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Lagos woos Turkish investors
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday said the state was ready to do business with Turkish investors.
Sanwo-Olu said this on Thursday during a Roundtable with a delegation of the Turkey-Nigeria Business Council, in Lagos.
He said there were market and business opportunities for Turkish investors in the areas of transportation, bus rapid system, power and tourism, while the state was also a preferred destination for technology.
The governor said that Lagos remained the real economic hub of Nigeria and the fifth largest city in Africa, and the largest investment destination for investors.
According to him, Lagos is the centre of excellence where business can flourish and investment opportunities abound.
He said that with its high human capital development and plan to have additional two deep sea ports in Lekki and Badagry, the state would help solve the traffic challenge.
"Lagos has lost being the capital, but it still remains the economic nerve centre of the country; it's not only that, it is the fifth largest economy in Africa; if Lagos were a country, it would be number five in the whole of Africa.
"We also speak of 10 per cent of the total population of Nigeria, who reside here, in a total land area less than one per cent of the size of Nigeria; in fact, it's just about 0.4 per cent of the size of Nigeria.
"However, this is where a lot of the businesses also take-off. We have a lot of history in Lagos, Lagos economy, in terms of manufacturing, controls about 20 to 30 per cent of all the manufacturing in the economy of the country.
"In terms of international air travel, it controls about 60 to 70 per cent of all international goods, about 70 per cent in the country, so, in terms of numbers, it speaks to a larger nerve for the country," he said.
Earlier, the Head of the Turkey-Nigeria Business Council's delegation, Mr Haken Ozel, said that the meeting was aimed at expanding business opportunities between Turkey and Lagos.
Ozel said it was to deepen economic relationship between Turkey and Nigeria.
He said that part of the areas of investment would include food and agriculture, energy, tourism, rail and water transportation. (NAN)
Edited by Edith Bolokor/Oluwole Sogunle
Omo-Agege introduces amendment bill on electoral malpractice
Omo-Agege introduces amendment bill on electoral malpractice
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Abuja, Dec.9, 2019 Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege on Monday said, he had introduced a bill for comprehensive amendment of the Electoral Act No. 6 of 2010.
Omo-Agege said this at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Stakeholders Forum on Elections, organised by the coalition of more than 70 civil societies in Abuja.
He said the bill, co-sponsored with Sen. Abubakar Kyari of Borno North Senatorial District, was now making its way to public hearing, having scaled Second Reading with overwhelming bipartisan support in the Senate.
It is a decisive response to a plethora of our Supreme Court's decision inviting the National Assembly to make sensible amendments to the Electoral Act.
And I believe it is responsible for us to take the apex court's constructive guidance on issues that fundamentally affect our democracy.
This apart, Section 153 of the Electoral Act, 2010, as amended, specifically and expressly empowers INEC to "issue regulations, guidelines, or manuals for the purpose of giving effects to the provisions of this Act and for its administration thereof.
The pervasive non-compliance with the Guidelines, Regulations and Manuals, would carry clear consequences for people who think violating electoral due process is a rewarding exercise.
"The proposed Bill to amend the Electoral Act would focus on resolving issues surrounding INEC's introduction of modern technologies into the electoral process, particularly accreditation of voters.''
Omo-Agege said that the bill would also mandate INEC to publish the Voters' Register for public scrutiny at every Registration Area and on its website, at least seven days before a general election.
According to him, it also mandates INEC to suspend an election in order to allow a political party that losses its candidate before or during an election to conduct a fresh primary to elect a replacement or new candidate.
He said the bill would grant agents of political parties the right to inspect original electoral materials before the commencement of election, define over-voting to include situations where "total votes cast also exceed total number of accredited voters''.
According to the lawmaker, it also provides greater clarity and transparency in the process of reaching the final announcement of election results, starting with sorting of ballots, counting of votes among others.
Omo-Agege said the bill would mandate INEC to record and keep relevant detailed information of results sheets, ballot papers and other sensitive electoral materials used in an election, with clear consequences for violation.
He said the bill also provided sanctions for giving false information on registration of a political party, and that failure by INEC and others to comply with any provision of the Act carried clear and adequate sanctions.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who was represented by Mr Festus Okoye, Chairman Information and Voter Education, said the Commission was committed to electoral reforms that would strengthen the power and value of the vote.
Yakubu said the Commission would work assiduously with critical stakeholders in the electoral process in providing clarity, removing ambiguities, plugging existing lacuna in laws and constitutionally implementing those aspects of the law that guaranteed the credibility of elections.
"The Commission will definitely send its proposals to the National Assembly to clearly state aspects of the existing Law it supports, aspects that need further retooling, and new proposals that will strengthen the electoral process and the regulatory functions of the Commission.''
Mr Abubakar Malami, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration was committed to tackling electoral fraud and violence through the establishment of an Electoral Offences Commission.
Malami who was represented by Ms Juliet Ibekaku, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Ethics and Justice, said the government was already working with the 9th National Assembly with a view to ensuring an early passage of amendments to the Electoral Act and the Election Offences Commission Bill into law.
Earlier, Mr Clement Nwankwo, Convener, Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, said the objective of the event was to discuss the current state of the electoral environment in the country.
Nwankwo said it also aimed to make recommendations and suggestions that would improve the political and electoral process in Nigeria.
"We believe INEC has the responsibility to be a key driver of the much needed change in the electoral sector,'' he added.
Edited by: Nyisom Fiyigon Dore
LG autonomy bill: ex-commissioner seeks states' legislators support
Dr Paul Okorie, a former Commissioner for Works, Housing and Transportation in Ebonyi, has called on lawmakers in the 36 states houses of assembly to support the National Assembly on the local government area autonomy bill it recently passed.
Okorie, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, made the call in an interview with the Nigeria News Agency on Monday in Abakaliki.
Okorie commended the courage and patriotism of members of the National Assembly in passing the bill granting full autonomy to the 774 local government areas in the country.
He said that the move would deepen democracy and engender development at the grassroots level, urging state houses of Assembly to give concurrence to the bill to enable it become a law.
The Senate and the House of Representatives have demonstrated that are representing the people well by passing the local government autonomy amendment bill.
I want to use this medium to appeal to state houses of assembly to concur with the bill very swiftly.
I want to remind lawmakers in the various state houses of assembly that they are there for the people and must not succumb to intimidation and antics of the state governors.
They can hold town hall meetings in their respective constituencies to aggregate the views of their constituents on the issue.
I know that in their bid to hold on to the funds of the local governments, governors will begin to lobby members of the state legislature to vote against the bill when it is brought down to them.
I am advising that our state lawmakers do the needful by concurring to what the national assembly has done so that local government area can be fully autonomous.
National Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU); Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) have been strengthened to go after anybody that mismanages public fund", Okorie said.
He reiterated that the local government autonomy would enable council chairmen to embark on infrastructure and human capital developments in their respective areas without undue interference by state governors.
The former commissioner added that elections at the various councils would no longer be a decision of the governors.
The autonomy will promote good governance and deepen participatory democracy at the grassroots, because people will exercise their rights to choose who will lead them in a more transparent and credible election.
"The councils will be able to choose their priority projects that will impact on the lives of the citizens at the local governments, including opening access to farm lands and empowering the poor and vulnerable," he observed.
Edited by: Kamal Tayo Oropo/Kayode Olaitan
Observers rate Ekiti LG elections free, fair
The Coalition of Civil Society Domestic Election Observer Groups has described the Saturday's local government elections in Ekiti as free and fair.
The coalition's team leader, Mr Muhammad Al-Jameel Hashidu, told newsmen in Ado Ekiti on Monday that voting materials arrived in the 2,195 polling units promptly.
He said further that voting and collation were done without harassment and intimidation, attesting to the credibility of the poll.
The group noted that the election witnessed high turnout of voters in major cities in contrast to what were witnessed at the grassroots, hinging this on low level of sensitisation at the remote centres.
The coalition called for more voter education and advocacy at the grassroots and proper funding of the state electoral commission to conduct better future elections.
The National Coordinator of Network of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria , Mr Victor Kalu, said the neutrality maintained by government and security agencies reinforced the acceptability of the poll.
We emphasise the contributions of the Ekiti Police Command in posting officers to every nook and cranny of the state during the exercise," he said.
The local government elections took place in Ekiti on Saturday with the All Progressives Congress winning all the 16 chairmanship and 177 councilorship seats.
Edited by: Kayode Olaitan
Anambra 2021: Political group backs merit, opposes zoning
A political association, Anambra Destiny Movement (ADM), says that party affiliation or zoning should not determine who becomes the next governor of the state but a candidate with programme that aggregates the challenges of the state.
Chief Ekene Enefe, president of the movement, said this at a parley with newsmen in Awka on Monday.
He said that Anambra had become sophisticated for such considerations and that the group would support candidate from any part of the state who had capacity to address the collective aspirations of the people.
It would be recalled that the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance has zoned its ticket to Anambra South Senatorial District while the opposition Peoples Democratic Party said its ticket was open to candidates from all zones.
Enefe said political parties hoping to clinch the mandate of the people should present the best from among them and not rely on the assumption that the name of their party could win election for them.
According to him, Anambra Destiny Movement does not believe in zoning, apart from not being constitutional, zoning is archaic in a sophisticated state such as Anambra where power has gone round the three zones.
Anambra is neither a birthright of any political party nor an empire that was up for grab by any other party, it is a state in dire need of focused and purposeful leadership, that is why the ADM is calling on them to bring their best to the arena or lose the election.
We are not even going to support anybody because he is a member of party A or party B because experience has shown that the so-called good parties don't allow the masses to have access to quality candidates.
Candidates for Anambra governorship election in 2021 must be merit based, ADM which is rooted in the 21 local governments of the state, will work for the victory of the best candidate based on his/her track record and the manifesto of the party," he said.
Enefe said though the present administration had done well in the area of security, Anambra still suffered infrastructure deficit which had hindered its economic prosperity.
He said that part of the agenda of ADM for the next dispensation included rural access roads, functional public water supply, sustainable industrialisation drive and state-wide development approach.
The group called for conduct local government council election to encourage political participation at the grassroots level.
Edited by: Kayode Olaitan
War against corruption: NASS urges Nigerians to leverage on FOI Act, Whistle-blowing policy
Mr Garba Shehu,Chairman House Committee on Anti-Corruption, has urged Nigerians to leverage on the Freedom of Information Act, Whistle-blowing policy and Open Government Imitative (OGP) to enhance the anti-corruption fight in Nigeria .
Shehu made the call on Monday in Abuja at a rally organised by Say No Campaign a coalition of Civil Society Groups to mark the 2019 World Anti-corruption Day with the theme "United Against Corruption.''
According to him, Nigerians can use these policies and laws as powerful tools to advocate for good governance and demand accountability especially with the aid of social media.
I want to commend the Coalition of Civil Society for taking it upon them to sensitise Nigerians to the importance of Dec. 9 set aside by UN to highlight devastating impact of corruption.
Corruption deprives the citizens of the resources that should be used to improve on our socio economic wellbeing; we have bad roads, poor schools, we cannot really overemphasise the devastating impact of corruption.
"We should do whatever we can as citizens, as civil society organisations to highlight the impact of corruption in all spheres of our society, because it thrives everywhere, so the war has to be total.''
Shehu urged Nigerians to be vigilant and work against corruption while the National Assembly would continue to advocate for measures that would empower citizens to be able to fight the war.
Mr Ezenwa Nwagwu, the Co-convener, Say No Campaign, said that the rally was organised to create awareness on the need for citizens to join in the fight against corruption.
Nwagwu said that it was the constitutional responsibility of the government to fight corruption and it would be subverting the constitution for not doing that.
He said it was the duty of citizens to follow-up abandoned projects by tracking the contractors to ensure they deliver the projects.
Ms Vivian Bellonwu, another co-convener, said that the position of Nigeria today why the country was not where it ought to be was due to the devastating effect of corruption.
Bellonwu urged the judiciary to not compromise on corruption cases but help in convicting criminals to serve as deterrent to others .
So today, we want to join our voices not just as women or children but as Nigerians to say that we collectively reject corruption.
"We call on anti-graft agencies to take all necessary measures to see that they bring all perpetrators to book," she said.
Edited by: Kayode Olaitan
Gov. Fintiri swears-in newly elected LG Chairmen in Adamawa
Gov. Fintiri swears-in newly elected LG Chairmen in Adamawa
Yola, Dec. 9, 2019 Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has sworn in 21 newly elected counil chairmen in Adamawa.
Speaking at the ceremony on Monday in Yola, Fintiri thanked the people of the state for voting for candidates of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during Saturday's poll.
He said the victory of the party was a testimony that the people of the state were satisfied with the performance of the PDP led administration.
"The result showed that the people of Adamawa are happy with the fresh air agenda of this administration," Fintiri said.
While urging the new chairmen to carry everyone along, he cautioned them against unnecessary traveling outside their areas of jurisdiction.
"Government will not tolerate a situation where chairmen travel at will abandoning their areas," Fintiri said.
Speaking on behalf of the chairmen, Mr Michael Shehu of Michika local council thanked the people for the confidence reposed in them and assured that they would not disappoint them.
Edited by: Ifeyinwa Okonkwo/Ali Baba-Inuwa
APC wins all 16 Chairmanship seats in Ekiti council poll
Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission (EKSIEC) on Sunday declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress winners of all the 16 Chairmanship seats in the local government election conducted on Saturday .
Results of the 177 Councillorship seats were, however, still being awaited as at the time of filing this report.
The Nigeria News Agency reports that Chairman of the commission ,Justice Jide Aladejana, had declared the results in Ado Ekiti.
Aladejana said contrary to reports, no death was recorded at any polling booth on Saturday.
" Nobody was killed at Ward 7 Unit 006 in Ikere on Saturday . Nobody was shot, though we heard that someone came violently and made away with unused ballot papers
" Even in the whole unit, there were just 280 registered voters and this does not in any way vitiate the outcome," he said.
Describing the election as peaceful , Aladejana commended the security agencies in the state for ensuring that no one was intimidated during the poll.
NAN reports that a total of 14 political parties participated in the election , including the APC and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).
Meanwhile, the PDP in the state has rejected the outcome of the poll as announced by EKSIEC, describing it as concorted and unacceptable.
Reacting to the results on Sunday, the Chairman of PDP in the state, Chief Gboyega Oguntuase, said PDP might head for the court.
" From what we heard all over the state, the election was riddled with violence in most places, especially in Ikere Ekiti where one person was reportedky killed and about four others sustained injuries," he said.
(Edited by: Mufutau Ojo)
Ganduje restates commitment to human rights protection
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has restated his administration's commitment to respect and protect human rights to education, health, justice and life.
Ganduje said this on Sunday while receiving the Most Outstanding State Government Human Rights Award at the 2019 Human Rights Summit/Awards in Abuja.
Nigeria News Agency reports that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) organised the summit to commemorate 2019 International Human Rights Day.
The theme of the summit is titled "Adopting Human Rights-Based Approach in the Public Sector Sustainable Development Agenda""
Ganduje said his administration's provided free education for pupils particularly female students to ensure that they finish secondary school before going into marriage.
He listed the establishment of a commission for physically challenged persons, protection of sick and aged rights as well as establishment of anti-corruption body as some of his administration's feat on human rights protection.
Mr Tony Ojukwu, the Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, said that the commission held the summit to sensiitise Nigerians to the importance of human rights protection.
Ojukwu, who thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for supporting the commission to deliver its mandate, restated the commission's determination to ensure that every one's rights are respected and protected without any hindrance,.
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Lagos Assembly will not repeal ex-govs' pension law — Spokesperson
Lagos State House of Assembly says it will not repeal the state's pension law permitting former governors and other public office holders to receive juicy pensions from state coffers.
Mr Tunde Braimoh, Chairman, House Committee on Information and Strategy, told the Nigeria News Agency on Sunday that Lagos Assembly would not go the way of the Zamfara Assembly which recently repealed pension law for its former governors.
NAN recalls that a Federal High Court in Lagos had ordered the Federal Government to recover pensions collected by former governors now serving as ministers and members of the National Assembly.
The court also directed the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, to challenge the legality of states' pension laws permitting former governors and other ex-public officials to receive such pensions.
Braimoh, however, faulted the court ruling that ordered Malami to take immediate legal action toward the abolishment of state laws that permit "former governors to enjoy governors' emoluments while drawing normal salaries and allowances in their new political offices."
He told NAN that as long as the law did not contravene the constitution, state assemblies had the right to make laws for the benefit of the society in which they operate.
According to him, separation of powers as enshrined in the constitution empowers the legislature to make laws, the executive to implement and the judiciary to interpret the laws.
"The Supreme Court had made it clear several times that no arm of government can repeal the constitutional provisions of another arm of government.
"Therefore, legislators make laws that are in tune with the yearnings and dynamics of their society.
"Until another legislature comes to alter, review or amend the law, the law is meant to be obeyed.
"The judiciary cannot pronounce that a law by the state is unconstitutional unless such state law is contradictory to the constitution," the lawmaker said.
Braimoh said he was not aware of any law that restricted state assemblies from making laws for the provision of welfare package of former governors and public office holders.
Edited & Vetted By: Chioma Ugboma/Wale Ojetimi
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Minor SPOILER for Splatoon2's OctoExpansion DLC, but seriously there is NO WAY Agent 8 made it out of that death trap without some sort of PTSD…
OK agent 24 is a cute ship but we clearly forgetting THIS couple
please nobody report this person we need to preserve this
it got deleted
no pants?
this is more of a pussy out look
Me: capitalism is bad i think im a socialist lets see what thats all about
Every anti capitalism post on here: dont even breath near me if youre a neo trotskyist can we talk about how joe burger uprooted the primemedicalist structure of the early 1800s Soviet union or is that too tankie anarcho maoist
Me, now sobbing: please sir im a dumbass
i mean honestly i genuinely think that more people should follow this. if you really really think that all nighters help you be my guest but i have severe doubts they do much good for anyone. sometimes you just gotta cut your losses man
Remember, at one point there was a time that you didn't know what you now know..
someone: coca cola can remove rust from metal imagine what its doing to your body
me: pff getting rid of the rust idiot
hmm… i've been drinking soda and my body's rust free… not sure where youre getting your facts from…
Blood is rust… hemoglobin= vitamins,minerals(iron)+oxygen=rust. We're literally running rust through our veins…along with plasma which is about 92+%. Just an informative comment.
awful bold of you to assume i have blood
does this imply that coca cola directly interacts with your blood like is that the point you're trying to make
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By David Brooke
NEW YORK, July 23 (LPC) - Participants in the business development company (BDC) sector are pondering whether the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will push through with exempting the market from the Acquired Funds Fees Expenses (AFFE), an arcane rule that many see as the key to restricting liquidity.
AFFE calls for investment companies like mutual funds to provide an additional line on their expenses outlining the fees and operating costs charged by the BDC they are investing in, which results in inflating the overall expense ratio of the fund.
The SEC adopted the AFFE requirement in 2006 for BDCs as part of its push for greater transparency on fee structures in the market. Multiple fund indices, like the Russell and the S&P, had since then delisted BDCs, resulting in the negative impact on BDC share prices the requirement has generated.
Market participants have argued that the requirement is old fashioned and has had the adverse effect of making BDCs appear prohibitively expensive to a number of investors, therefore shrinking the overall investor base and reducing the amount of capital in the market.
"The AFFE has been a long-standing complaint. BDCs are not like a fund of funds, but are more like an operating company. In theory it makes the BDC look more expensive, but you're not really comparing apples to apples," said George Zornada, partner at law firm K&L Gates.
In December, the SEC provided hope to the market that it was open to exempting BDCs from the AFFE guideline as it added a request for views from the market alongside its broader fund of funds reforms proposal.
But some have said that hope has dissipated since the launch of the consultation, although there is widespread agreement on the benefits of removing the AFFE.
"When the SEC put out the question in December some were excited it could happen this year, but I think now there is more sobriety across the market. I'd quite frankly be shocked if it happened. It wouldn't necessarily be a black swan, but instead more of a grey swan moment," one analyst said, suggesting an AFFE exemption is possible, although seemingly unlikely at this moment.
Overtime, the AFFE rule has resulted in a retail-heavy shareholder base. And while retail investors like mutual funds are important, it has prevented more sophisticated investors like pension funds and insurance companies from buying BDC shares.
"A cohort of investors appreciates the BDC investment opportunity and they stomach the pains of the AFFE, but that small group would buy more and others would join them," the analyst added.
Still, others remain optimistic and point to the exemption for Real Estate Investment Trusts and collateralized debt obligations from the AFFE as a precedent for the potential change.
"We're certainly hopeful," said Michael Gerber, senior managing director of corporate affairs at FS Investments. "We see no sound policy reasons for BDCs to be treated less fairly than these other types of investments when it comes to AFFE."
Joe Glatt, chairman of the Coalition for Business Development, a group representing BDCs that lobbied against the rule, said he is "pleased with the SEC's staff engagement on our exemptive request."
"We remain cautiously optimistic," he said.
The BDC market has become an important source of funding for middle market companies since the inception of the rule 13 years ago. Further prompting optimism is the echoes of sympathy for the market in Washington.
BDC total assets were US$106bn in the first quarter of 2019, according to data from Wells Fargo and BDC Collateral. This was an increase from US$94.5bn and US$84.7bn recorded in the first quarters of 2018 and 2017.
Last year's passage of the Small Business Credit Availability Act that increased the amount of debt that BDCs can incur was a big win for the market, enabling BDCs to increase their leverage facilities, which many have since taken advantage of.
Before the mid-terms, Republican congressman Tom Graves addressed BDCs' complaint about the AFFE requirement in an appropriations bill, urging the SEC to address the "adverse impacts" on the market. This has fueled hope that lawmakers are on their side.
"There seems to be a strong bipartisan understanding of the harmful consequences the AFFE disclosure requirements are having on BDC investors and the industry as a whole," Gerber said. (Reporting by David Brooke Editing by Michelle Sierra and Jon Methven)


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TUSTIN, California – In the present day, Chevrolet fulfills the long-term promise that Corvette, the Corvette, is the 2020 Stingray brand. . All in all, before it is finished, the 2020 Stream is re-imagined to offer clients with new ranges, know-how, expertise and luxurious.
From the entrance to the engine in less than three seconds
"Corvette has all the time represented the chopping fringe of GM's innovation and weight. The typical front-engined car reached its limits of performance, requiring a brand new format, "stated GM President Mark Reuss. "For comfort and fun, it still seems to be and seems like Corvette, however is higher off than any Corvette car. Clients are excited to give attention to detail and efficiency in all places. "
New engine middle offers 2020 for Stingray:
- Better weight distribution when back weight weighting improves straight line and monitor performance.
- Higher response and control feeling because the driving force is closer to the front axle, virtually on the front wheels.
- The quickest Zero-60 time for all Corvette packages – less than three seconds when the Z51 Efficiency Pack is outfitted.
- A vehicle-like view of a street because of the decrease position of the Hood, instrument cluster, and steering wheel. Wonderful forward-looking strains throughout the car for each the driving force and the passenger.
- Enhancing Corvette's conventional efficiency, double hulls totaling 12.6 cubic meters of cargo, ideally suited for baggage or two golf clubs
Design impressed by competitors and aviation
2020 The exterior of Stingray & # 39; It is low fat and muscular, and has a sporty sculptural shape that carries the feeling of movement and energy from all angles.
"The America's most iconic nameplate for efficiency, the redesign of the Corvette Stingray mannequin from the outset, introduced the group with a historic opportunity that Chevrolet designers needed for over 60 years," says Michael Simcoe, vice chairman of International Design at Basic Motors. "It's now America's greatest, new arrival within the Central Motor Sports activities Class. We know that Corvette is capable of keep excessive at its greatest on the planet. "
Supercar professionalism, prime supplies and a spotlight to element have been important in the design of every part of the Stingray gadget. The new engine location is really the centerpiece of automotive design. It is the guts of this next-generation Corvette & # 39; s, and it sits like a gem in an exhibition that can be seen via a large tailgate. Added worth to detail optimizes the appearance of each thread, tube, bolt and fastener, just like trendy strains and motorbike design.
Some design touch factors are:
- Low-profile headlamps designed for all new projectors.
- The utterly hidden door, hood and hatch do not intrude with design.
- Giant aspect stream holes for engine cooling and aerodynamic performance.
- A-pillar shape that transmits velocity and helps with visibility.
- A big tailgate that appears like an engine with seven vents.
- 4-way exhaust pipes for car outboard engines.
- Two-element LED lights with animated reversing alerts.
The forward-looking place of the 2020 Stingray canopy was impressed by its aerospace racing races because of F22, F35 and different trendy fighter jets and Formulation 1 racing races. Different basic Corvette signatures agreed at Stingray embrace a distinctive face that conveys the purpose of the car, the basic horizontal wrinkling, the aggressive entrance fenders and the positioning of familiar double-element headlights.
Extra inside design:
- A cab that has not solely moved forward 16.5 inches however covers the driving force, carries a excessive performance and aviation theme
- Vertical climate controls and ultra-thin vents reduce the height of the instrument cluster, creating a low and spacious inside.
- New, sq., double-sided, small-diameter steering wheel that permits the 12-inch reconfigurable cluster to display an invisible view
2020 Stingray provides top quality and top quality inside ornament materials:
- Hand-woven, minimize and sewn leather element with thick compression seams.
Generous use of metallic.
- Chrome steel loudspeaker grille with Bose Performance Collection.
- Carbon fiber brush for GT2 and competitive sports areas.
- Assortment of both real aluminum or actual carbon fiber for console and door.
Clients can create their very own design studies, where Corvette has ever edited its modifying features:
- 12 exterior colors – flashlight purple, arctic white, black, blade silver metallic, shadow gray, ceramic matrix grey, Long Seashore Purple, Elkhart Lake Blue and Sebring Orange – plus three new colors: Speedy Blue, Zeus Bronze and Speed up Yellow.
- Six indoor themes: Jet Black, Sky Cool Grey, Adrenaline Pink, Natural / Pure Dipped, Two-Tone Blue and Morello Purple.
- Six seat belt colors: black, blue, natural, flashlight pink, yellow and orange.
Two elective sewing kits: yellow and purple. The normal black inside options Sky Cool Gray stitches.
Three places:
- GT1 – a sporty type that emphasizes comfort and supports good efficiency. Features Mulan leather-based upholstery, non-compulsory two-way lumbar help and wing adjustment.
- GT2 – the primary Corvette, these seats have a racing inspired design that gives consolation for long journeys because of dual-density foam. These embrace carbon fiber brush, Napa leather-based upholstery, Mulan leather rests, jet-black painted seat back, two-way lumbar help and wing adjustment, plus heating and air flow.
- Aggressive Sports – Designed for a critical tracked driver, these seats embrace aggressive logs, full Napa seat surfaces and carbon fiber brush headrest, heating and air flow, and a brand new sturdy textile inspired by Kevlar Vests.
Designed to be a real supercar each day
Corvette's construction is constructed round its spine: a central tunnel. This enables a light-weight, rigid structure to perform as a foundation for the suspension system in an optimized method. By eliminating unwanted physique compliance, Corvette clients experience the absolute best driving performance with wonderful lateral efficiency. The automotive has a strong, related street that feels as little vibration as attainable at high speeds or lengthy journeys.
"Our aim was to develop a new sort of sports automotive that mixes Corvette's profitable features with the performance of a mid-engine supercar and driving expertise," says Tadge Juechter, senior engineer at Corvette.
The dominant strategy of the tunnel gives many benefits, reminiscent of:
- Improved torsional rigidity with fastened, mixed really feel each on the street and on the monitor.
- A premium engine car. In contrast to some rivals, there is no need for oversized rocking panels for carrying structural and load weights, which facilitates access to and exit of the car.
- Wonderful stability because of low middle of gravity and wonderful dealing with.
- Corvette & # 39; s beloved commonplace removable roof panel that may be easily saved on the rear frame.
- Entrance storage compartment appropriate for airline-spec and laptop bag.
- Obtainable for both left and proper operating choices – First Corvette.
- Intelligent packaging with improved cabin comfort, together with additional inch rear seat journey and virtually double backrest angle.
A totally new Corvette Stingray is built with a sensible combined material technique that permits key options like:
- Robust, inflexible and light-weight principal structure of six high-pressure aluminum elements, also referred to as Bedford Six, manufactured by GM
- Powertrain in Bedford, Indiana. These reduce the number of car joints, which makes the inflexible construction simpler to deal with and tilt.
LI> Business's first carbon fiber curved rear bumper beam for weight discount.
- Entrance and rear tanks and dashboard molded from a really mild "float" made from fiberglass and patented resin. The material is so mild that it might truly float within the water. It works with different fiberglass and carbon fiber options for a smaller mass and reduces noise and vibration.
Processing: The core of Corvette's fun-to-use DNA
Stingray is designed to offer wonderful driving consolation for the motorway and balanced dealing with on the monitor.
"Thanks to sophisticated suspension geometry, customized tire technology, and great attention to structural details, we've improved driving and handling," stated Juechter. "No Corvette has ever felt so comfortable, agile, and still completely stable."
The new Stingray mannequin has helical pellets that create utterly new driving and dealing with options. The central engine structure permits for a short, straight and rigid management system combined with an updated electronic control system, giving the driving force's physique a short while.
The new seat locations the automotive's middle of gravity close to the driving force's hip, so the automotive actually turns across the driver. It utterly modifications the notion of auto dealing with and response.
Other driving and handling updates embrace:
- The control ratio improved from 16.25: 1 to 15.7: 1.
- New eBoost brakes which might be more correct and tunable.
- The first sports activities automotive software of Michelin's all-season efficiency tire, which may be close to 1G.
- The entrance suspension, which raises grounding in about 40 mm entrance bumper in 2.8 seconds, protects towards bumps, wells, steep roads and different roadblocks. It might operate at speeds as much as 24 mph and might be programmed to operate routinely by way of GPS to memorize up to 1000 places.
- Start the management with the load distribution behind, so the new Stingray can give up the line quicker than any Corvette's history.
The Z51 Performance Pack that launches new know-how for 2020 Stingray:
- Excessive efficiency suspension with manually adjustable coil springs.
- Bigger brake wheels with Z51.
- Improved cooling.
- Particular axis ratio.
- Cooling holes in the entrance brake.
- Efficiency exhaust.
- Digital limited slider built-in with transaxle that modulates the torque between the rear tires, making the car unimaginable stability.
- A entrance divider and an open two-piece rear spoiler that provides as much as 400 kilos of downtime whereas enhancing grip when turning.
- Obtainable Magnetic Experience Control 4.0, which reads the street higher and offers extra detailed info with a sprung accelerometer. Its improved electronics reply quicker and smoother to driver inputs and promote class leading driving.
- Out there Performance Management.
Centered Gemstone
The 2020's Stingray Coronary heart is Chevy's next-generation 6.2L Small Block V-8 LT2, the one naturally absorbed V-Eight phase. It delivers 495 horsepower (369 kW) and 470 lb-ft (637 Nm) of torque with high-performance exhaust – probably the most horsepower and torque for all Corvette markings.
"Although LT2 is now behind the driver, it gives the same experience as everyone expected from Corvette," stated Jordan Lee, GM's International Engineer for Small Block. "LT2 is designed to deliver excellent low end torque and top-of-the-range power to deliver exciting pedal responses at any speed."
The lower transmission place allows optimum dealing with of the low middle of gravity. Maybe the most important improve is from the lubrication and ventilation system. Backside Stingray for the first time makes use of an engine-powered dry oil system and three rinsing pumps to improve monitor efficiency.
Oil quantity stays high on high-speed rail to stop performance degradation. The new Stingray Aspect Capability is significantly improved, so the LT2 Dry Oil Lubrication System had to be redesigned to offer distinctive engine performance beyond lateral over 1G.
Lightweight 3.2 mm thick glass panel with tailgate allows house owners to shut off the engine. This panel has a tilted rear edge for removing heat from the LT2 engine compartment.
Other main engine features embrace:
- A pearl-like setting on the back cover that is visible via the rear window hatch.
- Each part, including exhaust system wires, pipes, routing connectors, coolant hoses, exhaust pipe, and even bolts and fasteners, is inbuilt thoughts. All engine elements have been rigorously thought-about identical to the outside, and even the thermal shields are patterned.
- Brand new block and ventilation system. The crankshaft middle line sits under the inch to the bottom where it is appropriate for transaxle dealing with.
- Low profile oil that reduces mass.
- Oil cooler capacity elevated by 25 %.
- Normal Edge Pink valve covers.
- Totally different Transition
The next era LT2 is mixed with the Chevrolet's first eight-speed dual-circuit power transmission that delivers lightning transmissions and wonderful energy transmission. This transmission is uniquely designed with TREMEC to offer the perfect of both worlds: guide, direct hyperlink guide and automated driving comfort. The dual cylinder change function allows the driving force to remove the change by holding each paddles manually.
Paddle transmitters permit drivers to pick a specific gearbox. "Performance change algorithms are driver-centered so that they can feel like you are doing mental driving – regardless of driving mode – and you keep smaller gear for longer gas response," stated Juechter.
The new Small Block V-Eight has a torque curve optimized for custom-made DCT flash offsets. The engineers place the DCT in a really low first gear with a purpose to reap the benefits of the additional pull in an effort to shortly get out of the road, and its close relations 2 to 6 hold the engine near the peak of power on the monitor. The high seventh and eighth gear makes for straightforward long-haul visitors and wonderful gasoline financial system.
DCT is related to a brand new digital switch space selector. This electrical change has no mechanical connection between the shift lever and the gearbox. The Corvette electrical change has two draw couplings for the swivel and driving controls, and push buttons for the park, impartial and low / guide. Shifter is designed to be more engaging and smaller than a daily gearbox.
Utterly new know-how for improved performance and usefulness
Driver status choices have been prolonged from four to 6, allowing drivers to adjust Corvette's sense of private choice. Recognized weather, cycle, sports, and radio modes stay, and there are two new modes:
- MyMode, a configurable setting for the specified means of driving that can stay between the keys.
- The Z mode, recognized for its well-known Z06, ZR1 and Z51-Corvette efficiency packages, is activated by the steering wheel Z button. This is a disposable area the place the MyMode configurations are taken step-by-step so drivers can even control the engine and gearbox.
The 2020 Stingray benefits from GM's new digital car platform, a totally new digital structure that permits the company's next-generation applied sciences to be deployed. Architecture minimizes wiring and allows quicker sign transfer between totally different car methods and higher resolution displays. The system allows continuous car enhancements without upgrades and improved cyber safety.
Other new know-how features embrace:
- Corvette's next-generation Infotainment system is a quicker and easier and better decision show.
- Chevy's first one-touch Bluetooth pairing with Area Subject connection.
- Wi-fi charging.
- Discover ways to use voice recognition.
- Improved real-time visitors.
- A new 12-inch customizable instrument panel custom-made for all six driver modes.
New electronic options embrace:
- Reminiscence of driver and passenger seat.
- Heated steering wheel.
- Tire Fill Alert warns the driving force when the tire is filling the utmost strain.
- Two new Bose sound techniques: a 10-speaker normal premium system and an obtainable 14-speaker Bose Efficiency Collection system. The loudspeaker grille is built-in within the lower door casing for a classy look that also helps shield the footwear from injury.
- A pioneer within the subject of Performance Knowledge Recorder, a complicated driving analysis device, updated with a excessive definition answer digital camera and a brand new in-vehicle consumer interface. Clients can retailer each circuit and point-to-point course courses. The PDR could be set to auto-record as a dashboard that begins recording each time Corvette is operating, or is configured to start out only when the automotive is set to Valet mode.
Accessibility is nonetheless an indicator
Corvette has all the time represented American design, efficiency, technical ingenuity and accessibility. The Stingray entry 2020 will continue this tradition as a compromise as it starts at less than $ 60,000.
The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will probably be released in the GM Bowling Green Assembly on the end of 2019.
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The Paul Foot Award 2005 Shortlist
CITATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE JUDGES – by Richard Stott
Felicity Lawrence - The Guardian
One of the many aspects of Paul's journalism was his determination to shed light in dark corners others would not visit, particularly among oppressed and marginalised minorities who had no voice until Foot spoke for them.
Felicity Lawrence's painstaking and difficult year-long investigation exposed the exploitation of migrant workers by unscrupulous gang-masters. She revealed widespread practices of cheap and illegal labour often housed in terrible conditions, the unacknowledged price we pay for massive supermarket profits. It is a world of Dickensian squalor, vicious exploitation, greed and government ignorance, exposed fearlessly by a brave reporter.
The Bristolian
Spikey, angry, iconoclastic, rude, abrasive. The "smiter of the high and mighty" says The Bristolian on its masthead, evoking irresistible memories of early Private Eye. Run on its wits, talent and a shoestring, The Bristolian is the authentic voice of the streets. Foot would have loved and admired its two- fingered approach.
John Sweeney - The Daily Mail
John Sweeney's four-year investigation into the terrible injustices suffered by Sally Clark, Angela Cannings and Donna Anthony, wrongly imprisoned for killing their children, led to the exposure of the prosecution's chief witness, the eminent paediatrician Sir Roy Meadow. A campaign that culminated in him being stuck off by the General Medical Council.
Sweeney's relentless pursuit of justice was in the highest tradition of Paul Foot journalism. Initially an unpopular and largely forgotten cause, a battle against apparently insuperable odds and finally the exposure of shocking incompetence and shortcomings in three Establishment professions – police, medicine and the law – that sentenced women to prison for crimes they did not commit. Sweeney's dogged highlighting of these injustices kept the flame of hope alight when it appeared extinguished for ever. As a result many cases have been referred to the Court of Appeal and the guidelines on expert witnesses in child abuse cases have been changed.
Daniel Foggo and Charlotte Edwardes, The Sunday Telegraph
The exposure of the extraordinary fact that the British Pregnancy Advisory Service – an NHS funded charity and Britain's largest abortion provider – was facilitating illegal late abortions, was a show-stopper in true Foot tradition. Meticulously researched and well written, the report led inevitably to a Department of Health inquiry into the BPAS and a report critical of the agency by the chief medical officer.
Eamonn O'Neill – The Herald (Glasgow)
Foot relished nothing better than the pursuit of a bent copper. Eamonn O'Neill's tenacious and lengthy quest for justice in the case of Robert Brown, who spent 25 years in jail – put there by a detective later convicted for corruption – before being cleared of murder, echoes some of Paul's most famous campaigns. This was raw, cutting-edge journalism at its best.
Heather Brooke - The Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times, New Statesman, The Indpendent, The Guardian and The Times
The cornerstone of Paul's journalism was the public's right to know what their leaders were doing in their name. He took the view we probably wouldn't like it if we knew and that is why they lied and covered-up when they could. In a raft of investigations, Heather Brooke has campaigned tirelessly to strip away the secrecy our rulers would impose if we let them. But for the tenacity and breadth of knowledge of such journalists as Heather, they would probably succeed.
The glittering awards ceremony takes place on Tuesday at swanky restaurant, Simpsons-in-the-Strand in London.
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Entering the Temple of Dreams: Jewish Prayers, Movements, and Meditations for the End of the Day
byTamar Frankiel, Judy Greenfeld
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This inspiring, informative guide shows us how we can use the often overlooked time at the end of each day to enhance our spiritual, physical and psychological wellbeing. Each chapter takes a new look at traditional Jewish prayers and what they have to teach us about the spiritual aspects of preparing for the end of the day, and of sleep itself.
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Fear the Brutes, Microsoft announces Halo Wars 2
Microsoft just announced that they are in fact making Halo Wars 2. The original was well received back in 2009 by critics and fans which garnered a respectable 82 score overall on Metacritic. That is quite a feat for an RTS on a console, not to mention the fact it was a spin-off from an FPS.
Developed by 343 and Creative Assembly, the teaser is only a minute long, but we do get a glimpse of the UNSC retreating, out of fear from a Brute while he casually taunts them with "Yes, run little demons" while wielding what looks to be an upgraded gravity hammer. The other Spartans are being lifted by their necks and tossed like rag dolls by the Brutes.
The original focused on the earlier years of the war with covenant being the biggest threat, and then introduced both the flood and brutes. This time, however, it looks like the Brutes may play a bigger role in the upcoming game. My biggest hope for the next installment is that I will have the ability to customize my base and set it up how I want instead of having predetermined locations laid out without the ability to change or move buildings around to my liking.
Halo Wars 2 is coming to Xbox One and Windows 10 Fall 2016.


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American Transcendentalism: An Online Travel Guide
Journals Poetry Special Presentations Syllabus WebQuests Links & References About This Site
WebQuest: Transcendentalism: Observing the World Around Us
Overview: In this WebQuest, you will learn about the ways in which Ralph Waldo Emerson establishes and Henry David Thoreau reflects the Transcendentalist emphasis on nature. Together, the two initiated a long literary tradition of nature writing. Here you can see the growing emphasis on the American landscape and setting as an important focus for American writing.
1: Learn about Ralph Waldo Emerson's approach to the intellectual journey.
2: Learn about the life and work of Henry David Thoreau.
Step 3: Learn about the unique relationship between Emerson and Thoreau.
Step 4: Explore Thoreau's approach to close observation.
Read the following Thoreau excerpts in The Norton Book of Nature Writing: excerpt from A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (170-172); "Walking" (180-205); excerpt from The Maine Woods (205-211); and excerpt from Journals (211-220). Read also Thoreau's essay, "A Winter Walk."
Step 5: Read Chapter 2 from Hannah Hinchman's A Trail Through Leaves: The Journal as a Path to Place.
Journal Prompts
As always, at least one of your journal entries this week should be in response to the WebQuest. Here are some possible prompts to get you started on that task (but you aren't limited to these starting points!).
Journal Prompt #1: Emerson's writings raise the questions: "What is authority?" and "What defines truth?" Drawing from the Emerson journal excerpts, from the essay "Nature," and/or "The American Scholar," summarize your understanding of Emerson's answers to these two questions.
Journal Prompt #2: Thoreau's writings also try to answer the questions: "What is authority?" and "What defines truth?" Drawing from the Thoreau journal excerpts, from any of the Thoreau readings in The Norton Book of Nature Writing, and/or from "A Winter Walk," summarize your understanding of Thoreau's answers to the two questions.
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about Thoreau as a "disciple" of Emerson for the March 27 essay)
As always, be sure to include resources from the WebQuest (you'll want to cite at least one of the pieces on nature writing in Step 1). See the Essay Guidelines for more detail about research, sources, length requirements, and documentation. Essay due to Dr. Tate via email by March 27 at 3:00 p.m.
"American Transcendentalism: An Online Travel Guide" was produced by students in ENGL 446, American Transcendentalism, and ENGL 447, American Literature and the Prominence of Place: A Travel Practicum. These courses were team-taught in the Department of English at Shepherd College (now Shepherd University), Shepherdstown, West Virginia, in Spring 2002 by Dr. Patricia Dwyer and Dr. Linda Tate. For more information on the course and the web project, visit "About This Site." © 2003 Linda Tate.


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Consider movies, TV shows, or advertisements that you have recently seen. How is the act of eating depicted, particularly among ethnic, regional, or socioeconomic groups? Similarly, how is being thin depicted? How is being overweight depicted? How could these depictions influence young persons' views of food? (Chard & Roth, 2015)
Broadcast media and digital media has been a major influence in people's life. Movies, TV shows, and advertisements have become such an integral part of life, we often fail to recognize the impact it can have on our choices. Numerous movies and TV shows have scenes with characters eating food. It can be characters of TV series 'Friends' celebrating Thanksgiving by eating turkey, character Marie from 'Everybody Loves Raymond' cooking food for her family or casual dinner dates in every other movie or TV show. Popular TV shows like 'Friends', 'Big Bang Theory' and 'How I met your mother' repeatedly portray their characters consuming the ethnic food. TV show 'Friends' characters Joey Tribbiani and Chandler Bing are often portrayed consuming Chinese food as their favorite food. TV show 'Big Bang Theory' characters have assigned days for consuming a variety of cuisine every day, including Thai, Chinese, and Indian. In a way, this promotes ethnic food consumption as young people usually follow the likes and dislikes of their favorite characters in movies and TV shows. Considering the fan following of these TV shows, these scenes offer a medium for introducing various cuisines.
The type of food, its availability, and preparation is heavily influenced by geographic region. Coconut, for example, thrives on sandy soils, requires warm conditions, and are intolerant of cold weather. As a result, most of the world production of coconut is in tropical Asia. The blue crab is an important symbol of coastal Maryland, and people socialize with friends and family at crab feasts eating a pile of steaming crabs together (Chard & Roth, 2015). As a result, food advertisements, movies, and TV shows illustrate geographical regions with emphasis on locally unique and popular food culture. For instance, serving food on a banana leaf would associate the southern region of India while using chopsticks would remind East Asia primarily Chinese, Thai, Japanese and Vietnamese cuisines. However, using stereotype food choices in the TV movies and TV shows as per character's country of origin is common. Italians are repeatedly portrayed eating only Italian dishes like pasta or meatballs, Asians eating noodles or rice with chopsticks, and Indian food is often depicted to be very spicy.
Television is arguably the most influential form of mass media. It plays a critical role in encouraging body dissatisfaction. Media has been criticized for depicting thin women as ideal (Holmstrom, 2004). The movies, TV shows and advertisements constantly portray an ideal and beautiful body for women as one that is thin. When young women look at such images, they self-assess, often resulting in dissatisfaction with their own body. Consequently, reducing their self-confidence, leading to low self-esteem and at times leading to eating disorders. Females are far more likely than males to be depicted wearing tight or alluring apparel, showing some exposed skin, thin and referenced by another character (verbally or non-verbally) as physically attractive or desirous (Smith, Choueiti, Prescott, & Pieper, 2013). In a segment titled 'The Dangerous Pressure on Teens to Be Thin' by Katie Couric, Dr. Cyntha Bulik, Ph.D. (Director, UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders) participated in a discussion along with young female students. The female students described the pressure they feel to be thin. One student explained how the media plays a significant role in changing their perception of own body. Being constantly bombarded with images of women who look unnaturally perfect can have a negative impact on the minds of young people. In this video, Dr. Bulik and others also discuss how professionals use Photoshop software to portray perfect bodies of models and actors.
(Source: Katie Couric YouTube Channel )
TV shows often stereotypically portray overweight characters as either comedic, lonely characters or crazy individuals. On The Drew Carey Show, the main character repeatedly joked about and expressed disappointment about his weight; his main "nemesis," Mimi, was portrayed as being unattractive partially because of her weight (Whyte, 2010). The overweight characters are depicted not having control over their diets and frequently eating unhealthy food. In TV series 'Friends', one of the main characters in her teen years is shown overweight, always consuming unhealthy food and being shamed by her parents and friends because of her body. In 2016, Sports Illustrated magazine featured a plus size model Ashley Graham in their swimsuit edition, stirring a controversy. Former model Cheryl Tiegs expressed her disapproval for featuring 'overweight' model on the magazine cover. She claimed that being overweight is unhealthy and should not be promoted. Of course, news channels and social media made sure of spreading this news to the whole country. Consequently, after receiving a backlash, the former model apologized for her criticism. Episodes like this have a potential for reducing the self-worth of those who are overweight and struggling with obesity.
There are some advertisements which downright humiliate the overweight individuals. In 2009, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) released an advertisement on a billboard to promote the vegetarian diet. The billboard reads "Save the Whales – Lose the Blubber: GO VEGETARIAN" with a picture of an overweight woman. This created a lot of controversy about the insensitive approach of PETA to address a good cause with an insulting advertisement.
(Source: PETA)
Also, there are extensive numbers of advertisements which promote unhealthy fast-food. For instance, celebrity Beyonce promoting Pepsi soft drink, other sugary beverages and cereals being promoted, and fast food restaurants promoting unhealthy food. All of these advertisements can negatively affect young person's view on food. Movies, TV shows, and Advertisements are going to be in our lives forever- introducing new foods, cuisines, and culture. The harmful portrayals of the thin or overweight body will also continue. Teaching generations after us that what we see in the media is not necessarily what they should aim for is required.
Chard, S., & Roth, E. G. (2015). Food, Culture, and Society. In R. A. Neff (Ed.), Introduction to the US Food System: Public Health, Environment, and Equity (pp. 215-236). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Couric, K. (2014, July 14). The Dangerous Pressure On Teens To Be Thin [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bP05Cx0Css
Holmstrom, A. J. (2004). The Effects of the Media on Body Image: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 48(2), 196-217.
PETA [Image]. (2009). 'Save The Whales, Lose The Blubber' Billboard. Retrieved from http://www.nutritionunplugged.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/whalebb4.jpg
Smith, S. L., Choueiti, M., Prescott, A., & Pieper, K. (2013). Gender Roles & Occupations: A Look at Character Attributes and Job-Related Aspirations in Film and Television. Retrieved February 29, 2016, from http://seejane.org/wp-content/uploads/key-findings-gender-roles-2013.pdf
Whyte, J. (2010). Media Portrayal of People Who are Obese. AMA Journal of Ethics, Formerly Virtual Mentor, 12(4), 321-323. Retrieved from http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2010/04/msoc1-1004.html


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Welcome to Ron Jeuch's Antique Clock Reproductions. Thanks for dropping in and spending some time.
My daily life revolves around business computers. High-tech sometimes is stressful, other times it can be boring. Building things with wood is a welcome distraction. There is visible progress. Any problems coming along can be linked only to the builder.
I have been building reproductions of classic antique tall floor clocks for several years. This all got started with a photograph of a clock that was built around the year 1900 in England. It was a massive piece of Oak furniture with simple straight lines, a mixture of Shaker and Mission styles.
It took a considerable effort to find thick Oak planks and a fitting clock movement without any drawings and leads to suppliers. However, the result is quite pleasing as you will see on subsequent pages.
Later, I came across a company, Emperor Clock, Fairhope, Alabama that sells kits for building reproductions of classic tall clocks from centuries past. I was impressed with the quality of the workmanship, from the carved wood pieces and beveled polished glass to the movements and dials.
Six clocks later, I am pressed for space in my house. Therefore, you are welcome to contact me should you be interested in getting one of these remarkable clocks. Yes, they are for sale!
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