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SODA-LESS IN SEATTLE? MAYOR PROPOSES SODA TAX: Seattle has become the newest front in the war over soda taxes. Mayor Ed Murray on Tuesday proposed a two-cents-per-ounce tax on sugary drinks that is projected to raise $16 million per year and would help fund educational programs. It's not the first time the liberal city has toyed with the idea, but soda tax advocates now have some political momentum following approval of similar taxes in six U.S. cities, including San Francisco and Philadelphia.
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Seattle's proposal would levy the tax on distributors. It would impact Pepsi, Coca-Cola and Sunny D, energy and sports drinks, like Red Bull and Gatorade, and also sweetened Starbucks drinks — a potentially controversial move in the coffee giant's hometown. The plan will go to the City Council for consideration. More from the Seattle Times here.
Philly report suggests huge drop in soda sales: Less than two full months into Philadelphia's tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, local industry leaders are reporting a drop in beverage sales ranging from 30 percent to 50 percent, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Tuesday. And with that decline in business comes layoffs, the paper reports: "One of the city's largest distributors says it will cut 20 percent of its workforce in March, and an owner of six ShopRite stores in Philadelphia says he expects to shed 300 workers this spring." Find more on that here.
Soda tax in Santa Fe, N.M., advances: Mayor Javier Gonzales' proposal to impose the tax to pay for early education cleared the city's Public Works Committee, 3-1, with one abstention. A trio of other committees will consider the proposal before it gets a public hearing and a City Council vote, scheduled for March 8. More on that here.
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HOW THE FARM BUREAU VIEWS A BORDER ADJUSTMENT TAX: Farmers and ranchers export a lot of their products, but the American Farm Bureau Federation hasn't taken a firm position on a border adjustment tax — in large part because it's worried about how the World Trade Organization might view a U.S. border adjustment system that isn't attached to a value-added tax and the potential for retaliation from America's trading partners.
A WTO challenge to an American border adjustment system wouldn't happen overnight. But Patricia Wolff, senior director of congressional relations at the American Farm Bureau Federation, told our friends at Morning Tax that the agriculture sector would have to take the issue seriously from the jump. "Countervailing duties can be imposed outside the WTO," Wolff said Tuesday. "So even if it takes a long time for a trade challenge to get to WTO, we could face those."
Other complications for the industry: Around a quarter of U.S.-made agricultural products are sold abroad, with the majority of the market for some major crops located offshore. (Cotton, tree nuts and wheat, for instance.) Wolff said any plan that helps exports would boost the farming sector, but the tax benefits of border adjustability are currently slated to go to the companies that actually export the products. The agriculture industry has talked to congressional staff "about pushing the tax benefits down through the supply chain," Wolff said.
Farmers and ranchers generally also have to buy some imported products, like fuel and fertilizer. Economists say that a stronger dollar would mean that consumers wouldn't actually shoulder the costs of higher prices at stores. But that would actually create another issue for farmers and ranchers: Wolff said a stronger dollar would make it harder to sell American products abroad. "Overall, it would be a positive if the proposal is written to be WTO compliant," she said. "If it's not, then the benefits would likely be erased, and our situation made even worse with the trade war."
TRUMP WIDENS NET FOR DEPORTATIONS: The Department of Homeland Security issued two guidance memos on Tuesday that give federal immigration agents wide latitude to arrest, detain and deport undocumented immigrants and legal immigrants with criminal records, POLITICO's Josh Dawsey and Ted Hesson report. Serious criminals will still be a top target for federal immigration officers. But the priorities will be greatly expanded to include undocumented immigrants charged with crimes or those who have committed acts that could constitute a chargeable offense. Brush up on the details here.
Ag anxiety: Trump's rhetoric and actions on immigration are already having a chilling effect in some parts of the country where farmers depend on immigrant labor to harvest their crops — in particular fruit, vegetable and dairy operations. The Idaho Statesman reported Tuesday that agriculture leaders in the state are arguing that Trump's policies could "potentially pose a crippling blow to the state's agriculture industry and overall economy."
"The economic vitality of rural Idaho stands on the shoulders of foreign-born laborers," said Bob Naerebout, executive director of the Idaho Dairymen's Association, which estimates immigrant workers make up more than 85 percent of the state's 8,300 employees of dairy operations.
The report continues: "Naerebout and others at an Idaho Farm Bureau news conference Tuesday touted a new national study that gauges the economic impact of immigrants in each state. In its Idaho breakdown, New American Economy notes that Idaho's immigrant population — around 103,000 — grew by 15.1 percent between 2010 and 2014, and that Hispanics, the state's largest immigrant group, represent $1.1 billion in annual income and paid $84.6 million in taxes in 2014." Find the full story here.
CANADA, MEXICO: LET'S RE-DO NAFTA TOGETHER: A renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement will take place as collective, three-country talks, the foreign ministers of Canada and Mexico said Tuesday.
"We very much recognize that NAFTA is a three-country agreement, and were there to be negotiations, those would be three-way negotiations — and we really value our partnership with Mexico," Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said during an event hosted in Toronto by the Canadian Council for the Americas.
"One of our principles is this is a trilateral matter, because we are part of a regional agreement," Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said on the same panel. "This is a three-partner's conversation and will continue to be a three-partner's conversation."
Not so fast: President Donald Trump last week recognized that certain "tweaking" would be needed in the U.S.'s trading relationship with Canada. Freeland said any formal launch of trade talks is still far away. Canada's priority right now is to make clear to U.S. administration officials and lawmakers the value of having Canada as a trading partner, she said.
Timing is everything: The immigration guidance released by DHS on Tuesday riled Mexican officials on the eve of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and DHS Secretary John Kelly to Mexico City. Trade is expected to be on the agenda. "As Mexican officials rushed to contact the State Department for more information," POLITICO's Nahal Toosi reports, "the timing of the guidelines' release threatened to severely hinder what could have been a diplomatic make-up session, U.S. and Mexican officials and analysts said."
Recall that the White House chose Jan. 25, the day Mexican officials were in Washington meeting with Trump aides, to unveil new executive orders on immigration and a border wall. Trump's subsequent Twitter clashing with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto led the latter to back out of a planned visit to Washington.
TRUMP REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR RFS: President Trump sent a letter to the National Ethanol Conference on Tuesday to again reiterate his support for renewable fuels and the Renewable Fuel Standard, Pro's Eric Wolff reports.
"Rest assured that your president and this administration value the importance of renewable fuels to America's economy and to our independence," he wrote. "As I emphasized throughout my campaign, renewable fuels are essential to America's energy strategy."
TYSON GOES ON ANTIBIOTICS CLEANSE: Tyson Foods dove headlong into the anti-antibiotics movement on Tuesday, announcing that all of its name-brand chicken products would be free of antibiotics by June of this year. The move, announced by President and CEO Tom Hayes at an investor conference in Boca Raton, Fla., is an attempt to storm the increasingly competitive market for antibiotic-free meat.
Two of Tyson's biggest competitors, Perdue and Pilgrim's Pride, have both pledged to curb antibiotics in their chicken in response to concerns from public health officials that overuse in agriculture diminishes the drugs' effectiveness in humans.
But Tyson, the biggest poultry producer in the U.S., says the change will make it the world's biggest producer of antibiotic-free chicken. "The purpose of our company is to raise the world's expectations for how much good food can do, and we're uniquely positioned to deliver just that," Hayes said in a statement.
PRUITT, REGS AND THE OMISSION THAT HAD GREENS FURIOUS: Newly installed EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt addressed staff for the first time as their boss on Tuesday. He talked about regulations, but didn't mention climate change, which drew the ire of environmentalists. Many farmers, however, were likely encouraged by his message on regulations. "Regulators exist to give certainty to those that they regulate," he said. "Those that we regulate ought to know what we expect of them so that they can plan and allocate resources to comply. That's really the job of the regulator, and the process that we engage in in adopting regulation is very, very important because it sends a message." Our colleagues at Pro Energy have more here.
FARMERS GET SPOTLIGHT AT SENATE FARM BILL HEARING: Some advice for those of you heading to the Senate Agriculture Committee's farm bill field hearing on Thursday: Take snacks, maybe even bring some coffee in a thermos, because it will be a long one. The committee is scheduled to hear from almost a dozen farmers in addition to local agriculture officials, financing groups and a slew of other representatives from rural industries when it meets at Kansas State University in Manhattan.
The hearing will start at 2 p.m. CST with remarks from Richard Myers, a retired Air Force general who is KSU's president, Rep. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Kansas Agriculture Secretary Jackie McClaskey. A second panel will feature 10 farmers representing Kansas commodity and livestock groups, and a third will include speakers from rural banks, farm credit, broadband and electric cooperatives, and other rural interest groups.
FOOD POLICY ACTION, EWG LOOK TO GET CONSUMERS ENGAGED ON FARM BILL: Food Policy Action Education Fund and the Environmental Working Group on Tuesday announced a new "Plate of the Union" campaign focused on getting more consumers involved in farm bill politics.
"Everyone eats, and everyone should have a say in what they eat and where it comes from," said Tom Colicchio, co-founder of the FPA Education Fund. "But for too long, our voices have been drowned out by profit-focused agribusiness. We plan to change that. Congress should be on notice: From now on, when it comes to food policy, eaters will have a central seat at the main table."
The campaign is aimed at halting subsidies to farms that don't take "concrete, measurable steps to protect the environment," as well as protecting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, boosting organic agriculture and reducing food waste, among other things.
CALI DAIRY FARMERS: USDA MILK ORDER A GOOD START: The federal milk marketing order that the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service proposed for California last week isn't all that the Golden State's dairy producers had hoped for, but it's a good start, Kevin Abernathy, general manager of the Milk Producers Council, told Capital Press. MPC, one of the groups that represents California's dairy farmers, is now "looking under the hood" of the proposal in hopes of being able to tweak the approach, Abernathy said.
California is the largest dairy-producing state in the country, responsible for 20 percent of all milk in the U.S. However, it has struggled even more than other states to take advantage of the Dairy Margin Protection program as created by the 2014 farm bill, due at least in part to the way the state uses its own system to trigger insurance payouts. In February 2015, California Dairies Inc., Dairy Farmers of America and Land O'Lakes petitioned USDA to put the state under a federal order, offering suggestions on how to structure the program.
USDA's proposal, which is now under a 90-day comment period and ultimately must go to a statewide referendum, contains some of the same elements suggested. For example, it would require the maintenance of a quota system, which would provide additional payments to Grade A producers, Capital Press explains. But like USDA's 10 other federal milk marketing orders, "it does not require all processors to participate in the pool and pay regulated minimum prices for milk, except for Class 1."
USDA kicks off a three-hour meeting, in Clovis, Calif., on the subject at 9 a.m. PST today. Watch it here. Read Capital Press' latest on the proposal here.
— U.S. organic grain suppliers are upset about the flood of product from foreign competitors, The Wall Street Journal reports.
— Italian police have busted a Mafia crime ring centered around exporting fake olive oil to the U.S., Reuters reports.
— Maple syrup producers grapple with climate change, The Associated Press reports.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina dismissed leading rusher Demetris Summers from the team Tuesday for violating athletics department policy.
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Posted By David Brousell, November 6, 2017
Except for having to make a connecting flight in September on my way to China, I hadn't been in Chicago in about a year. Late last month I had an opportunity to visit the Windy City to speak at the third annual Smart Factory World Symposium, organized by shop floor management technology vendor FORCAM and held at the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute, one of 14 such institutes established under the Obama Administration as part of the Manufacturing USA national effort to enhance U.S. manufacturing competitiveness.
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Smart, connected products offer manufacturers a wealth of opportunities to reduce operational costs while also driving new sources of revenue and higher levels of customer intimacy. But, in order to realize the promise of smart products, manufacturers will need to drive much more internal, cross-functional collaboration; cultivate new, closer ties with customers; and invest in upgrading legacy product and technology infrastructure. Read More →
Manufacturing leaders who still harbor doubts about the serious nature of the cyber attack campaigns today targeting their companies should take a close read of an alert recently issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI. The document, officially called a Technical Alert, details what it calls an ongoing and persistent cyber attack campaign that has been underway since at least May of this year and that targets "critical manufacturing sectors" as well as government entities and organizations in the energy, nuclear, water, and aviation sectors, according to the report. Read More →
Speakers at the third annual Smart Factory World Symposium debate whether the U.S. manufacturing industry is still competitive as well as the challenges and opportunities of embracing Manufacturing 4.0, the next wave of industrial progress. Read More →
"It was after the downturn in 2010 when we decided to shed 60% of our customer base." John Sammut, CEO of electronic manufacturing services provider Firstronic told members of the Manufacturing Leadership Council at a recent plant tour at his company's Grand Rapids, MI, plant. How many CEOs have you met that would walk away from 60% of their customer base? Regardless of the scale, this is a bold move. Done for the right reasons with the right focus, these pruning measures can position the business for the right type of growth. Here is my take on how Firstronic's market insight, organizational alignment, and customer focus paved the way for a great turn-around story. Read More →
The Manufacturing Leadership Council invites you to participate in this year's Manufacturing Sustainability 4.0 Research Project. The results of this survey will be published in the December 2017 issue of the Manufacturing Leadership Journal. Read More →
After a 16-day, four-city trip to China, ML Council co-founder David R. Brousell reflects on what he saw and learned about China and the country's manufacturing direction. Read More →
We at the Manufacturing Leadership Council are of the belief that the journey to a next-generation manufacturing model isn't just about aggressively adopting emerging digital technologies. Yes, IIoT, advanced analytics, modeling, smart products, and machine learning technologies are emerging as important components of M4.0 transformation, giving manufacturers unprecedented power to optimize operations in response to or even in advance of market and other changes. Read More →
In a bid to accelerate the European manufacturing industry's journey to a digital future, the European Union's Institute of Innovation and Technology's digital division (EIT Digital) has launched a new initiative to provide European manufacturing companies with easier access to the technological facilities and advanced skills of the multiple manufacturing innovation hubs now in place across the region. Read More →
The second and final day of MIF2017 focuses on analytics and digitization, and includes presentations from ML Council members and an award winner. Read More →
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As far as hardware goes, an encouraging number of new devices were spotted this week. The biggest (metaphorically speaking, of course) is probably LG's X3, the likely codename for their new flagship. The rumored phone runs Ice Cream Sandwich on a 4.3-inch 720p screen. It's very likely that we'll be seeing more of that phone next month at Mobile World Congress. Tablet dreamers Notion Ink unveiled the second iteration of their Adam tablet, this time with upgrades in hardware and more developer tools. WiFi versions of the Motorola DROID XYBOARD are up for pre-order, and those who fancy more variety in their LTE smartphones will be happy to know that the LG Connect 4G has passed through the FCC with Verizon radio bands. While we're certain that the much-anticipated Samsung Galaxy Note is coming to AT&T in the near future, industry rumor indicates that it will be coming to at least two more US carriers, and that the Verizon version will likely be renamed the "Galaxy Journal." Finally, you won't want to miss our review of ThinkSound's ms01 Monitor Series earbuds, a pair of high-quality headphones with unique wood construction and environmentally-friendly materials.
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Cyanobacteria (also called blue-green algae) may produce toxins and taste-and-odor compounds that cause substantial economic and public health concerns, and are of particular interest in lakes, reservoirs, and rivers that are used for drinking-water supply. The Kansas River is a primary source of drinking water for about 800,000 people in northeastern Kansas. The sources, frequency of occurrence, and causes of cyanobacteria and associated toxins and taste-and-odor compounds in the Kansas River have not been fully characterized. The development of an advance notification system of changing water-quality conditions and cyanotoxin and taste-and-odor occurrences will allow drinking-water treatment facilities time to develop and implement adequate treatment strategies.
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Burma's Cardinal visits Stonyhurst
Burma's first ever Cardinal, His Eminence Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, visited Stonyhurst on Saturday May 21st, and gave an informative and inspirational address to the pupils and staff of the College in St Peter's Church. Cardinal Bo has long campaigned for human rights, religious freedom, inter-religious harmony, peace and justice in Burma, or Myanmar. He has been visiting the UK as a guest of Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Missio, Aid to the Church in Need and the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, and will speak in Westminster on Wednesday May 25th.
Cardinal Bo began by stating that he had "a deep appreciation and respect for Jesuit scholarship and learning, and a recognition that Jesuits are the best educators in the world….You are the future of your community, your country and the world," he said, " and I hope you will play your part in shaping a better future for your generation."
Cardinal Bo then outlined the history of his country. After gaining independence in 1948, a coup d'etat in 1962 resulted in half a century of destructive military rule, and a long struggle for democracy. Last November saw the country's first credible elections, when Aung San Suu Kyi led her party to an overwhelming victory after over 15 years of house arrest.
A new government took power in March, but despite winning a huge mandate from the people, the new government is heavily constrained. Aung San Suu Kyi is barred by the Constitution from becoming President; the military still control Home Affairs, Border Affairs and Defence, and hold 25% of the seats in Parliament. "Our journey has not ended" he said; "we are simply entering into a new chapter in our continuing struggle for freedom, democracy, human rights, human dignity and peace."
Myanmar faces formidable challenges: poverty, education (60% of children never finish primary school), human trafficking, drugs, protecting freedom of expression, constitutional reform, the economy, health care and a high maternal mortality rate. Myanmar is also the second biggest producer of opium in the world.
In the 'rainbow-nation' of Myanmar, Cardinal Bo said: "Among the biggest challenges are protecting freedom of religion or belief for all, and resolving ethnic conflict. We desperately need to work to defend rights without discrimination, to establish equal rights for all people in Myanmar, of every ethnicity and religion."
Speaking of his country's poverty, he said: "Go out to the villages and rural areas. Go out to the camps for internally displaced peoples. Or, even within the cities, visit a hospital or a school. And you will see the real Myanmar. A Myanmar of the poor, a Myanmar without adequate health care, a Myanmar which was once the "Rice Bowl" of Asia which boasted one of the most prestigious universities in South-East Asia wrecked by fifty years of corrupt and brutal military rule."
Cardinal Bo said that the Catholic church is addressing these challenges, with the support of organisations like Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Aid to the Church in Need: "We are in the slums; we are in the camps for internally displaced people; we are working with our friends in the Buddhist and Muslim communities to promote inter-faith harmony; we are providing education, health care and livelihoods; we are advocating for our people."
He concluded his address with this inspirational message to Stonyhurst's pupils:
"As Aung San Suu Kyi has said, 'please use your liberty to promote ours'. You, young people of Britain and of your different nations, have the future before you; and you have the opportunity, if you choose to take it, to make yourselves available to God, to open your hearts to His Spirit, to place yourselves in His hands and then, together with Him, to make this world a better place. In the words of my episcopal motto, and the words of Philippians 4:13 – "Omnia possum in eo" – we can do all things in Him who strengthens us."


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Some positive feedback we'd like to share
Over the past 4 years we've had loads of positive feedback from our members, subscribers, visitors and followers, so we thought we'd share a few of their comments with you here…
Thank you for your support!
What people say…
Plett is the Best. Been holidaying there for more than 30 years. AND ..AND… Your website is so beautiful and fresh.
Basil Smit
Just a word of thanks and congrats on a great evening at the White House yesterday. Gill and I thought that the entire presentation and programming was inspired and excellently executed. Must be a feather in the cap of Plett Tourism or should I rather say: Getting in touch with the Feeling in Plett!!
Francois Wolfaardt
Please change our e-mail address from ***@telkomsa.net to ***@gmail.com. The Telkom address is being discontinued and we would hate to lose out on your news which we always read with great interest.
Many thanks,
Mary-Ann Glynos
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A reader's comments about Newsletter #124
Just to tell you that I found this last issue SO interesting and attractive! The article on Robberg… such beautiful photos. The story about the Flamingos… so touching and moving. The report on the AGM… excellent… glad we were there. Your photo of the eclipse… first class and very informative. And all the other reports, advice… etc. AND…all for free !!
Well done… sure puts Plett on the map!
Chris Morris
Plett Resident
Dear Ms Butterwoth
I wish to express my sincere gratitude for making this journey come through. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the management of CemAir for their commitment in supporting local entrepreneurship and promoting tourism.
Lastly I wish to convey a word of appreciation to the Tourism VA and Cindy in particular for her continued support. I so wish that you and your team continue with the work that you doing. It is a matter of time when you will reap the fruits of your labour and when that day come and look back, that is when you'll realize that changing lives is no overnight task and you will be proud of the inputs you've made in the lives of many in our beautiful town.
I got the ticket in good order and looking forward to my first flight with CemAir our own pride.
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WaRafiki Tshisa Nyama
I just wanted to thank all 3 of you for all your efforts. I am greatly impressed with Plett Tourism and Municipality! You are all fantastic. You are honestly making me think about relocating from Knysna to Plett!!
Danni Wallace
I would like to compliment Plett Tourism on the splendid work they do. Plett has changed dramatically, for the better, in the past two to three years with many more social events taking place, mostly through the efforts of Plett Tourism. Well done everyone. Keep up the good work.
Caroline Clarke
Well done on an absolutely sensational show. We were blown away and absolutely thrilled with the success of the show. To see how much it has grown since last year is quite amazing. Well done and thank you for all the hard work.
Lauren Ritchie, RE Vineyards
(about the Sasfin Plett Wine & Bubbly Festival)
Facebook comments about the Plett Food Film Festival…
"Wonderful times, glad I was part of some of them thank you love to you all"
Bertha Ollemans
"Well done delish food and great wine !!"
Rosie Deans
"We had a fabulous time!!!!"
Sharon Malan
"A great evening with great memories created! Thanks to everyone for their support!"
Leon Coetzee Executive Chef, Kurland Hotel
"Amazing….it was a night to remember."
Cindy Wilson-Trollip
"#PlettMAD loved it!"
Elle Redman
"A Year in Burgundy' is a movie that will make you fall in love with wine all over again. Well done #plettMAD for a fantastic evening!"
Food 24
"Welcome to #PlettMAD. Delicious Film Compelling Food."
Lika Berning
I wanted to tell you how impressed I am with all the promoting you are doing for Plett. I love reading your magazine and I think you are all doing the most amazing job. Well Done.
Vanessa Hickey
Just wanted to let you know that we had a fabulous evening last night at the Festival – a really great night out. The Whitehouse was packed with a hugely enthusiastic audience who revelled in the movie, the food and the entertainment. Reza was also a huge hit and he 'worked' the room all evening – when he wasn't rolling his sleeves up and getting stuck in with the catering – amazing! All involved can be justifiably proud – a great success all round!
Peter McKenzie
I've always been content with G-town National Arts Festival. It is time for change.
Sizwe Saliso
More Plett cleverness!
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Sifiso Lupuzi, proud of you guys!
Fundi Tyumre
Looks fantastic! Congratulations to all involved! Wish I was there!
Karien Van Deventer
A great evening with great memories created. Thanks to everyone for their support!
Leon Coetzee
We had a fabulous time!!!!
Sharon Malan
All looking lovely!!
Eileen Covarr
A most enjoyable evening – thank you.
Joan Ridley Holmes
Well done. Delish food and great wine.
Rosie Deans
I absolutely applaud Plett Tourism and the way they have put Plett back on track. Knysna and Plett are indeed SA's best playground (after Cape Town), offering a wonderful lifestyle, and not plagued by insecurities and other big city syndromes.
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Owner, Pam Golding Properties Knysna
What a super newsletter. Thanks.
Gloria Strack
As an absentee homeowner with a gorgeous house that we get to quite a lot, can I just congratulate you all again on a really good 'promotional newsletter'. Content and appearance is excellent. I am sure you are succeeding wonderfully in getting the activity-minded tourists in and giving fresh ideas on what Plett has to offer. Hope it is getting huge circulation. All the best.
Diarmuid Baigrie
This is a great newsletter – you nailed it, well done!
Mary Jane Waite, At The Source
We were fortunate enough to spend three weeks over Christmas and New Year in Plett and not once in my 22 years in South Africa have I been so deeply impressed by a community as yours… that teamwork is taking place between residents and municipality, to make Plett a special place and to cherish and treasure what nature has given to this amazing part of South Africa. Read the full letter here
Monika Rowe
The Plett Tourism Association has done a wonderful job in 2014 and one can feel the exciting vibe in Plett with many new events taking place, and in the pipeline. Plett's new slogan is "It's A Feeling!", and you will undoubtedly experience it… read more
Chas Everitt Plett
Super newsletter, thanks,
Gloria, Plettenvale Wines
WELL DONE – you guys have been amazing. Bramon appreciates you all SO MUCH!!!!!
Caroline, Bramon Wines
Dear Peter,
Just to say you and your team have done a fantastic job this year.
Here's to an even greater 2015.
Yours ever,
Robin Pelham-Reid
Thank you my darling Patty/Pete and Plett Tourism – you are such rock stars Plett Tourism …SUCH a difference WOW!!!!!
Thanks so much for the back up, help and attention you give the winelands. BRAMON LOVES YOU. We have done everything alone for so long and all this help is just stunning.
You guys do everything so beautifully – thank you for helping Plett look great and professional. WELL DONE. xxxx"
Caroline, Bramon Wines
"Hi Patty, I think the festival was a huge success and am sure you're proud of how it turned out – I can imagine the amount of effort and co-ordination that goes into planning an event of this stature. Congratulations to all of you on an awesome event and thanks you again for the prize which was greatly appreciated!!!"
Ian Swart, Ian Swart Architects (Winner of the Breakaways Competition)
"CONGRATULATIONS – what a great website!"
Enya Fehler, 113 on Robberg
"I want to congratulate you on the wonderful work and the great new look of the website www.pletttourism.co.za. I have just explored the entire site and think it is quite amazing. Very well done on leading the team to new heights."
Felicity Cross
"Congratulations! This is a beautiful website."
Claire Minnitt
"Your work on Plett – It's a feeling is super. I love getting all the news of coming events and you do it so well."
June and Chris Morris, Residents
"Well done! I am seriously impressed."
Christa, Christiana Lodge
"Congrats to all concerned with the new website – it really does Plett proud and will be of enormous benefit to our visitors – and locals! Looks really stunning – well done indeed!"
Peter McKenzie
"Plett really has a fantastic website. Thanx to whoever was the brain, organised it and those who maintain it and those with the ideas."
Basil Smith
"Well done everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!! So happy to see this action in Plett… how wonderful to have this so professionally done!! YAHOOOOOOOOO."
Nadia Burger
"Well done Plett Tourism!! Looks awesome!"
Trevor Niksch, AV Design
"Well done Plett Tourism for all your enthusiastic initiatives to keep Plett on the map and in peoples minds. I like the new logo too, just a simple plett in lower case works well! Well done and good luck!"
Charlotte Ford, Resident
"Beautiful new website – congratulations!!!!"
Debbie Fermor, Hog Hollow Horse Trails
"Truly impressed with the email quality and the creative innovation in Plett."
Mike Fihrer
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Just to tell you that I found this last issue SO interesting and attractive !
The article on Robberg...such beautiful photos.
The story about the Flamingoes...so touching and moving .
The report on the meeting ...excellent...glad we were there.
Your photo of the eclipse..first class and very informative .
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The Grey - Sky Movies. 7.5/10 I wasn't sure about the premise of this one but it held my attention in the end. It's not exactly light and fluffy though. Probably wouldn't watch it again.
Didn't quite get the title. Assumed it was referring to the Alpha Wolf but that seemed to be black to me and wasn't really in it much other than by implication. I can only guess it had another meaning that escaped me. The shining eye effect of the wolf pack was pretty rubbish.0
emmageering Posts: 3,921Forum Member✭✭✭Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) - 8/100
Slient Witness - looks like a made-for-tv effort. Standard courtroom drama. What happened to Anne Heche? 7/100
ihatemarmite Posts: 4,601Forum Member✭✭✭You're very generous Ginger Nut, about The Grey. 1/10 for me. Wolves munch 7 people one by one?! I got so bored that kept hoping they'd hurry up and munch them a lot faster
About Schmidt 8/10 but somewhat depressing,0
ihatemarmite wrote: »You're very generous Ginger Nut, about The Grey. 1/10 for me. Wolves munch 7 people one by one?! I got so bored that kept hoping they'd hurry up and munch them a lot faster
About Schmidt 8/10 but somewhat depressing,
Possibly. I can't say I was exactly rooting for the survivors.0
Django Unchained 7/10
Foxx lacks charisma, the story is meandering, many of the characters are under developed, and I found quite a lot of the direction and cinematography a bit clunky.
That makes it sound like I hated it. I didn't. It's good, but not nearly as good as I was hoping it would be. It's been touted as Tarrantino's best film since Pulp Fiction but I prefer several other Tarrantino films.
Just watched Django Unchained again and I have to admit I was overly critical. I'd actually give it 8.5/10.
I still think Foxx lacks charisma though.0
emmageering Posts: 3,921Forum Member✭✭✭Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - 8/100
fmradiotuner1 Posts: 16,314Forum Member✭✭I saw The Gray last night it started of good but then got a bit boring I gave it a 4 out of 10.0
fmradiotuner1 Posts: 16,314Forum Member✭✭Just watched Wanderlust on Sky HD and really liked it.
I gave Wanderlust a 7 out of 10 and found it to be quite a funny film.
Would defo watch again.0
extremely loud & incredibly close - I seem to be in the minority in that I didn't find Thomas Horns performance extremely irritating & incredibly annoying, rather I thought he was brilliant in an emotional narrative set against a 9/11 backdrop.
Oh, and Max von Sydow was brilliant , acting without dialogue is a hard act .....7/100
Darthchaffinch Posts: 7,363Forum Member✭Drive - 9/10
Cracking script, great soundtrack and just a great movie.0
just watched Silent Hill
can someone tell me what the end was about..was the wife and daughteralready dead..Sean Bean lying on sofa and found his door wide open, and the daughter and wife in the house but ''they wern't there'' lol0
its okay..i read this
Jackassfan Posts: 3,429Forum Member✭✭✭
Psycho [1960]. Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Over 30 years since I last watched this. It still holds up splendidly even though I knew what's coming.
Ironclad [2011]. Director: Jonathan English
King John vs the Barons post-Magna Carta. Lots of fighting with naff CGI blood. Surprisingly good cast: Brian Cox, Derek Jacobi, James Purefoy, Jason Flemyng, Mackenzie Crook and American Paul Giametti hamming it up as King John.0
pjayem1964 Posts: 278Forum Member✭Red Lights BD - 8/100
CAMERA OBSCURA Posts: 7,311Forum Member✭Two Lane Blacktop (1971) Bluray. 8/10
Slow paced road movie.
Loved it.
Wonderful performance from Warren Oates.0
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Pakistan judge dismisses 9 month old's murder case
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani judge dismissed an attempted murder charge Saturday that police lodged against a 9-month-old boy, ending a bizarre case that drew new criticism to the country's troubled criminal justice system.
The family of toddler Mohammad Musa had kept the boy in hiding after authorities pressed charges accusing him of trying to kill police officers after a neighborhood brawl in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore. Judge Rafaqat Ali Qamar dropped the case against the boy during a hearing in which police announced they would no longer pursue the charges, defense lawyer Irfan Tarar said.
"The father of toddler produced him before the judge today," Tarar said. "The boy was in the arms of his father when police submitted a report, stating they have dropped the charge against the boy."
An unidentified family member with a nine-month-old boy, leave after the boy's court appearance in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, April 12, 2014. A Pakistani lawyer said a judge has freed the boy accused of attempting to murder police in the eastern city of Lahore after police withdrew charges. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Qamar also reprimanded police in court, demanding a written explanation about why officers did not properly investigate the case, Tarar said.
The case stems from an incident Jan. 31, when power company officials went into the boy's neighborhood to disconnect illegal power lines allowing people to get electricity to their homes without paying for it. Such pilferage is common in Pakistan, and attempts to disconnect customers can be met with violence.
Police said in this case, neighbors threw stones at energy company officials and their officers. The boy's grandfather, Malik Muhammed Yaseen, earlier told The Associated Press that neighborhood women attacked the police with batons only after officers mistreated residents.
That altercation sparked police to open an attempted murder investigation into 30 people in the neighborhood, including the father of the toddler and his son, police officer Atif Zulfiqar said earlier this week.
Yaseen said police came to his house multiple times looking for the boy. He said the family told police that the boy was less than a year old, but officers demanded they take him to court. The boy received bail and wept as police took his fingerprints.
The case highlighted the country's dysfunctional criminal justice system, where even children are not immune. Pakistan's police, widely criticized as improperly trained and ill-equipped, is routinely accused of torturing suspects and extorting people for bribes. Flaws in the country's legal system and poor police investigations often see criminals and terrorists released, while militants routinely target officers in their attacks.
The boy's parents could not be reached for comment Saturday after the judge's decision, but Tarar said the toddler's whole family was very happy.
"After today's court order, the 9-month-old boy is free to live anywhere," he said. "This case is an eye opener, and we hope and expect that police will avoid any repeat of such mistakes."
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We are extremely proud of the strength and tradition of our Shaolin arts. Ours are the genuine arts of the Fukienese Shaolin Temple (which inspired so many other martial arts, including Karate). We practice our arts the way they were taught by the Nam Yang founder, Master Ang Lian Huat (1924-84). These are not competition, gymnastic or demonstration arts but genuine Kung Fu. These are the arts which made the Shaolin monks so famous, These are the arts practiced by the secret societies which overthrew the last Chinese emperor. These are the genuine, secret arts only recently revealed to non-Chinese.
Our arts train the body's 'chi' – the energy which permeates all living things and has profound effects on our health and well being. They transform the muscle and tendon of the body so that it becomes elastic and can snap out techniques with incredible speed and force. They train us to respond so sensitively to touch that we can feel an opponent's move before we can see it counter it in a split second.
Our arts are what set us apart
About our arts:
Tiger Crane Combination Kung Fu
Classic Fukienese Kung Fu! This art trains the body's tendons to knit together into one energized whole, which snaps out devastating power from short range. It also employs body mechanics so that small people can overcome the strength of larger people. The Tiger-Crane Combination art is a close range art using mostly hand techniques including striking and seizing.
Sun-Frost White Crane Soft and Gentle Art (Shuang Yang Pei Ho Rou Rouan Chien)
Usually referred to as "Shuang Yang" for short, this is the rarely taught soft form of the Shaolin white crane art. It looks similar to Tai Chi but follows the Buddhist Shaolin tradition.
This is a very relaxed, fluid art which develops suppleness, mobility, calmness and balance. It energizes the tendons and charges the body with 'chi'. It massages, cleans and strengthens the internal organs making us healthier and more resistant to disease.
The Shuang Yang art is suitable for most people, even the elderly and unfit, since it is performed in a slow, relaxed fashion. Make no mistake, however, this is a real martial art capable of use in serious fights.
Learn a soft, meditative art that will boost your health, strength, concentration and energy.
Shaolin Weapons
The Shaolin weapons have captured the imaginations of many generations of people all over the world. Although the weapons of ancient China are now seldom used for war, we still teach the original fighting forms as taught to Master Ang Lian Huat by Tan Kew Liong (9 dragons Tan), the chief of the herbal medicine peddlers in The Chuang Cho district of old Fukien China.
Weapons training is a workout for the whole body and develops strength, co-ordination, concentration and balance. It is also great fun.
Soft Chi Kung for Health and Long Life
'Chi' is a natural energy which pervades all things. Chinese medical theory is based on the understanding that if the body's chi is balanced, clean and circulates smoothly, health and vitality will result.
Chi kung is the practice of charging the body with fresh, balanced chi, eliminating stale chi and circulating chi through all of the meridians and to every cell of the body. The location of the mountain retreat was chosen carefully for the exceptional quality of its chi. It is thus a perfect place to practice chi kung.
Practicing chi kung helps people remain young and healthy, boosts energy levels, speeds recovery, calms emotions, counters stress and enhances the senses. Martial artists tend to practice chi kung because its physical benefits can enhance their performance, but in fact anyone can benefit greatly. Chi kung is also an excellent basis for spiritual development.
Here at the Kung Fu Retreat we practice Tong Ling (clearing and circulating) chi kung – an easy and efficient system, suitable for beginners.
Chi Kung for Internal Power
Sometimes known as hard chi kung or martial chi kung, kung fu masters use this chi kung perform amazing feats such as breaking bricks, being hit with hammers and washing in broken glass! The famous "iron shirt chi kung", in which Nam Yang specializes, is an extreme form of martial chi kung.
Hard Chi Kung trains chi energy into the tendons where it is stored ready to be released in a whip-like action – rather like letting go an elastic band. It trains all of the body to be capable of absorbing heavy blows and snapping out incredible force.
Hard Chi Kung packs chi into the internal organs, boosting their performance and making them highly resistant to strain.
The legendary feats of the kung fu masters of old were usually demonstrations of the mastery of martial chi kung.
Chinese Boxing / San Da
Chinese boxing is competition kung fu. It is fought full contact wearing gloves and other protection. It develops distancing, timing, accuracy, stamina and the ability to read and move with an opponent. It uses punches, kicks, sweeps, throws and takedowns. Chinese boxing is an optional part of our training and is ideal for those who enjoy competitive boxing/fighting.
Practical Self Defense
To defend yourself should you need to, it is important to know what to expect and how to use your martial arts in a realistic context. All of our martial arts are taught in a very practical context, with explanations as to how to apply everything you learn in a potentially dangerous situation. More than this, we train a lot of partner drills which teach you to react effectively to common attacks, disarm attackers with weapons, drop people to the floor and apply restraints.
We also teach assertiveness, positive body language, eye contact, and psychology – all of which make a great deal of difference in the real world.
Pushing Hands / Sticky Hands
We react much faster to our sense of touch than our sight (please ask one of our instructors for a demonstration). Hence the white crane art (considered to be the most advanced of the Shaolin arts, as it was the last to be developed before the burning of the southern temple) always seeks to make touch contact with an opponent at the outset of a fight and use it to manipulate and overcome them. We constantly train touch sensitivity drills usually referred to as pushing / sticky hands. These drills provide direct, hands on contact and train speed, reactions and strategy while remaining safe.
Meditation is an optional but recommended part of our training. We teach a number of meditation exercises which support our training, calm our minds, relax our bodies, circulate our chi, enhance our awareness and accelerate our spiritual development.
Training Ethos
We maintain a very traditional training ethos, which we believe leads to the best possible progress for all.
This means:
- We all constantly strive for improvement
- We train together constructively and co-operatively, trying to help each other progress – not out do one another
- We practice diligently and safely
- Senior students help teach more junior students and lead training sessions
- Instructors are expected to explain, demonstrate and lead; students are expected to follow lessons and instructions, and practice until proficient
- There is respect among all guests and instructors at all times
Resident students train at least twice daily, morning and evening and are encouraged to put in extra training in the middle of the day if they have the energy. Training takes place five days a week with Wednesdays and Saturdays as rest days. Attendance at training is strongly encouraged but not enforced.
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Twenty five years of Laurence King Publishing
Over its 25 year history, Laurence King Publishing has transitioned from design books for students and professionals to creating beautifully designed books for the general market. Patrick Burgoyne speaks to its founder Laurence King and Creative Director Angus Hyland about Carson, content and colouring in
The last 25 years has been a period of immense change in design publishing, reflecting shifts in the design industry itself. The age of the 'celebrity' graphic designer, whose work would be catalogued in lavish monographs, has come and all but gone. A whole genre of showcase books has been rendered obsolete by the internet. And we have seen graphic designers and illustrators apply their skills to products – gifts, stationery and games – creating a lucrative outlet for self-initiated work.
A browse through the list of Laurence King Publishing over those years illustrates those changes perfectly. This was the publisher who introduced David Carson to the world, The End of Print being, at the time, one of the bestselling graphic design books ever published. Today, however, graphic designers make up just a small portion of the audience for Laurence King books. But that is not to say that the profession's importance has diminished in the eyes of the publisher. In fact, it is its experience in the world of graphic design, and what it learned from designers, that has helped its transformation into a major publisher of illustrated books and gifts for all.
LKP began life, as its eponymous founder describes it, as "a specialist design publisher trying to do books for a professional market". The company was established by King in 1991 out of the remnants of a former book packaging business, Calmann and King. Book packagers sell prewritten and designed books to publishers to put out under their own imprint. "It's what you do if you don't have the money to be a real publisher," King explains.
After Calmann's death (he was murdered by a hitchhiker) King kept the "very shaky" business going, eventually under his own name, thanks in part to a £100,000 life insurance policy which the company had taken out on Calmann. It had one notable title – A World History of Art – whose sales kept the business afloat in the early years. But the field of art publishing was very well covered. King spotted an opportunity in the related field of design and had some success with the International Design Yearbook, a product design showcase.
The impact of Thames & Hudson's The Graphic Language of Neville Brody, published in 1988, had alerted the publishing world to the potential of books on contemporary graphic design, of which there were few at the time. "We thought graphics would be a natural extension of [our books in] product design," King says.
The role of former CR editor Lewis Blackwell was to be key in helping Laurence King into the world of graphic design. The two had met when Blackwell authored a book on interiors for the publisher. He went on to write 20th Century Typography for King. Through CR, Blackwell had met Carson. The latter's work on Ray Gun magazine had shaken up the graphic design world and Blackwell convinced King that here was a star in the making.
Not that Carson was initially that keen to go with the publisher. The likes of Booth-Clibborn and Thames & Hudson at the time had more of a reputation for well-produced books – King's by contrast, tended to be more conservative in format and packaging. "I had a hard job convincing David that he should give this book to us," King remembers, "but I was enthusiastic!"
The End of Print, written by Blackwell, went on to have huge international success and, says King, "we suddenly became a major graphic design publisher overnight".
"I would like to pay tribute to Lewis's role in that," King continues, "He would constantly enunciate various values which he thought we needed to adopt – to be sure to treat a book as a design object, and that everything about a book must be designed."
Despite the success of the End of Print, Laurence King was then a very small publisher, typically putting out only around 15 books a year. In the development of its graphic design list, "there were two tactics that we followed," King says. "One was to find other major stars to work with – we did books with P Scott Makela, Eboy, Neville Brody, Tomato. The other was to do books on themes, such as Browser [an early survey of web design] and Bored [a book on surf, skate and snowboard graphics]. And then the other thing we tried to engage with was the history of graphic design."
The books were targeted mainly at a student or young professional market keen for sources of inspiration and monographs on their heroes. Vince Frost was brought in to rebrand the business and improve its marketing materials.
The production of the kind of visually rich surveys that Laurence King had success with was helped enormously by the impact of new technology. Digital image files and DTP reduced costs, page layout was quicker and the opening up of China reduced print bills (so long as you were prepared to wait for the books to make their way back to Europe by boat).
Suddenly the margins on publishing illustrated books became more attractive but this digital revolution also almost destroyed the market for design books – or at least a certain type of book. Designers could now access so much information and so many images for free on the net, there was no point publishing that same information in book form. The culture around so-called 'celebrity' designers also changed. Perhaps the whole notion became devalued as it seemed as if studios or designers had only to be working for four or five years before they became the subject of a lavish, adoring monograph, many of which (in the case of other publishers) were financed by the studios themselves. But the internet also had an effect in that cycles of trend, style and whatever passes for 'fame' in graphic design grew ever shorter. It became harder to differentiate yourself as a designer when everything was so accessible, everywhere.
Below: Illustrator Marion Deuchars' Let's Make Some Great Art was one of the first of the 'activity' books that were to become such a key part of the LKP list
"The qualities that designers brought to differentiate themselves made them bad designers – they thought, 'what can I do that's extraordinary'? King claims. "At a certain moment, everyone got fed up! The market became more sensible and mature."
By 2006, King says, "We were beginning to worry about the future of showcase books." That year was also significant in that it marked the start of what has become a key relationship for the publisher with Pentagram Partner Angus Hyland.
"I first met Laurence through Lewis, and I'd done bits and bobs for him over the years," Hyland says. "I'd also authored three books on illustration by that stage so I understood the culture."
Below: There was still a market for historical surveys and monographs in graphic design, but only if done with the depth and quality of Jennifer Bass and Pat Kirkham's Saul Bass book
Hyland joined as Art Director, eventually becoming Creative Director for the company. "I didn't come in with a mission," he says of his work in helping transform the business. "We all grew together. At the time, Laurence King was publishing particular books for a particular market and so within those constraints – the way they were packaged and the margins behind that – I tried to improve the product on an ongoing basis. It wasn't particularly strategic."
"I think Angus's impact as a Creative Director came in three ways," King says. "One, just in a strict art direction sense, he brought an attention and visual intelligence and applied it to everything we do. The second, is that in a company that is dedicated to visual culture, the people producing everything were very wordy people. Angus helped to give visual culture a much stronger voice in the company which was hugely important in changing the way we thought. And the third thing is that he brought a playfulness and a whimsicality which enabled us to be much more adventurous."
Below: List-based books like 100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design by Steven Heller and Véronique Vienne proved a successful formula that could be applied in other sectors
Hyland's arrival coincided with the point at which Laurence King began publishing directly into America without having to partner with a US company, who were often very conservative in outlook. "We were liberated from the need to be ordinary," is the way that King memorably puts it.
"I used to get so annoyed by the way big imprints in trade publishing would undervalue the tangible object," Hyland says. "I'd been banging on about this for years. Within the visual arts you had a bit of licence to unlock that and see that the book could be thing of desire in its own right."
As an outsider, with considerable publishing experience, Hyland says he was able to make his opinions felt in a way that an in-house art director may not have been able to. King says that he also influenced others within the company to be more adventurous. "If you have someone who is deeply visually cultured at ideas meetings, other people around the table find something within themselves with which they can reciprocate, so the nature of the discussion becomes different," he says.
With falling demand for graphic design books, and in other areas served by the publisher such as illustration, fashion and art, Hyland, King and other key staff such as Jo Lightfoot, began to look toward a more general market for future books. "We thought, if the professional market is going online, except for really serious books, then we needed to hit the general market in our subject areas," King says.
The Doodle Book by Taro Gomi was to prove highly influential. "We thought it was a great book and wondered what we could do in that area," King says. The result was My Wonderful World of Fashion, a book by illustrator Nina Chakrabarti. This interactive colouring book was the first in a line of 'activity' books that were to change the company's fortunes completely. It was followed by The Sneaker Colouring Book and Marion Deuchars' Let's Make Some Great Art in 2011. But it was Johanna Basford's 2013 book Secret Garden that really changed things.
An editor at Laurence King had spotted some work that Basford had done for CR and recommended her. Secret Garden sold well – very well in the context of LKP sales at the time. But when its successor, Enchanted Forest, came out in 2015 things really took off.
"Sales of Secret Garden were going along at something like 20,000 copies a month which is pretty damned good," says King. "That was what we thought was a bestseller then – still do really! Then we launched Enchanted Forest and it somehow exploded."
Basford's books for Laurence King have sold over 15 million copies worldwide to date – a phenomenon which changed the whole company. Both King and Hyland contend that part of the books' success was that they were produced to the same high standards as the rest of the LKP list. "We said let's make it really beautiful," King recalls. "I remember showing it to the sales director of Thames & Hudson and he said 'I can't see who this is for, it's too sophisticated'."
Adult colouring books have now become a huge market and with LKP also moving into graphic products such as stationery, games and gifts it would be easy to imagine that it had left its publishing roots behind. But other parts of the list stay true to its roots – there are academic textbooks, practical guides and even a return to the art world in a new series that deals with Italian Renaissance Courts among other subjects.
"I really like that we are still doing quite serious books," King says. "Booksellers sometimes come to me and ask 'what's the next big thing?' But that's the wrong question to ask me. Our duty is to surprise them and come up with fresh things. We don't know which will be a success but if we keep taking risks and having the courage to have ideas that can sometimes seem quite silly, then we will put ourselves in a place where luck might happen. In so far as we have a business strategy, that would be it."
I ask how the design book market has changed: "You've all got much more picky," he laughs. "We have to work much harder for our money, deliver better and create books that contain their marketing within them, so that every bit of a book contains its essence. You've all become much more discriminating in what you are willing to spend money on."
Hyland sums up how design has contributed to LKP's success: "We took the apparatus, skills, and values of graphic design and reapplied them to other areas. That is what this transition has all been about."