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ATHENS, Greece--Most Greeks believe that the economic crisis gripping the country for the past four years was "premeditated" by foreign centers of influence, a university survey said on Friday.
The survey of slightly more than 1,000 people, published in Kathimerini daily, also shows that Greeks are firm believers in urban myths.
In answer to a question about whether the crisis was "premeditated by foreign centers of influence," more than 75 percent of those questioned answered yes.
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Greece descended into economic crisis in 2010 after the then socialist government revealed that the state's public deficit estimates had been misreported by the previous conservative administration.
The subsequent loss of confidence in Greece on financial markets pushed Greek borrowing costs to untenable levels and the country was forced to seek an EU-IMF bailout.
The country was unable to repay huge slices of debt incurred on the bond market.
Under deep reforms of the economy and huge cuts in public spending imposed in return for the rescue, hundreds of thousands of Greeks lost their jobs and their wages and pensions were cut sharply.
"The economic crisis seems to exacerbate phenomena of irrational political thought," said George Antoniou, one of the researchers who worked on the project.
The survey was conducted on more than 1,000 people by researchers from the university of Oxford, and the university of Macedonia and the international Hellenic university in Thessaloniki.
It also showed that on a scale of 1 to 7, Greeks trust the Orthodox Church the most, and parliament the least.
Jews, Turks and Americans also rank near the bottom on this scale, and 60 percent of respondents said that Greek Jews "are more Jewish than Greek."
The findings were originally presented at a Berlin conference on anti-Semitism in early July.
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Hawaiian Airline's flight out of Pago Pago on Thursday night didn't depart until Friday afternoon due to the delay of the inbound flight.
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He said the flight departed Honolulu at 9:14pm Thursday. The return flight back to Honolulu was further delayed by 10 hours for crew rest requirements and was rescheduled to depart Pago Pago around 1pm yesterday.
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Double or Nothing Strategy – Double Up SNG Poker
Firstly, let me start by saying that it took a lot of persuading to get me to write this Double or Nothing Strategy article.
For some time now I have been making my living by playing Double or Nothing SNGs (Sit N Goes), and a very comfortable living it is too. Giving away information that will help other people "beat me at my own game" so to speak is generally not considered a good idea. I'm still not entirely sure why I agreed to write it, so don't even bother asking. 🙂
The reason that I seem to show such satisfying results is that the correct play in a Double or Nothing Sit 'N' Go (SNG) is usually very clear cut. In most poker formats, you can play tight, or loose, or aggressive, or passive, or any combination of all four. You can check/raise, you can bluff, you can min-raise, C-bet half the pot, bet the whole pot on a draw etc, and a player might have the choice between many actions, several of which could be profitable in any given situation.
With Double or Nothings (DoNs) however, there is usually an optimal play, and everything else is a sub-optimal play. There is effectively less flexibility in a DoN than in a regular SNG. You either do the right thing, or you do one of the many wrong things. A proper strategy will clearly differentiate between the two.
The Double or Nothing format is relatively new in the poker world, since these games have only really been running from 2008 onwards.
This means that the optimal strategy for DoNs hasn't really been developed publicly. There are no books on this format (as at time of writing), there are no particularly effective online articles on the subject, and there aren't even many people experienced enough to write such an article, even if they were inclined to.
Most players who enter the Double or Nothing arena are used to regular SnGs or regular poker tournaments. They know that they should raise with big hands, fold bad hands, and see flops with suited connectors, bluff sometimes, and slowplay their monster hands on occasion, value bet with a hand likely to be best, call an all-in if you are getting good pot odds, or if your hand is likely to be ahead of your opponents range. . . and so on and so forth. These are all very common poker concepts, and you would be hard pressed to be a consistent winner in poker tournaments or SnGs until you had mastered them.
These concepts do not apply to Double or Nothing strategy however. Or more accurately, they DO apply, but in entirely different ways.
The main difference between a SnG or a DoN is of course the payout structure: In a regular 10 player SnG you will find that there are prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, and the payout is usually 50%, 30%, and 20% of the total prize pool respectively. The optimal strategy for SnGs has been discussed elsewhere, but it is generally considered correct to play with the intention of accumulating 100% of the chips in play, thereby placing 1st and securing for yourself the maximum possible prize money. Certainly seems like a good idea to me.
In a 10 player Double or Nothing however, the top 50 percent of players all come 1st, and the bottom 50 percent of players all come 2nd. . .and there is no prize for 2nd. It is now no longer relevant if you finish the game with 95% of the chips or only 1% of the chips, as long as 5 other players finish before you.
This creates some significant changes in optimal Double or Nothing poker strategy:
Value betting almost doesn't exist, because you very rarely want someone to call, even when you are a heavy favourite.
Calling an all-in is almost never done, even if your hand rates to be significantly above your opponents range.
Pushing all-in rather than raising becomes the best option, (you don't really want a caller, even if their hand is much worse than yours).
Stack size differentials become more relevant than your hand strength.
Correct bubble play can involve some very counterintuitive situations, including folding aces pro-flop in an unopened pot.
The golden rule of Double or Nothing Sit N Goes:
Always shove, never call.
A good result for a Double or Nothing is to never ever see a single showdown. Except in very rare circumstances (which will be discussed later), you don't want people to call when you are 50/50, such as AK vs 88. You don't want them to call when you are a 60/40 favourite like AK vs 67suited. You don't even want them to call when you are a 70/30 favourite like KK vs A2. In bubble situations you don't even want them to call when you are an 80/20 favourite like AA vs 77. The overwhelmingly best result is to have everyone fold, every time you bet. That's the dream.
Double or Nothing Poker Strategy
Here is what I consider optimal strategy. It is not complicated, it is not creative, and for many people it's probably not even that fun. If you disagree with any of my plays, that's fine, test out your own modifications, and see how they work. Perhaps you will discover some new way to break the format wide open. What I would recommend however is that you don't deviate too far from the optimal strategy listed below until you get very comfortable with the structure, and start showing a consistent profit. DoNs are different from normal Sngs, just as different as No Limit Hold 'Em is from Omaha, or even as different as checkers is from chess. Start by learning these basics, and then contemplate out how to improve from there.
For purposes of discussion, this article will be using the most common structure of Double or Nothings, which introduces antes very early (usually from the 3rd or 4th level onwards). A similar structure is used by Carbon Poker. Some sites such as PartyPoker don't include antes at all however.
Double or Nothing Strategy: Low blinds
Early blinds for purposes of this strategy are everything up to 25/50, which are the first 3 levels. Early blinds are very easy to play: Fold everything except pocket pairs. 🙂
QQ-22: Limp or call a raise as long as the size of the raise you are calling is less than 20 times your stack. If you hit a set with your pocket pair, bet or raise aggressively to try and get all-in as soon as possible. If you don't hit a set, check/fold for any bet, even if you flop an overpair (i.e. fold even if you have JJ and the flop comes 3 6 8).
AA and KK: shove all-in. If someone is all in before you, call all-in with those two hands. If someone has already gone all in, and another player calls, fold KK but still call with AA.
Pretty straight forward right? Well the Double or Nothing format rewards straight forward play more than any other style of poker. Having said that though, there are two obvious objections that are usually raised with this Low Blind section, and I shall address each of them in turn:
1. "What! Just play those few hands? Are you an idiot? What about suited connectors? What about AK? What about blind stealing? How are you meant to accumulate chips? You obviously don't know anything about poker. Don't quit your day job pal!"
Amusingly my day job IS playing DoNs, and I have no hesitation in telling you that DoNs are NOT poker; at least not in the usual sense. The goal of a regular poker tournament or SnG is to win chips, and therefore prize money. In a Double or Nothing SNG however, the goal is NOT to lose chips, and therefore prize money. It is the fundamental effect of the difference in prize structures that causes this inverse priority to come into effect.
Hands like suited connectors tend to take a few streets to make powerful hands. You might flop a flush draw, or a straight draw, but flopping an actual flush or straight is extremely unlikely. Investing chips with these hands preflop will often result in you investing more chips on the flop, and perhaps again on the turn, to see if you draw completes. Even if you get good odds for your draw, it's not worth it, because the focus in Double or Nothings shouldn't be to accumulate chips, it should be to avoid losing them.
AK is another fiddly hand to play. You don't want to raise with it, because this hand usually only makes top pair- top kicker on the flop. . and even that is only half the time. You don't want to have to "play poker" with a hand like Top Top, because the chips you lose when your opponents outdraw you (or hit a set) are more important than the ones you gain when you win (this can be shown to be true in this way: if you lose all your chips you are out of the tournament and win 0%, but if you double your chips you are still not 100% certain to win. You might only be 80% likely to win). I fold AK happily in early blinds.
Pocket pairs make strong hands or they make very weak hands, so if you put more money in on the flop, It's because your hand is strong. If your hand isn't strong, you just fold. There are no draws that you have to pay extra for, because pocket pairs are either hit or miss on the flop. If you hit a set, bet strongly until all the money is in the middle. Overbetting the pot is completely fine in this format. If you miss your set, just check/fold. An overpair is not much better than top pair top kicker, which is much too weak to risk your tournament life messing around with at this early stage in the tournament.
2. The other common objection is "All-in with AA? Just like that? Have you never heard of raising for value?? Who is going to call you if you just jam all in like that? NOBODY! That's who!"
There are two main reasons to raise in poker (actually David Sklanzky correctly listed at least 6, but there are two reasons most applicable in this instance):
1. To get a better hand to fold.
2. To get a worse hand to put more money in the pot.
Obviously you aren't going to get a better hand to fold. There IS no better hand for AA and if you have KK the only better hand is AA. . . which clearly isn't going anywhere.
The second reason is worthy of further discussion however. Usually when you raise with a strong hand like AA or KK, you raise enough so that people are getting tolerable odds to call with their suited connectors, pocket pairs, or AK-AJ type hands. Then when the flop comes you can try and play some poker and get some more money from the worse hands, or get away from your hand when you decide that you are beaten. If you are a talented player, you can accumulate many chips this way when you win, and also lose no more than your pre-flop raise, and maybe another bet on the flop when you are behind. In a normal SnG, getting a worse hand to put money in preflop is a good situation.
But in Double or Nothings, accumulating chips early is not hugely relevant. Losing chips early is very often terminal however. So you don't WANT to have to "play poker" on the flop and later streets. If you jam all in with KK, and everyone folds, that's completely fine. You don't want people to set mine with 44 or to try and hit a miracle flop with 6-8 suited.
Amusingly however, people will still call. I have no explanation of why, except that people must not think things through very well. When I push all-in with AA and KK in the first few blind levels, I often find myself getting called by AK, QQ, JJ, TT, and sometimes hands such as AJ suited.
It's completely baffling to me. These are not $1.10 Double or Nothings that I'm playing. These are $100+, where the players are theoretically more sophisticated. I can't explain why people call in these situations. Maybe their ego get in the way. Maybe they assume no one would push all in for 75 Big Blinds if they really had a good hand. Maybe they are just curious as to what I have. Maybe TT is their favourite hand and they refuse to fold it in any situation. Maybe they are just drunk. I really don't know why people call is such a situation. I just know that they do, and that makes my completely mechanical early blind play amazingly profitable.
If you are completely opposed to jamming all-in with these hands, I present another option for your consideration: The Limp/Re-Raise. Limp with AA or KK in any position, and if someone raises, you can THEN Re-Raise all in. If the pot gets limped around, you must be adept at getting away from a bare overpair however. This move will not be very effective if you get stacked with your aces every time an opponent limps in and hits a set.
Double or Nothing Strategy: Mid blinds
Mid blinds for our purposes consists of precisely 2 levels: 25/50 blinds and 50/100.
A few notes about these levels:
1. Blind stealing becomes relevant.
2. Set Mining is no longer viable.
3. Position becomes more important than hand strength.
4. Re-steals become a powerful move in your arsenal.
5. Chubukov-Sklanzky shoving ranges become useful
Assuming you have between 1300 and 1500 chips at this stage (which is pretty standard), picking up the blinds represents at least a 10% increase to your stack size. Much more relevant than the 2% increase that results when you steal the blinds at early levels.
Set mining is negative EV (expected value) at this stage. You just aren't getting the odds to try and hit a set, so don't bother limping with low pocket pairs. In fact limping at these levels is almost always horrendous. Most hands should still be folded, but any hand you decide to play, should be raised all-in (except a very few situations described later).
Position becomes the single most important consideration at these blind levels. You will still need to play tight when in early and middle positions, but you can open up significantly when in the Cut-off, Button, and Small Blind. Here are some examples assuming a 1500 stack and 50/100 blinds:
Early position: Raise all-in with AA-QQ and AK only.
Middle position: Raise all-in with AA-TT and AK- AQ only
Cutoff: Raise all-in with AA-88, and AK-AJ only.
The button and small blind are in their own separate category, because they are the really aggressive positions. Shoving ranges that I use are based predominately on the Chubukov-Sklansky tables:
Button: Raise all-in with any Ace, Any Pair, KQ, and KJ Suited.
Small Blind: Shove any Ace, any King, Any pair, any 2 Royal cards, and any Suited Connector.
These ranges are for 15BB without antes, which is an M of 10. If your M is higher than 10 (i.e. you doubled up early), shoving weakish hands probably isn't necessary. You can still just wait for premiums before getting involved.
If your M is lower than 10, you need to get significantly more aggressive from late position, an only marginally more aggressive from early position. With an M of 5 for example (75/150 and an 1100 stack):
Early position: Raise all-in with AA-TT and AK-AJ only.
Middle position: Raise all-in with AA-77 and AK- A9 only
Cutoff: Raise all-in with Any Pair, Any Ace, any 2 Royal cards, and any Suited Connector.
Button and Small Blind: Raise all-in with Any 2 cards.
All pretty straight forward. Why do we shove all-in, rather than just making a raise? The answer is the Re-Steal.
At these blind levels you will find a huge number of players trying to steal the blinds. They will often Min-Raise, or Small Ball Raise (2.5bb). Make a note of what these players do when they get Re-Raised, because it is hugely valuable information. Many people will make a Min-Raise on the button for example, but will fold if someone shoves all-in over the top of them. Many winning players will even Min-Raise 100% of the time that it is folded to them in that position. These people are keen to steal the blinds, but they don't want to risk elimination, so they make a small raise and then happily fold to an all-in. Then they say to themselves "I'm glad that I only made a small raise! That guy must have had Aces; otherwise he wouldn't have shoved all in! I'm glad I lonely lost 25% of my stack!". It's dazzling to me.
I will re-steal from a player making a raise like that with the top 50% of my hands. Hands like J9o or K5s is fantastic in that situation, and I will happily ship all-in. If I have a note on someone saying they often button raise then fold, I will ship all-in with any 2 cards. Calling an all-in is a much worse proposition in a Double or Nothing than it is in a regular SNG, so players will often correctly fold to an all-in Re-Steal, even when they are getting reasonable pot odds. The Re-Steal will usually add 50% to your chip stack, and is often the difference between winning and losing a DoN.
Yes, sometimes an astute player will trap you by making a small raise on the button, and your 78 suited will have to draw out against his Aces (which you will do about 20% of the time). But a single player will get dealt either Aces or Kings only about 1% of the time, and if your opponent is making non pot-committing raises from late position 30% of the time, your re-steals will show an immense profit.
Double or Nothing Strategy: High blinds
High blinds in a Double or Nothings begin from the level antes commence: 50/100 10. There are usually 7-8 players left at this stage, but it's not uncommon for the table to still be 10 handed either. The average M in high blinds will be around 2. The strategy described in this section assumes at least 7 players remain, as 6 players makes it a Bubble situation, which calls for different strategies all together.
The most important aspect of high blind play is to realise that you need plenty of chips. It's very unlikely that you can fold into the money when there are still several players remaining, as each trip through the blinds will take a larger proportion of your remaining stack.
A few points to keep in mind regarding High Blind Play:
1. Any hand you play, should be raised all-in.
2. Position is still important, much more so than card strength.
3. The stack sizes of the players in the blinds become a heavy consideration.
If a hand is worth playing, it should be raised all-in for two important reasons: Firstly because the amount of chips in the pot pre-flop is already quite significant, and secondly: any raise you make is usually pot committing, so it's in your best interests to deter players from trying to Re-Steal from you.
You might be tempted to try and trap players by limping or Min-Raising with Aces or Kings; I do not recommend this line of play. The Principle of Deception states that any action you take must contain multiple hand strength possibilities, to avoid your plays becoming transparent. If you start min-raising with AA, you must start min-raising with other hands too, otherwise your plays will quickly become readable by astute opponents. Optimal play is just to push all the money into the middle, and expect everyone to fold. Then you can show your monster hand, and you will get more respect for your future shoves.
Position is extremely important in high blind play. As an empirical observation, most players in a Double or Nothing will call an all-in with the top 10% of hands (77+ and AT+) even when such a call is mathematically incorrect. Obviously some players are tighter, and some players are looser, but generally, top 10% is a good rule of thumb. If you have an M of 4 for example, you can push all in from the small blind with any 2 cards, and expect to only be called 10% of the time. Pushing all in from the button means there are 2 players left to act, each with a 10% chance of calling, for total chance of approximately 20%. This means that pushing all in from the Small Blind or Button is usually a tremendously +EV play, especially considering that even when called a random hand will beat a top 10% hand about 1 time in 3. From early positions through to the Cutoff, hand strength compared to your M should still be taken into account when considering your shoving range: The lower your M, the more inclined you should be to make a move.
The stack size of the blinds becomes an extremely important consideration during High Blinds. If they are too short, they are liable to feel pot committed, and call. If they are too big, they wont feel threatened, and therefore might be inclined to call. The best size stacks to shove on are the Mid Stacks. Not the biggest on the table, nor the smallest, but everyone in between.
Double or Nothing Strategy: Bubble Play
When you are on the bubble, then your equity based on ICM (Independent Chip Modelling, which will be discussed in another article). All things being equal, 5 out of the remaining 6 players will make the money. That means that each player has about 83% chance of winning. Being involved in a hand that goes all the way to showdown is horrendously bad in this situation. . . bad that is for the players involved. It's great for everyone else.
Lets say that all 6 players have equal chip stacks on the bubble, and someone goes all in. Leaving aside blind levels and such, how good a hand do you need to call? Well if your opponent has A-2 offsuit and you have AK suited, then you are only 75% to win. Compared to folding where you are 83% chance to win, this is net LOSS of 8% of your equity in the tournament.
What about KK? Up against the same A2o hand, KK will only win 71% of the time, so if you call, you will actually have a net loss of 12% of your equity in the tournament. Yes, you will still be a favourite to win the hand and the tournament, but you will be MORE of a favourite to win if you fold. Even if your opponent only has 98 suited, you are still only 78% chance to win with your pair of kings, so you are still losing 5% equity by calling.
Now in most situations there will be other things to consider, like whether you are about to get blinded out, or whether you have a particularly large or particularly small stack, any of which could make calling with AA or KK correct. But often there will be times when someone else has a much smaller stack than you, or they are likely to blind out first, in which case folding Kings or even Aces can be correct.
Here is the main objective when you are playing on the bubble of a Double or Nothing.
Let the short stacks crash.
If you can, just stay out of the way until the game is over and you can collect your prize money.
If the blinds are high and you might not be able to fold your way into the money, then keep blind stealing against the other mid sized stacks. The smallest stacks are the ones most desperate to make a move, so they might call you and cause you damage, and the big stacks don't need to fear elimination, so they might call you with any halfway decent hand. If your opponents are halfway decent, then you can shove almost any 2 cards on them, as long as there is a much smaller stack that has already folded, as they will almost always just fold, rather then putting their tournament life at risk when there is someone else about to be blinded out.
If YOU are the shortest stack, then you obviously won't be able to fold into the money, as you will blind out before the other players. In this situation you need to be selectively aggressive. Obviously if you get dealt a big hand, then push all your chips in the middle and hope for the best.
If you don't get dealt a good hand (a much more likely situation alas!), then you will need to pick the right player to shove on, and then push any 2 cards on them when they are in the blind. You need to push on someone who is going to have difficulty calling you. Again, this is probably going to be the medium stacks: The other short stacks might be getting desperate and decide to call you (which is bad) and the big stacks probably don't have much to fear from you and might also decide to call (which is also bad). The medium stacks are the ones who will be most likely to fold, because they are the ones risking the most equity by calling.
Best Double or Nothing Sites
Most sites run Double or Nothing Sngs (sometimes called "Double up SNG"). The best ones I would recommend however are Carbon Poker, PartyPoker, and Titan Poker.
Here is a quick review/rundown of the top sites for this particular format:
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This article ended up a great deal longer than I originally intended, and it feels like there is still so much more to discuss. Double or Nothing SNGs are an extremely fast growing tournament format, and one that has fantastic profit potential for an astute player. They aren't quite like a normal SNG, nor are they quite like Multi Table Tournaments (MTTs), and so even players who are quite experienced in those formats will need to adapt their game to be a winning player at Double or Nothings. A good player however can attain quite a strong Double or Nothing ROI. I hope that this article has been able to provide you with the information you need to be a successful.
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Pet Sounds is an album.Although it's attributed to the Beach Boys as a collective effort,it's the almost exclusive accomplishment of Brian Wilson and his lyrical partner Tony Asher.
The album focuses on the contrast and justaposition of ethereal,crystal-drenched harmonies who are so condensed they actually create landscapes of sound and the melancholic observations on the process of growing up and transitioning into adulthood and its dilemmas. It is the dialetic of this opposition that gives the album both a resounding complexity of contemplative beauty and lingering time and also a sense of uncomparable sadness,the album's short length mirroring an ironic observation of the dire effects of the focus on speed of previous Beach Boys records and pop in general. From the balance of future prospects and present loss from "Wouldn't it Be Nice",the identitary failure from modern urbanism and accelerated growth expressed in "That's Not Me",the soul-crushing beauty of "God Only Knows" and the colapse of all the themes of identity,growth and loss of childhood bliss and love in "Caroline,No",Pet Sounds really sticks to its structured and methodical nature and that union of concept and theme is one its most peculiar characteristics.
In the end,though,what makes Pet Sounds so amazing is its harmonies and attention to detail: every single song is an experience,the album lacking the filler untill then the idiotic norm of every single musician and actually making its singles integral parts of the experience and not just ways to boost sales. If Sgt.Peppers,in its non-conceptual album aura,helped popularize the potential of such a concept,Pet Sounds was the fetus of that premise; it's not for nothing that its baroque arrangements and sophistication often appear as an inspiration of Prog Rock: in many ways,it is pure,commercial pop and sophisticated music. It paved the way for Rock as a genre of artistic validity and not just some mindless animals making noise.


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Peter Hook: Tragic Joy, Electrified Order
The band was a product of the bleaker parts of Manchester in the depressed late '70s, and its music echoed the emotional and psychological pain of life in a post-industrial wasteland. Two near-perfect and timeless records released during its active lifetimeUnknown Pleasures (Factory, 1979) and Closer (Factory, 1980)were masterpieces, introducing some of the most influential sounds of the era and changing rock music's aesthetic parameters.
While Curtis was a mesmerizing performer onstage and an enigma, he was struggling with depression, epilepsy and a failing marriage, dying by his own hand on the eve of Joy Division's first American tour, just as the band's best known single, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980) was released. Instead of plowing their old furrow, the remaining band members opted for a new kind of music aided by sequencers and drum machines; Joy Division became New Order.
New Order fused Joy Division's gloomy aesthetic to electronic dance Music, spawning a myriad of signature songs. The immortal pop dance track "Blue Monday," from Power, Corruption and Lies (Factory, 1983), is the biggest selling 12" of all time, celebrating its 30 anniversary in 2013. The band released the excellent Lost Sirens (Rhino, 2013) in January, with leftovers from Waiting for the Siren's Song (London, 2005), and is likely the last studio material to be released with Hook's involvement.
More than three decades laterand three years after leaving New OrderPeter Hook decided to commemorate the life of Ian Curtis by performing the band's music, but with a new group, The Light, and when New Order regrouped without him he decided to take the music of Joy Division on the road. He also wrote Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division (It Books, 2013), with his recollections of that tumultuous period. The book is a brilliant portrayal of an important moment in music history, including the life and times of a working band. In late January and early February 2013, he went on a 10-date book tour in US that also included an onstage conversation with noted journalists and authors. On March 21, 2013, Peter Hook and the Light performed a set of Joy Division songs in Zagreb, Croatia to ecstatic audiences, as part of its spring tour, and with tremendous fierceness and enthusiasm.
All About Jazz:What was the impetus behind writing Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division and what did you want to achieve with the book?
Peter Hook :Well, I suppose there were two main reasons. The main reason for writing the book was just that I was getting sick of reading lots of books about Joy Division that were written by people who were just not there at the time. There have been lots of books and stories about Joy Division but they are all told by people were never really there with us the whole time, so how could they know? So I decided to write the book so that people could have a firsthand account of the band, written by someone who was thereme. I suppose the second reason was that I was spurred on by the success of my first book, The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club (Simon & Schuster, 1999), which I wrote about the Manchester nightclub. It did really well and was more successful than I was expecting, so it made me more likely to write another book, this time about Joy Division.
AAJ: Was writing it a cathartic experience for you as, apart from telling the Joy Division's history, you touched sensitive issues?
PH:I really enjoyed writing the book because it brought back a lot of nice memories and reminded me of a lot of positive things. It helped me to remember the fun we had when we were recording music as Warsaw or Joy Division and it reminded me of the excellent chemistry that the four of us had as a groupthe songs just seemed to come to us quite easily at times. Obviously, within the story of Joy Division, there are some sensitive issues and at times it was quite difficult to write about them, but writing the book was mainly a very positive feeling.
AAJ: What is your assessment of all those books that were written about Joy Division, including (amongst others) Deborah Curtis' Touching from a Distance (Faber & Faber, 1995) and Paul Morley's Piece by Piece (Plexus Publishing, 2008)?
PH:Well, they are both great books in their own right but, like I said before, the majority of books that have been written about Joy Division were written by people who were not there, so are simply not able to know about the actual stories and issues; ok, Deborah was obviously there as she was Ian's wife, but she was not present at rehearsals or writing sessions or some of the gigs, so I think my own book can help to explain that side of the band a lot better. Paul Morley's book is an interesting one but, like I said, it's very difficult to write about something that you did not actually see. I feel like my book is a very honest and truthful account of what it was actually like to be in Joy Division.
AAJ: It seems that with any legendary band, like the Doors or The Beatles, people always have a thirst for new information, new stories and, with all the books, movies, interviews and more. Is there anything left to be said?
PH: I think that as with any band that is not around anymore, there will always be a desire from people to hear more and to discover more, because there is no chance of any more music, so the only thing left to discover is as many stories as possible. Such is the desire to always have something new. I think it's just a natural thing. The fact that so many great films and books are made about so many bands, it's just great to be able to have that information at our fingertips.
AAJ: The book sheds a light not only on the times when the music was made, but also analyzes the group's two albums in detail. What are your thoughts on them now, with the passing of time?
PH: Looking back now, over 30 years later, I can say that I love them both and that I am very, very proud of them, and always will be. It is a real pleasure to be able to play both of them live all around the world now. A lot of people have said that the best part of the book is when I analyze the musicI recommend that people listen to the music at the same time and then I go through it track by track; I think it works quite well. At the time of the albums' release, we were not really in love with the sound or the feel of the records, because all we wanted to sound like was the Sex Pistols or The Clash, but looking back now I can see that we were wrong because they sound fantasticeven after all this time.
AAJ: Were you aware of just how revolutionary the band's sound and songs were at the time and were you surprised at the impact they made?
PH: No; we had no idea. Like I said, we just wanted to sound like a real punk band, The Sex Pistols or The Clash for example, because essentially we still saw ourselves as punk. Our producer, Martin Hannett, actually gave us a very different sound to what we wanted and at first we did not like it that much, we did not understand it. But obviously we are more mature now and I can look back and see that we were wrong and he was right. Martin gave us a gift: over 30 years later, the recordings still sound fresh and interesting. As for the impact of the albums, we knew we had some great songs but nobody could have predicted the impact those two albums would go on to have.
AAJ: Were there parts you really didn't look forward to when writing in the book?
PH: Yes, obviously it was not easy to write about Ian's death. Writing about that was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. Time helps you to get over things but even now, over 30 years since Ian's death, it is still a difficult subject for me to talk about.
AAJ: What's your most enduring memory of Ian Curtis?
PH: My most enduring memory of Ian is definitely that of Ian as a friend; at the end of the day he was one of my closest and best friends. Regardless of also being band mates or anything like that, he was a great friend. I will also always remember him as a wonderful lyricist and wordsmith, a very gifted musician, and also as the leader of the bandif anything negative happened to the band it would always be Ian that would pick you up and tell you that everything was going to be ok.
AAJ: Do you ever think that the cult of Ian Curtis overshadows the other band members' contributions to Joy Division?
PH: I think it is inevitable really that sometimes this can happen; the fact that Ian left us while he was still very young means that sometimes there can be a cult following or there can sometimes be quite a mythological aspect to the band. But it is important to remember that Joy Division had another three members who were also equally important in terms of making the music. I had managed to create some good bass lines and started to develop my own sound, while Bernard and Steven also pushed the boundaries of their instruments and developed very distinctive playing styles of their own.
AAJ: To your opinion, how would have Joy Division's sound and music evolved for the next record if circumstances with Curtis had been different?
PH: That is the big question, I suppose. I think that we would have continued to write great songs and that, yes, we would have progressed into a more electronic influenced style of music, as New Order did. While we were in Joy Division we were experimenting more with electronic styles, some of this you can hear on tracks like "Isolation"; Bernard and Steven, in particular, had become very interested in synthesizers and drum machines, so I think that we would have progressed the same way but obviously the difference would be that Ian would still have been our front man.
AAJ: How does it feel like emotionally to be revisiting those two watershed records in their entirety years after they were recorded?
PH: It feels really nice, actuallyit's nice to be able to get the songs back after all this time, because when we were touring as new order we did not play many Joy Division songs, and we didn't actually play any Joy Division material again for a long time. So I am really enjoying getting the music back again, and the band I have put together play the songs really well which is just a bonus for me; they work so hard. It's great to perform the album as a live set because it demands more concentration than just doing the same old greatest hits set every night, like certain other bands do.
AAJ: To what can you attribute the popularity of Joy Division's songs years after its tragic end?
PH: I suppose we can just attribute it to the great chemistry that the original band members had; we wrote some fantastic music, music that has stood the test of time. It is a great feeling to know that something we did over 30 years ago can still inspire people today. It's great to see some young people at our concerts as well as the older people, because it shows that there are always new people discovering your work.
AAJ: Has the success of this book and The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club given you a taste for doing a bit more writing, maybe about your experiences with New Order?
PH: Yes, definitely; the success of the Hacienda book inspired to release the Joy Division book, and now the success of this book has made me want to complete the set, as it were, and write about the New Order years. I have already started to write about it.
AAJ: What made you want to further explore your early history, not only by playing Joy Division's music in concert, but also the first two New Order records?
PH: When we started this journey by performing Unknown Pleasures live, the first record, and we saw that people were enjoying it, we decided that we should perform the next album, Closer, and then the next record, Still (Factory, 1981), Joy Division's outtakes. We have performed every single Joy Division song live again, I think it's a great achievement; I am really proud of the guys in the Light. It has been going really well, so I suppose it was natural to want to keep progressing the live set and to perform Movement and Power, Corruption & Lies live, as we did in the UK in January; it was a great feeling. We will begin touring that show later this year.
AAJ: How do you feel that Lost Sirens was finally released? The material is much stronger than Waiting for the Siren's Call.
PH: I am very happy that Lost Sirens has finally been released, it took a very long time, didn't it? But now I am just happy that it is available for people to listen hear. You are right; there are some great songs on Lost Sirens, such as the first track "I'll Stay with You"; that is a great pop record and I can't understand now why we did not put it on the Siren's Call album. People thought that I was the reason for the delay of Lost Sirens, that I did not want it to be released and was blocking it, but this is wrong. The delay was due to the record company taking a long time to get everything together for the release.
AAJ: It's been exactly 30 years since New Order's "Blue Monday" single was released. How do you look back at this iconic track and the impact it has made? It is still a classic dance track.
PH: I am very proud of "Blue Monday," I think it is a great song and I am proud of the fact that it still remains the biggest selling 12" single of all time. It still sounds fresh alongside modern dance music, a remarkable achievement considering it was first released in 1983.
AAJ: What are some of the achievements with New Order of which you are most proud?
PH: I am proud of the fact that we wrote some truly great songs"Procession," "Age of Consent," "True Faith," "Bizarre Love Triangle," "Regret"; there are too many to mention. I am very proud of the whole back catalogue; we achieved a lot together during our time as New Order. It's a really nice feeling to look back on all that.
AAJ: Where do you position the band' recorded legacy in the pop music pantheon?
PH: I would like to think that we are up there near the best of themit's really nice to be held in the same sort of high regard as other great bands. And the legacy will hopefully live on forever because of the great songs.
AAJ: Unknown Pleasures transparently describes the shaky relationships between the band members, with references to conflicts within New Order. Would you agree that a lot of essential music has stemmed from hostility and tension?
PH: I guess so yes, sometimes the best music can come from the strangest of places. Towards the end of our time in New Order, we were having a lot more difficulty, but we still did some great songs on the last album, such as "Krafty" or "Turn," and there is also some strong material on Lost Sirens, like we mentioned. But I have to say that the majority of our great music came from the time when everybody was happy and enjoying themselves.
AAJ: Can you imagine the situation where the three or four of you would put the differences aside and work together again?
PH: Unfortunately not. No, I cannot imagine that it will ever happen; it's a shame but that is life I suppose. Too many things have happened now for a proper reunion to ever happen. I just hope that one day we can find a way where we all just get on with our lives, as all the fighting in the press and things like that has just become ridiculous.
AAJ: What influence do you feel Joy Division and New Order have had on music history?
PH: I am proud of what we achieved in both groups and the thing that makes me happiest is that there are bands even today who say you are an influence on them, the best thing to know is that you have inspired people, as to me that is the most important thing when it comes to creating musicbeing inspired.
Selected Discography
New Order, Lost Sirens (Rhino, 2013)
New Order, Waiting for the Siren's Call (London, 2006)
New Order, Get Ready (London, 2001)
Joy Division, Heart and Soul (London, 1997)
New Order, Republic (Centredate/London, 1993)
New Order, Technique (Factory, 1989)
New Order, Brotherhood (Factory, 1986)
New Order, Low-Life (Factory, 1985)
New Order, Power, Corruption and Lies (Factory, 1983)
Joy Division, Still (Factory, 1981)
New Order, Movement (Factory, 1981)
Joy Division, Closer (Factory, 1980)
Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures (Factory, 1979)
Photo Credit
Page 1: Courtesy of Peter Hook
Page 2: Stefano Masselli


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This morning, I caught up with the latest two podcasts, which you can find over at Hambrief TV
Episode 11 was filmed at a Hamfest local to Chris in Arizona. The really compulsive viewing is of a live satellite demo by (oh, I should have written his callsign down...) KD9.... anyway, it's brilliant. It shows how simple and straightforward satellite operation can be and how viable it is, even with simple equipment.
Episode 12 is about D-STAR and in particular features a demo of the D-V Dongle. The D-V Dongle is, unsurprisingly, perhaps, a dongle which will plug into your PC or Mac and allow you to use the D-STAR network. Chris has a super and interesting QSO with a station mobile in Washington. DC from his computer. It's impressive in lots of ways.
In many ways, I'm not a fan of the D-V Dongle, because it isn't an RF device. It's not radio as such, although of course, it does connect into a radio network. But if you're miles from the nearest D-STAR repeater and want a gentle introduction to D-Star it may be a way in for you, so I wouldn't discount it.
The overall operation of the D-STAR network in the QSO was very impressive and certainly made me want to find out more. Whatever you think of the D-V Dongle I think you'll find it a thought-provoking and impressive presentation.
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Objective: To investigate the hypothesis that laparoscopic primary tumor resection is safe and effective when compared with the open approach for colorectal cancer patients with incurable metastases.
Background: There are only a few reports with small numbers of patients on laparoscopic tumor resection for stage IV colorectal cancer.
Methods: Data from consecutive patients who underwent palliative primary tumor resection for stage IV colorectal cancer between January 2006 and December 2007 were collected retrospectively from 41 institutions. Short- and long-term outcomes were compared between patients who underwent laparoscopic or open resection.
Results: A total of 904 patients (laparoscopic group: 226, open group: 678) with a median age of 64 years (range: 22–95) were included in the analysis. Conversion was required in 28 patients (12.4%) and the most common reasons for conversion (23/28: 82%) were bulky or invasive tumors. There was no 30-day postoperative mortality in either group. The complication rate (NCI-CTCAE grade 2–4) after laparoscopic surgery (17%) was significantly lower than that after open surgery (24%) (P = 0.02), and the difference was greater (4% vs 12%; P < 0.001) when we limited the analysis to severe (≥grade 3) complications. The median length of postoperative hospital stay in the laparoscopic group was significantly shorter than that in the open group (14 vs 17 days; P = 0.002). In univariate analysis, overall survival for the laparoscopic group was significantly better than that for open surgery (median survival time: 25.9 vs 22.3 months, P = 0.04), although no difference was apparent in multivariate analysis.
Conclusions: Compared with open surgery, laparoscopic primary tumor resection has advantages in the short term and no disadvantages in the long term. It is a reasonable treatment option for certain stage IV colorectal cancer patients with incurable disease.
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Thursday, 09 January 2014 08:28
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For 20 teams out there the offseason began in earnest on Monday. They are now turning the page from a disappointing 2012 season and looking forward to filling holes on their roster.
While the new league year doesn't begin until March, we do have a decent understanding of team needs and which players will be available come Spring.
On that note, it is important to understand that the franchise tag will be utilized less in 2013 than before. The NFL decided to go with a minimal increase in the salary cap, which has put some teams under the proverbial eight-ball. This seems to indicate that there will be more player movement in the new year.
Today's article is going to focus on one player that each NFL team must target. I will take into account all possibilities, so remember this article doesn't mean that said player will actually leave his current team.


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Sound: Symphonic rockers, Doves have returned with their latest release, Kingdom Of Rust from Astralwerks. Fronted by lead singer/bass guitarist Jimi Goodwin and supported by multi-instrumentalist brothers Andy and Jez Williams, Doves have re-kindled the saplings of dream-pop arced rock fostered by their Manchester, England brethren, Joy Division. Doves acquired a global following with the release of their third album Some Cities in 2005, and since then their voluminous epic sound has become their calling card showing similar spacey-symphonic-atmospherics relatable to Coldplay and Radiohead. That stamp is still a vital part of Doves-sound drawing out a double-edged blade that wheedles billowing plumes of synth-textured guitar effects sliced by fibrillating spokes of Kraftwerk-coned club beats. The band's plush atmospherics and hard-edged beats have a limberness that make their symphonic layers bend and soar in glorious wavelets, and then sands their sonic spoors into an eerie country tremor in the title track and in The Greatest Denier. The wonderland atmospherics of Winter Hill and Jetstream are graveled in scintillating effects, and flint serenade-like shimmers paneling 10:03. The soft flowy orchestral lines of Birds Flew Backwards have a fragile brushing moving in channels of circular motions, and evolve into the symphonic billows cabling Spellbound and Lifelines which are knotted into reclining slopes, and the clanging beats of The Outsiders and House Of Mirrors are shadowed in morose Monastery-pitched passages. The band balances optimism and dismay, giving in to neither one more than the other. // 8
Lyrics: Goodwin still has a ghostly whining in his register that always reminds me of Hamlet's father when he comes his son to ask to avenge his death in Shakespeare's iconic play. It's a soft voice that carries the type of ominous authority which no one would say no to. The lyrics showcase Goodwin's tendency to plead and reach for higher ground like in Birds Flew Backwards when his voice spears through the clouds of smoky orchestral mists, Birds flew backwards Winter seemed to linger / Now the swallows have arrived / Won't be long til summertime. The lyrics have a tendency to be metaphorical and yearn for the happier pastures that exist over the horizon like in 10:03 when Goodwin ruminates, Calling out your name... You still burn into the night / Like a moth to the flame / I will turn back again... I'll return to your side.. 10:03 on a fast train. // 7
Overall Impression: The music has plenty of ambient shadows and misty figments that move in psychedelic patterns without making the listener too nauseous from being invaded by the band's sonic fumes and glossy silhouettes. The atmospherics are tailored with pinwheel effects that grow and deflate in mesmerizing swirls, and towering beats which are coiled into harmonious forms. Doves may share many qualities with Radiohead and Coldplay's music, but the band is an entirely different beast. Meaning, just because you like Radiohead's songs does not mean that you will like Doves' album, and vice versa. Kingdom Of Rust packs a production with an epic sound that is down to earth with eyes looking up to the sky. Bridging the gap between wondrous fantasies and nightmarish happenings, Doves music shows an awareness of both life and death with arms reaching out for the portals that lead to bliss while their feet are embedded in reality. // 8
Sound: Doves are back and better than ever. I would only do a review on a CD I believe is worth reviewing in that people need to know the extent of talent put into this CD. So here it goes...
The sound is unique, but very relatable to other bands. Their sound is comparable to many alternative/indie rock bands. It is composed of a deeper feel to it that conveys emotion and the sound is deffinatly not one to be a first time understanding. At times, Doves gives feel good tracks that have beats and riffs that are deffinatly head-bobbers with tracks such as "Compulsion," "Jetstream," and "House Of Mirrors," but convey heavy emotion with tracks such as "Kingdom Of Rust," "10:03," and "Winter Hill". Band member Jez Williams explained it as "schizophrenic, but... Also strangely cohesive." Oddly enough, with most tracks, it came out greatly. Whether you are into cool riffs or if your looking for something to give you goosebumps at the emotion in the song, this is deffinatly a good pick. // 9
Lyrics: Singer and bassist Jimi Goodwin is a great singer and conveys lyrics brilliantly through his voice. This past December Jimi's father passed away making this album even heavier on the heart and more meaningful. The lyrics to the song "Kingdom Of Rust" should have you emotionally attached to the song, while some songs are lyrically strong, but overshadowed by the sound of the music at times. At times lyrics aren't even needed and Jimi could just hum everything he sings and the message would still be conveyed. That is talented singing and the songwriting, although not being to the extent of the greatest ever, are probably some of the better lyrics I've heard out of all modern era bands. The lyrics convey a sense of dreariness, eeriness, skitzophrenia, paranoia, grief, excitement, hope, despair, and basically any other deep emotion you could possibly think of. One willing to dig down and fully absorb the music and lyrics will not be let down at all. // 8
Overall Impression: Ok overall impression... This CD is a must have! By far one of my favorite albums of modern era bands, and if you are familiar with Doves, saying it is among their best should completely motivate you. Their heavy sound at times makes it impossible to rest your body still and the smooth mellow songs take you on an emotional journey as the epic climax increases and fully becomes an explosion of feeling. Here's a bottom line song by song analysis:
01."Jetstream": Jez Williams sings this song with a very cool tone of voice. The quick symbols heavy bass drum and exciting climax leaves a great impression on your mind and makes you anxious to hear what else is to offer on the CD.
02."Kingdom Of Rust": best track on the album hands down. Lyrically the strongest, musically the strongest, emotionally makes you get goosebumps. This song should be listened to multiple times to absorb the full impact and once you listen to it, it will be a song you find yourself skipping to many times.
03."The Outsiders": very cool begining that reminds me of "On The Run" by Pink Floyd from DSOTM. It then kicks in with a very cool melody and standard cool Doves riff that holds up the tempo on the album very well.
04."Winter Hill": cool riff that could take some getting used to. The riff is almost like an odyssey on the guitar going from low to high high to low and just a blindfolded roller coaster ride I think of it as. Sound is deep and holds up the album great. Lyrically not the strongest but deffinatly one of the better songs.
05."10:03": another song that should be listened to multiple times. Starts off slow and then climaxes later which turns into a surprisingly better song than I thought when I first started listening to the song. The backup vocals, for me, make the song. If anyone is familiar with Interpol and their last track to Our Love To Admire, this song is deep like "The Lighthouse" was and the backing vocals make both the songs eerie but deep.
06."The Greatest Denier": fun song to listen to. Great song but typical Doves (not a bad thing, though, since they are a great talented group) Not too much to say with this one.
07."Birds Flew Backwards": again typical Doves. Slower and not much of a standout. Nevertheless, good song still.
08."Spellbound": this song starts picking it back up. The Acoustic strumming seems typical, but the electric riff and vocals really make this song one to return to later on after the best ones are worn down.
09."Compulsion": bass riff is like no other. This song is the most skitzophrenic-esque song and vocals were eerie and are the icing on the cake. This song will be a catchy noise heard in your head for a while with the incredible bass riff and symbol playing.
10."House Of Mirrors": this one I'm suprised hasn't raised more commotion. This song is similar to Doves older song "Pounding". It's high energy creates a feel like no other. Very cool open for interpretation lyrics are good, but first few times listening to the song one will be too busy thrusting their head up and down and bouncing their foot. Look for this one to stand out to anyone who listens to it. Deep yet with a heavy beat to attract a wide variety of music listeners. This will be one of your favorite songs guaranteed.
11."Lifelines": slow and not fully memorable, but the lyrics and vocals make this a great finish to the album, although if you like this album to this point and are like me, then it won't feel like the end since it will be an album that you must start over and listen to again because you can't get enough. This song sends off the CD in a way more like a controlled calm way, which is the way Doves do things, so it's very fitting.
So overall, great CD one of Doves best in my opinion. Pick up this CD because it's a must have and one that I couldn't be able to listen to and forget. If you are a musician, the controlled energy and controlled epic climax should be a heavy influence and as far as deep feel and sound go, Doves crushed this one out of the ballpark. Pick it up today. // 9


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Net sales for the Volvo Group rose by 13% to SEK 65.6 billion and operating income amounted to SEK 2.6 billion excluding restructuring costs, corresponding to a margin of 3.9%. The measures we are implementing to increase the Group's profitability are running according to plan and are starting to have a positive impact on our gross margin and costs, but there is still more work to do in terms of cost reductions and this is the Group's main focus for 2014.
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The operating margin excluding restructuring charges for the truck operations amounted to 4.1%, positively impacted by higher sales, improved gross margins and better capacity utilization, partly offset by negative currency effects.
As expected, the beginning of the year was weaker in Europe than the very strong close of last year, which was driven by prebuying ahead of the change to Euro 6. We expect a gradual improvement over the course of the year and maintain our forecast for the European heavy-duty truck market. In Europe we have adjusted production from the elevated levels of the fourth quarter to a level which is in line with current demand. Volvo Trucks' new truck generation continues to be successful and has advanced its position in the market and Renault Trucks' new products are starting to be delivered to an increasing number of customers, although volumes remain limited so far.
In North America, the truck market continues its gradual improvement and, based on this, we raise our forecast for the truck market somewhat. We are also planning for a slight increase in the production level towards summer.
In the Brazilian truck market demand has weakened from its high levels as a result of the sluggish economy and we have therefore reduced the forecast for the heavy-duty truck market to 90,000 trucks which is still a good market from an historical perspective. As a consequence of the lower demand, we will reduce the production level during the second quarter. Volvo has a strong position in Brazil and continues to outperform the market in general.
In Asia, the Japanese market stood out with a good performance during the quarter. The economy is developing in the right direction and customers' confidence has strengthened. However, the economic trend in India and South-east Asia is weak and customers in several countries are hesitant to invest in new trucks.
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For Volvo CE, the seasonally strong first quarter had a positive impact on volumes, which contributed to improved profitability compared with the weak close of 2013. Operating margin amounted to 4.8%. To further increase profitability we are currently implementing a number of activities to reduce costs.
We expect a moderate growth in Volvo CE's mature markets but a relatively weak development in emerging markets. The situation is still challenging for some customers and dealers with large exposure to the mining industry, primarily in China. In Europe and North America Volvo CE is in the process of launching machines which are compliant with the latest emission regulations.
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Volvo Penta's profitability improved compared with last year as a result of a competitive product portfolio in both the marine and industrial segments.
Our customer finance operation had a stable portfolio growth and good profitability with a return on shareholders' equity of 11.7%.
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We continue to focus on launch activities, while at the same time implementing the Group-wide efficiency program, which includes a large number of important measures to increase the Group's profitability.
The optimization of the truck operations in Europe has started and we closed one production line for heavy-duty trucks during the quarter. We have also closed the component plant in Leganes in Spain. At the same time, the major adaptation of our Japanese industrial system continues and we are looking into divesting or closing non-core industrial operations.
We have also initiated the efficiency program to structurally reduce the number of white-collar employees and consultants by 4,400 individuals. In Sweden we have launched a voluntary leave program. Similar measures will be implemented in more countries during the year. Since the announcement of the program in the autumn of last year 900 white-collar employees and consultants have left the Group.
We follow the strategic plan that we have established to increase cost efficiency, capital efficiency and process efficiency. In the coming quarters our focus will be on reducing the activity level in the Group following the extensive product renewal that marked 2013 as well as on the implementation of structural cost reductions and on work to increase productivity and efficiency.
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2008 is the year of Beijing Olympic. In order to show the strength of the country, demolition had taken place in all major cities. Even though Jinan was not the hosting city, the scale of demolition and re-development had been huge. Li Ning and Body Art Guerrilla Group, Made-in-J Town, produced a short video showing the Olympic Torch relay in Jinan and the demolition. In the video, Li Ning performs the flesh and blood in the demolition scene, which creates a sharp contrast with the propaganda of the torch relay.


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Martin Luther King wasn't the only black man with a dream. Langston Hughes expressed his dreams for black people through his poetry.
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When we think of Martin Luther King Jr., we often think of him as a man with a vision, a dream. For most of us, King's dream comes vividly to life in the words of his most famous speech:
"Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.' I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. "
Martin Luther King's dream came to life in those eloquent words. Others recorded their personal dreams in other forms. For example, in his series of paintings called "Migration" the artist Jacob Lawrence vividly portrayed the dreams of African Americans who escaped poverty and oppression in the South to follow their dream of freedom and a good job in the North. Other artists put their messages into their music. And poet Langston Hughes often shared his dreams -- his vision for what America could be -- in the poetry he wrote.
Explain to students that today you're going to share with them some short poems in which Langston Hughes expressed his dreams for America. The poems introduced below are short and easy to digest, and can be enjoyed on a fairly literal level.
To begin the lesson, you might try to track down and share a book about Langston Hughes that is written on your students' level. One good backgrounder, appropriate across the elementary grades, is Langston Hughes: American Poet by Alice Walker (author of The Color Purple). If you are unable to track down a good book, the resource below from the Library of Congress will provide an excellent introduction for elementary and middle school students:
America's Story: Langston Hughes
Once students are familiar with the story behind Hughes' poetry, introduce one or more of the poems below.
In this poem, Langston Hughes encourages the reader to hold onto his or her dreams. Ask students What kinds of dreams do you think the author of the poem had? Do you think this poem could be talking to other people about their dreams too? Does it "speak" to you about the dreams you have in life? While Hughes is clearly urging black people to keep dreaming -- not to give up their dreams of true freedom and equality -- the poem could be inspiring to all dreamers as it encourages them to never give up on their dreams.
I, Too, Sing America
In this poem, Hughes shares the dream that many black people had at the turn of the last century and beyond: the dream that one day there would be no separation of the races, that all people would be "at the table" and looked at in the same way. The black man or woman in the poem dreams and sings about an "America" ("My country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing") just like white people do; but just singing words about liberty does not necessarily make it so. Talk about Hughes' powerful words. Talk about the first and second full stanzas, which compare the America the poet lives in and the America of his or her dreams. Ask Does the poet have faith that one day America might be a place of true equality?
Before sharing this poem, you might want to be sure students understand the reference to "Jim Crow" laws. Those laws, which were enacted in many states, set aside "separate but equal" facilities for black people and white people. Share some sample Jim Crow laws. With that understanding, this Langston poem describes a black child's dream of riding a merry-go-round. It's a dream that every child, black or white, has, but this child -- who is used to riding in the back of the bus -- wonders whether he or she will be allowed to go for a ride because "there ain't no back to a merry-go-round." Ask students to respond to the poem: What is the child's dilemma? How does the child feel? Do you think the child will be allowed to ride?
Dream Deferred
This poem is most appropriate for upper elementary and middle school students. Hughes paints a vivid picture as he wonders what happens to dreams that are not realized. Different people might respond to unrealized dreams in different ways. After sharing the poem, ask students to share their own dreams. Then you might ask Do you think most people live out the dream of their lives? What will happen to you if your dream is not realized? Will you be disappointed? Will it ruin your life? Or will you set aside your dream and move on? Will you take what you're given and make the best of it? Hughes wonders all those things in this short poem.
Extension Activity Langston Hughes wrote many different kinds of poems. He wrote one poem that reflected the great blues songs of the day. "Blues" music grew out of the Deep South. Its roots are in the "Negro spirituals" and the song that slaves sang in the fields as they worked. As blues artist B.B. King once said, "The blues is an expression of anger against shame and humiliation." Today, blues songs come in many different forms; they take on the flavor of the artist. They often, however, reflect on things gone wrong, things that cause sadness. Hughes' poem The Blues reflects that sadness. After sharing the poem with students and discussing it, you might challenge students to write in Hughes' style a blues stanza all their own, a stanza that reflects on some incident in their lives that gave them "the blues."
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UPDATE: Egyptian Government Nixes Abuhatzeira Pilgrimage
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The Egyptian Foreign Ministry released a statement Wednesday saying it had notified Israel that it would not be "appropriate" for pilgrims to make the yearly visit to the tomb of Rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira near the Nile Delta city of Damanhour.
Though the annual pilgrimage has been a political flashpoint for the past decade, this year's demonstrations were especially vociferous, with 31 parties and groups from across the political spectrum joining the campaign.
Gamal Heshmat, an Islamist politician involved in coordinating demonstrations against the pilgrimage, said that visiting Abuhatzeira's tomb would be a "suicide mission" for Israelis. Heshmat, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, said that "[n]ormalization with Israel is forced on the people, and the visits too come against the will of the people and despite popular rejection."
In response, the Simon Wiesenthal Center accused the Muslim Brotherhood of trying to "curb religious freedom of Jews." "In their worldview, there is no respect for the traditions for Jews, dead or alive," the statement added.Jewish Press Staff
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