Polanski, I'll see you at Christmas.' They don't want to hear that. So, I'm sort of doing everything but that to see if I can string together a couple of acting jobs that are interesting to me. Because over the years, I've turned down so much because I was making these movies. So, once I start, then I'm done with being able to get a script from Nicholas, because I won't stop. So that's what I'm doing. So, I've been writing another book which allows me to write, because if I can't write, I feel weird. So, at least I can express myself. I can turn on a computer and pour stuff out. But I have not made that mental commitment to start filming another movie only because I'd like to see if there's something really that I haven't done before as an actor that I could try to do.
Awards Campaign: Do you have anything upcoming you're committed to shoot? Or anything that you're interested in that's about to happen?
Albert Brooks: Well, I did the Judd Apatow movie ['This is 40'] this summer.
Awards Campaign: Right, right, right.
Albert Brooks: Yeah, so that'll come out next year and I read a script last week and it wasn't great, but maybe it could be better, but it was another kind of different part. But no, I haven't gotten anything where I've said, 'I don't even care to go to North Carolina' where everything is shot anyway. And no, I don't have the next thing locked down. I read three things. I didn't fall in love with either, one was better than the other two. But, you know, the whole thing about this business, it's a daily business. I can hang up from you and go take a pee and get a call from the agent and have a job that I like. So, that's why I pee all the time, hoping the phone will ring.
Awards Campaign: I have to ask you really quickly just about the Apatow movie because many of us know about his process of improvising lines and scenes as he does on most of his film. And he set records -- actually, I don't even know, did he shoot on film or was it digital?
Albert Brooks: No, it could be an Arri Alexa [camera].
Awards Campaign: O.K.
Albert Brooks: And nobody's shooting on film anymore.
Awards Campaign: Well, for his first couple of films, he was breaking records for actually shooting the most stock because he was doing so many different takes. And in fact, I was even on the set of a couple of them and you just watch the actors go through the scene again and again. And I was wondering, was it like that on this picture?
Albert Brooks: Yeah.
Awards Campaign: And did you enjoy that or did you find that, you know, did it get frustrating? I mean, I can't imagine all actors like it.
Albert Brooks: No, no, no. John has a method. You don't just go on there and make it all up. He writes a script. Then in a rehearsal period, you work with him and try to make that as good as you can make it. Then you say those lines, that's what you do. Then after that, anything that you can think of he loves, and he sits there and sometimes he'll sit with a co-writer and yell stuff, you've seen him do that?
Awards Campaign: Yeah.
Albert Brooks: So, I understand that. You know, people should be shooting the market. Film is the cheapest part of the movie making process. The expense is the 100-man crew and the financing and everything. The few days you're actually there, you know, get everything you can think of, because you're not going back. So, I understand that. What I would do is -- we just had a little, sort of a method. We would do what's written and then I said, 'Judd, before you yell things, let me empty my own head of the stuff that I'm thinking. And then I'll raise my hand when I'm done and then you can yell.'
Awards Campaign: Well, you know what? I think that's one that, you know, we're all really looking forward to, and he must have shot a lot because it's not coming out till a year from now.
Albert Brooks: Yeah, but that's not why. He was scheduled to come out in June a long time ago and then I read that apparently Universal swapped places with him, they had one of those movies that three other people were making, but, you know, what was it like? Like Sleeping Beauty, you know, one of those...
Awards Campaign: Oh, right, the Snow White remake ['Snow White and the Huntsman'].
Albert Brooks: Yes, yes. And I asked him about it, and he said, this was before he'd started shooting, he knew about this new date, and this is sort of the adult comedy Christmas movie date, so I think he was happy about it. But believe me, he's already, you know, got it up and running on its feet. I don't think he needs the time to edit it, I think this is more about a business decision that Universal makes.
Awards Campaign: I've always curious about this, as a filmmaker yourself you must have had dates that you were given for films that you were making with studios and other times that you didn't. Do you like to have the date as a sort of a deadline to stop working on a film, or are you someone who, when you make a film, you naturally come to a point, like, 'it's done'? If it doesn't come out for a couple, another couple months, it's good.
Albert Brooks: No, no. What naturally stops you making the film is [there is no more money in the] budget. That's really what it is. If you had an unlimited budget, if you were a billionaire and you financed your own movies, then you can either date, because you can sit in an editing room for six years, like Howard Hughes, and never finish anything.
Awards Campaign: Yeah.
Albert Brooks: But you're only given, you know, you're given whatever, nine, ten weeks to shoot, you're given eight weeks in post production, because that's an expenditure. It's not even the release date. I've never had an issue meeting a release date. I've begged for two more weeks in post production when the budget never allowed it. But the budget always dictates when you have to stop. And that's really what it is. It's never, in my case anyway, I know sometimes movies have to meet a Christmas date and they're up against it.
Awards Campaign: Yeah.
Albert Brooks: And those movies will put on, you know, 11 extra editors to make that happen. I've never been up against a date, I've always been up against a budget. So that's what really forces you to stop, because the employees leave. Because once they're no longer paid, they generally don't show up.
Awards Campaign: It's really hard, even with all the tools...
Albert Brooks: Unlike Twitter!
Awards Campaign: It's really hard with all the tools today to do it all yourself, it's just very hard. So when they go away, it's tough.
Albert Brooks: No, you want creative people to help you.
Awards Campaign: Yes.
Albert Brooks: You don't want to do it all yourself.
Awards Campaign: Well, sir, I got to tell you, I'm huge fan, I love 'Drive' and I'm so happy that you guys are getting recognition for it. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed, to be honest, that it can sneak in as picture down the road. I still believe that a lot of people in the industry really like the film and you never what's going to happen with these new Oscar rules.
Albert Brooks: I appreciate it, Gregory, I do. And thanks for keeping up the cheer about it. I know you were one of the earlier adopters of it and that's very nice, I appreciate it.
Awards Campaign: Fingers crossed, thank you so much and enjoy the rest of the run.
"Drive" will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on Jan. 31.
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