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Explosive new book Blacklisted launches at Houses of Parliament
Last Thursday, Theresa May announced a public inquiry into undercover police
spying on peaceful protest campaigns and bereaved parents of murder
victims. This came on the same day as the publication of an important
new book called Blacklisted: The Secret War Between Big Business and
Union Activists, written by Dave Smith and Phil Chamberlain
and published by New Internationalist.
The book, exposing the illegal blacklisting scandal orchestrated by the largest transnational construction companies in Britain including McAlpine, Carillion, Costain, Balfour Beatty, Skanska and Kier, provides previously unseen documentary evidence about the role of
undercover police spying units in colluding with the blacklisting conspiracy.
Speaking of the book, co-author and Blacklisted worker Dave Smith said: 'There are secret political police in the UK; they are called Special Branch, MI5, GCHQ, NETCU and SDS. These coercive arms of the state see their role as supporting big business against anyone who may threaten their profits. Trade unions and peaceful campaign groups are viewed as the enemy.
'Undercover police infiltration of justice campaigns set up by bereaved relatives, anti-racist and environmental groups and trade unions is an affront to democracy - it is essential that this is part of the remit of the public inquiry announced by Theresa May. Blacklisted workers should be consulted before the inquiry starts.
'Blacklisting is no longer an industrial relations issue: it is a conspiracy orchestrated by directors of multinational companies and the security services against trade unions. Blacklisting is not just in construction, it is endemic across UK industry from NHS whistleblowers, airlines, North Sea, retail and railways. We now know that the fire brigades' union, UNISON, CWU and NUT were also targets of this national scandal. The full extent of the corporate and police spying against trade unions demands that blacklisting is given a full standalone public inquiry of its own.'
A statement from Peter Francis former SDS undercover police spy and now police whistleblower was read out. In it he said: 'I would like to take this opportunity to unreservedly apologize to all the union members I personally spied upon and reported back on whilst deployed undercover in the SDS, including those not only engaged in working in the construction industry but also those in the National Union of Students (NUS), National Union of Teachers (NUT), Communication Workers' Union (CWU), UNISON and the Fire Brigades' Union (FBU).
'I am prepared to repeat all of this under oath at the public inquiry and should UCATT or any other union or the blacklisted campaigners wish me to, in any court cases they might bring against the relevant UK authorities.
'This remarkable, well-researched and must-read book clearly shows how police spying on political activists has destroyed lives and that I, most unfortunately and regrettably, played a part in this.'
At last weeks's launch John McDonnell MP highlighted the 'heroic campaign' undertaken by all those involved with the book, stating that Blacklisted will help 'right some of the wrongs' individuals fighting for justice have faced for many years. He also highlighted the important role New Internationalist had played in bringing the book to publication, citing the reluctance of other publishers approached to take on the project for fear of legal action.
Journalist and co-author Phil Chamberlain said: 'They tried to tell us that blacklisting didn't happen. They said there was no evidence. They said nothing could be changed. Drawing upon years of research and hundreds of interviews we demonstrate a failure at every turn by the state to act upon this scandal. And the reason is not incompetence but collusion. But we also show how an alliance of those affected brought this scandal out of the shadows. A full public inquiry is needed to ensure that justice is done.'
Dave Smith concluded: 'Blacklisted is very much a team effort. It is the fruit of a campaign for justice involving investigative journalists, unions, politicians, lawyers and activists, but above all blacklisted workers themselves. Blacklisted is not just a book, it is a political hand grenade that will blow the scandal wide open. It is part of the ongoing fight for justice.'
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A 12-point, 12-rebound and three-block effort from Aysia Shellmire on Tuesday would suggest otherwise, but the Indians appeared mostly lost in a 56-40 defeat to West Ranch in the second round of the West Coast Holiday Festival.
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Yup, NIMH is (in)famous for this. Some topics just are not considered "mental health" and if that is what you want to study your are SOL with them. I have not figured out who picks the in and out topics. However, I have lucked my way in to working on "in" topics and this can get you funded with what would appear to be unfundable score.
Actually, its usually NIH staff who picks the topics, often in consultation with Important People in the Field.
But! Finding this out is not too difficult. Every IC publishes statements about interests. They usually have multiple statements in multiple places.
So to pick a small, and obscure IC: National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). There is a reason I'm picking NIDCR, which I will make clear to you. Promise.
Here is the overall statement of the NIDCR mission. If one searches for "mission" and the name of the IC, one can almost always find something.
The mission of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is to improve dental, oral, and craniofacial health through research, research training, and the dissemination of health information. We accomplish our mission by:
Performing and supporting basic, translational, and clinical research;
Conducting and funding research training and career development programs to ensure an adequate number of talented, well-prepared, and diverse investigators;
Coordinating and assisting relevant research and research-related activities among all sectors of the research community;
Promoting the timely transfer of knowledge gained from research and its implications for health to the public, health professionals, researchers, and policy-makers.
Admittedly, this is kind of vague, if you are asking "do they fund what I do?". In fact, this could be the mission of any IC as it has little that is specific to this Institute. So go further.
Here is the link to their Strategic Plan. Note the strategic plan is 2014-2019. Thus, if one is looking in 2016, one might also wish to look for updates. The specific goals are also kind of vague, but now include the words "dental" "oral" and "craniofacial health". For example:
GOAL 1: Support the best science to improve dental, oral, and craniofacial health.
Luckily each goal has a link to a number of objectives. If you follow the first one, there are a couple of objectives that are still rather vague:
Objective 1.1: Enable basic research to advance knowledge of dental, oral, and craniofacial health.
This may do little for you, but the 6-8 paragraphs that follow this statement are a veritable gold mine, nay platinum mine, of information. To wit, there are lots of specific words, including:
- salivary gland research
- the role and formation of viral reservoirs in oral cells and tissues,
- fundamental oropharyngeal cancer research
- basic mechanisms of cell biology such as growth and development, differentiation, stem-cell function, and regeneration
Further, on the NIDCR grants and funding page is a link for "Funding Opportunity Announcements" with a link to "by topic". This is a list of 21 subsidiary links, including "health disparities", "small business" "career development" "AIDS" and "training". Lots of good stuff. When you follow any of these links, you arrive at a page of PARs, and, importantly, a PO person with the responsibility for those particular PA's.
This is important, and part of my point here (if you've read this far). Say you work on viral replication and can't get funded at infectious diseases. Does your virus show up in the mouth? Have you searched to see if anyone thinks your virus, your viral mechanism, your whatever is relevant in the mouth? You may not have thought of that, but, if it does, can you envision a particular set of experiments, that at the bench, in the system you know, will tell you something that people who care about this virus in the mouth will want to know? Do you work on the cellular basis of pain, and are getting little love from NINDS? One of those 21 links is Orofacial Pain, Temporomandibular Joint Disorder & Neurobiology.
The reason I picked NIDCR is because most of my loyal readers have probably not given one whiff of a thought about dental research. In fact, most probably get a clenching feeling in their gut when the word "dental" shows up. Yet, one does not have to be a dentist, or working in a dental school, to do work that is of interest to NIDCR.
If you look at funding levels and paylines in this valuable table, you can see that success rate at NIDCR is 21.5% as compared to NCI which is 14.1% or 24.8% at NIGMS. Here is an NIH link to even more data where funding rates are broken down by mechanism. Looking by mechanism is maybe even more important if you are doing a training mechanism to discover what and who a particular IC funds.
Of course there is a cost to doing this. If your virus is mainly a respiratory virus, and rare in the mouth, the PO will know it. You need to do enough work to make sure your project is viable and of interest. It will take time to make this transition. Time in thinking and time in reading and time in writing.
There is an important caveat to all this. If you go at this research with a "they would be lucky to have me and my project" you will not get funded. Funding is still competitive at NIDCR. You cannot just go through your proposal and everywhere it says "lung" change it to "mouth". You need to read and learn the interests of a new IC. You need to think about transitioning your project. And you must talk to the PO at the IC and make sure they are interested in you. They might not be. You may have to do more transitioning.
A final word to the my-work-is-perfect-the-way-it-is type. If you're funded, and you keep getting funded, ahf mir gezogt. One hears a lot of ranting and raving and railing about the unfairness of it all. The horribleness of BSDs who take all the monez. That they don't like me because I'm female, of color, physically challenged. These things may, and in some cases are quite likely true. You can decide to leave, and that's a hard, but honorable decision. If, however, you want to stay, and you want to play, and you are not getting funded with what you do right now, its time to think about an alternate NIH strategy. Here is one.


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In "No Sign until the Burst of Fire: Understanding the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier," Thomas Johnson and Chris Mason argue that Pashtun tribal identities explain the lure of the Taliban and the shortcomings of the initial U.S. approach to the war in Afghanistan. 1 They carry this argument too far, however, and engage in cultural reductionism by portraying the Pashtun tribal code as the determining factor behind politics and preferences in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA). Johnson and Mason make the following errors: (1) treating Pashtun identity as if it were set in stone; (2) failing to consider that today's radical Islamists rely on different sources of support than did the mullahs (Islamic religious leaders) who led jihads against the British Empire; and (3) misinterpreting the role of the ofªcial maliks (tribal and village leaders) in the FATA.
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Good, now that I have your attention, I would like to talk about the issue of gem augmenting that is causing players no end of grief and that you have not properly addressed at all. From what the community gathers, you guys and gals don't care about the player base at all, but what is in our pockets. I guess that's what a lot of developer teams do from other games, but you are better than this... or at least you should be. Secondly, the new gem augmenting system you implemented is awful. It's so bad. I'm never augmenting my gems again until it's fixed. First of all... it costs Lunar souls to change a stat on an item, which means that at MAX you can change the stat of two gems per week. But that's only scratching the surface because today I rolled my gem on my gunslinger from max health to... and get this... PERCENTAGE MAX HEALTH. I wanted to die. I had just wasted 3 lunar souls, 2100 eyes of Q'bthulu, and 4 binding darkness that I will never get back. Fix this problem so that you can choose what stat you want and so you don't make multiple people put holes in their computer screens.
The other thing about gem augmenting is improving the stats on a gem. For those of you who don't know this, the bronze augment item is the best one there and it is the only one you should get. The other two may improve the stats a LITTLE more, but they cost 5-6x the price. It's not worth it at all. MAKE it so that it doesn't cost as much flux so that free to play players, yeah, you know... the ones you don't care about because they're smart enough not to spend money on this game, can actually get somewhere in the game.
The last point I want to make is one everyone has been yelling at you for as long as I can remember... and it is... MAKE GEM DUST/BOXES/ACTUAL GEMS tradable. Do you know how long it takes to farm 10k gem dust? And do you know how much gem dust it costs to upgrade stellar gems? If you did, then you would have fixed this problem already.
I want you know that it is not just me thinking this, but almost everyone else out there playing the game. You are turning this game into Spiral Knights. If you don't get the reference, look up the game, it's bad.
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A few incidents today that make me go "Sigh..."
Incident number one. "My check engine light is on and flashing." I explain this is the ECU letting the driver know a severe misfire in one or more cylinders is detected. The customer explains it can't be because they had all the plugs and wires and coils changed previously. I then explained I never said it was that, but that you do have a misfire and if you would like I could look into the issue. "But the breathalyzer device is on, you can't start and stop the engine all the time."
Call me when it is off, I can't get those things to operate with my Asthma...Sigh...
A phone call and a girl upset that the tire she brought in last week for me to mount on a rim has a sidewall cut now. I explained to bring it down and I will see if she needs a new tire or rim since she drove on it flat....Sigh
A Silverado which has a check engine light on. The owner said "a parts place" checked the code and told him to replace the Oxygen Sensor. I asked "Which one, there is four." and he replied he didn't know. I visually inspected the truck after seeing four different codes for the Bank 1 Sensor 2 Oxygen sensor.
Fix some chewed up wiring and goodtogo.....Sigh.
The last, up to the point of posting this today, was a phone call from a local DIY'er.
"I have a brake hose burst, I replaced it but the bleeder won't come loose on the caliper. Can I bring it up right now?"
I explained my racks were full of cars that needed finishing. I could easily get it in the morning or on Thursday.
He replied. "But I'll pay you if I can have you do it today!"
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The Hale Road Tavern is being recognised as one of the best places to eat in the area and is quickly gaining a wonderful reputation with a busy trade in the restaurant, bar and popular bottle shop. The chefs keep the food anything but simple with good size servings, quality product and exceptional value.
The High Road Hotel is a unique venue located just minutes from the busy Cannington retail precinct and Canning Vale Business Park, in the heart of Riverton. With a gorgeous, recently renovated outdoor area, the Bistro is the perfect spot to enjoy a meal with friends or family. There is also a great selection of live entertainment on throughout the week.
This traditional Aussie-style pub offers unsurpassed views over the Swan River from its elevated position. There's a selection of popular local brews on tap, plus reasonably priced pub grub available.
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Welcome to a place where you can relax and catch up with friends, without the crowds and pressure of larger pubs. Welcome to inner city style without fuss. A place to watch the world go by, while you enjoy exceptional food complemented by your choice of drinks. A place for business lunches, after work cocktails or for meeting friends for dinner before a night out on the town.
Welcome to The Publican. Relax in the lounge, indulge in fresh, contemporary cuisine or chill out in the courtyard.
The Causeway is a newly renovated & refurbished venue with two bars in full function. The main room holding 150 people with a DJ booth & dance stage. There is also an outdoor alfresco area for those who want to have a drink while watching the sun go down. The back room is a more relaxing area with couches spread across a space holding 100 people. The back alfresco area is a place to go for some sun with astro-turf covering the area.
Victoria Park has never had a bar where a younger demographic can go to have a dance, enjoy drinks at reasonable prices & socialise. Cocktails, beers, slushies, spirit mixes and more are on the drinks menu with 10 different styles of pizza, chips & wedges available if you get hungry while enjoying the atmosphere that is "The Causeway"
Uni night on Thursdays from 5pm til 12am !
Also Open from 4pm to 12am Friday & Saturday (Free party buses both nights into the city at close)
Welcome to Mt Henry Tavern. A venue offering a comfortable atmosphere, warm and cosy bars and restaurant complete with fireplaces and a tree lined beer garden. Mt Henry is renowned for its affordable dining and great entertainment. Mt Henry Tavern is only 5 minutes from the city on Manning Road exit off Kwinana freeway with plenty of parking.
Originally built in 1907, Gosnells Hotel is the oldest public building in the City of Gosnells. Today, Gosnells hotel boasts a huge bistro, 2 separate outdoor areas, a Sports Bar, function facilities and drive through Bottleshop.
Did we mention the Melbourne tram cleverly transformed into a Kids Club? Think Gosnells. Think BIG. We've got the lot.
Meet up at Paddy Hannan's: your local Irish pub, from Ireland.
A wonderful Irish pub shipped all the way to Australia and rebuilt next to the Casino. There is nothing like Paddy Hannan's fun Irish atmosphere. Enjoy Irish hospitality, ales and stouts, hearty pub food, and live music. Enjoy a pint of Guinness in a genuine Irish pub and fantastic live entertainment every week. Check out the menu and live entertainment from bands, DJs and more.
After Paddy's, the next best Irish pub is in Ireland!
The Pagoda Restaurant & Bar is a historic Perth landmark offering panoramic river views and a relaxed dining experience with contemporary cuisine and friendly service.
Perfect for any dining occasion, Pagoda Restaurant & Bar is also suitable to simply take some time out while enjoying an icy cold beverage from the extensive wine list or cocktail menu.
Start your day with a delicious buffet breakfast or perhaps enjoy something sumptuous from the seasonal Mediterranean menu for lunch and dinner.
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The Empire Bar has brought a new meaning to the phrase 'the local'.
Soft furnishings, funky décor and plush open spaces greet the eye upon arrival, blending the traditional Australian pub with a stylish twist. Feast on casual contemporary delicacies in the elegant surrounds of the restaurant or sit back and dine on fine food with a glass of your favourite wine in the wine bar.
Indulge your senses with live acoustic sets and eclectic commercial tunes from our house DJs
This dedicated function room is available to hire for conferences, sundowners, corporate events and sit down lunch or dinner banquets. Features include private bar, an extensive range of AV equipment and a picture-perfect breakout area overlooking the Empire Beer Garden.
Tantalise your taste buds at Café 196 with a variety of menu choices . Open daily for buffet breakfast and a-la-carte dinner.
Cafe 196 is located on the ground floor of the Perth Ambassador Hotel in Western Australia, and offers buffet breakfast and a la carte dinner service 7 days.
The restaurant offers friendly and attentive service. The Cafe 196 menu comprises a blend of both Asian and Australian influences, showcasing both cooking styles, diversity of flavours, colours and textures. Meals are complimented by a selection of local and national boutique beers, world-class wines and enticing cocktails.
As part of the Mantra on Hay, Benson's gives weary travellers the sort of unpretentious dining experience they might be craving when away from the comforts of home. Simply furnished in unobtrusive earthy shades, the space is equally inviting for harried CBD workers as for the hotel guests, drawing customers from the street as well as the rooms. Those craving comfort food will gratefully fall over the selection of hearty soups, juicy roasts and rustic tarts. Alternatively, these homely favourites are supplemented by the surprising addition of inventive pan-Asian dishes.
Located on the stunning South Perth foreshore, The Boatshed Restaurant's amazing, uninterrupted views of Perth city are equally matched by the high quality of taste
Located on the street level of Adelaide Terrace, Joe's features a sumptuous array of dishes from Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore - each prepared in a spectacular open kitchen. The meals are inexpensive and each carries a "chilli coding", indication of whether they are spicy or mild.
The ethos behind the menus is simple, hearty food using only ingredients of the highest possible quality.
When searching for inspiration Executive Chef Mark Sainsbury explored provincial Italian cooking and has developed a menu that serves down to earth, rustic and uncomplicated food.
There is a strong Australian influence and where possible, local West Australian products feature.
Our cuisine is often described as modern Australian. A blending of the world's finest culinary techniques, and Australia's abundant, choice, fresh produce; resulting in what is the most exciting, innovative, and above all flavoursome cuisine today.
The food offers clarity, harmony and some surprise, with influences that are authentic, imaginative, and traditional, to satisfy every imaginable sensibility.
Ninniku Jip opened in the suburb of Victoria Park, Perth Western Australia in May 2006.
The location is situated in the south of the main river close to the Perth CBD (approx 3km) and also to prime universities such as Curtin and Murdoch.
Since opening, the restaurant has grown into a highly successful and widely recognised facility in Perth amongst young families, gourmet travellers, the Asian community, overseas students and young professionals.
Embrace all the wonders of tea, every weekend in Origins Restaurant. Beautiful three tiered stands, jewelled with savoury bites and picture perfect cakes will be served as you sip on organic tea, espresso coffee and sparkling wine.
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Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner with both buffet and à la carte dining options.
Our award-winning buffet caters for all tastes offering, garden fresh salads, antipasto, homemade soups, traditional roast carvery, hot dishes inspired by Pan Pacific's Asian heritage, a live cooking station and an impressive selection of fresh Australian seafood on Fridays and Saturdays during dinner. Our dessert bar is a wonderland for lovers of sweet treats. Expect to enjoy homemade ice-cream, sorbet, petite cakes, warm puddings, cookies, madelines, macarons, meringues, marshmallows, lollies and much more.
Alternatively, the extensive à la carte menu caters for all tastes and the delicious dessert selection showcases culinary creations to satisfy your taste buds.
Monday to Saturday: 6:00am to 10:00am
Sunday and Public Holidays: 6:00am to 11:00am
Monday to Saturday: 12:00pm to 2:30pm
Sunday and Public Holidays: 12:30pm to 3:00pm
Monday to Sunday and Public Holidays: 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Warm and welcoming, the Lobby Lounge is a great place to connect with friends or colleagues over a glass of wine. With a wide selection of cocktails and delicious light meals, the Lobby Lounge is the perfect venue to shift from day into night whilst reconnecting with family, friends or work colleagues. The resident pianist elevates the lobby atmosphere to new levels.
Dux is an owner operated Café Restaurant in the heart of South Perth. David and Sheryn Alexander began life at Dux in 2003 and along with their carefully hand picked team have developed a stunning restaurant. The Dux style is modern and appealing with a fantastic international menu, beautiful art and colourful yet tasteful décor.
Whether Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner Dux can offer everything from a relaxed café alfresco style to a more secluded and intimate dining experience. We are fully licensed with an extensive Wine and Beverage list. The coffee is fantastic, dine in or take away and all sweets, cakes and desserts are made on site.
The Red Cray has been part of Perth's culinary scene since its establishment in 2003. Family run and owned, the Singh brothers take pride in providing you with the freshest, local seafood, complimented by a relaxed and friendly dining atmosphere. All this with a view of the Swan River from our alfresco room.
Red Cray is a fully licensed restaurant with the option of BYO wine only ($6 BYO per bottle). Enjoy the benefits of onsite parking and a neighbouring bottle shop.
Welcome to Aquarium Seafood Chinese Restaurant.
When you want to enjoy a truly sumptuous feast of authentic Chinese cuisine at a classy restaurant with impeccable service, come to our award-winning restaurant. We sincerely invite you to dine with us, and experience the magic for yourselves.
Popular with Asians and non Asians alike, Aquarium Seafood Chinese Restaurant is the perfect fine dining, banquet and function venue for celebrating special occasions. Our restaurant is also a favourite place for business people to impress clients, families to relax over a meal, friends to enjoy each other's company and fabulous food, and anyone who wants to impress a special date.
Our close proximity to Perth's main airports and Burswood International Resort makes us a winning stop for interstate visitors and international guests and gamers alike.
What else sets us apart from the typical Chinese restaurant?
Vegetarian options and Takeaway available
Ciao Italia was opened in August 1999 by a young Italian chef, Spartaco Rotella. Spartaco decided to open the place as a Take Away Restaurant and because Ciao Italia has been a great success since the opening day. The owner decided in a few months time, to put some extra tables inside and the number increased from 5 to 15 tables. Since then Ciao italia has grown even more and has the ability hold up 90 people.
Ciao Italia is well known for its typical Italian food, including its 14 different types of Pizzas (cooked in a wood fire oven) and its famous happy environment, filled with Italian music, warm colours, amazing pictures from all over Italy and very loud people.
Located near the markets in Canning Vale is Market City Tavern. They have thought of everything here, with a great bistro where you can enjoy a delicious meal, a bar which provides a relaxing environment to catch up with friends, and there is a sports bar with a massive 150 inch projector screen. Additionally there is a Cellarbrations bottle shop for all your take away needs and also a Pub TAB. You won't need to go anywhere else.
For friendly service and quality meals you can't go past the Nicholson's experience! Based in Canningvale, Western Australia, our restaurant and functions centre can cater for all your culinary desires.
Nicholson's is renowned for it's generous servings and great value for money. It is because of this that many of our patrons visit us time after time. Food the way it should be!
Along with a delicious menu we also have an extensive range of beverages to satisfy your thirst. With the freshest of local ingredients being used, our superb menu features a huge range of mouth-watering options for you to choose from. We have a wide choice of seating environments for you to choose from; in winter you can feast indoors near our log fire, and in summer you can dine outside in our shaded courtyard. Nicholson's Bar & Grill is a popular venue with a warm and friendly smoke free environment.
Open all day for lunch and dinner The Burrendah offers not only the best priced meals in town but superb food to match, the newly refurbished lounge bar complemented with the beautiful serene alfresco area makes The Burrendah the perfect place to enjoy a meal.
Our profesionnaly crafted menu is prepared and cooked by Mahesh Weeratunga a finalists in the AHA awards for Excellence, Mahesh has gathered a talented kitchen who are proven to deliver the best quality dishes money can buy.
The Hotel, a previously decaying heritage icon, has been transformed into a bustling and vibrant venue not to be missed. The Broken Hill Hotel is one of Perth's best, serving great coffee all day, sumptuous lunch menus and in the evening, a stylish dinner menu based around dishes to share. The modern pub food is served in healthy proportions using the freshest of local ingredients. The wine list is a comprehensive range of local and international varietals, augmented by a complete range of beer and spirits.
You can expect the best from the Broken Hill Hotel with an enthusiastic welcome, quality fresh cuisine, premium affordable wines, innovative design, all entwined within a lush terraced beer garden and an outstanding heritage building incorporating the bar/lounge/restaurant.
Our bistro is a great place to have a sumptuous meal with family or friends in a casual relaxed setting.
With a whole variety of pub style meals to choose from and the best value menu this side of Perth you'll be able to keep everyone happy.
We cater for children with kids meals available, colouring-in & free slushee softdrinks.
We are well known for our juicy Black Angus Steaks using only Certified Black Angus beef which is fast becoming known for its tenderness and unique flavour. Come try the difference for yourself!
We also do the best authentic wood fired gourmet pizzas this side of Perth with take away available. Our chef's also offers daily meal specials.
Following recent market research, it is evident that local residents are becoming increasingly frustrated by the lack of surrounding venues catering for their changing expectations. It is clear that locals are ready something more sophisticated, that can be appreciated by local businesses and residents alike.
Located at the entry of Westfield Carousel, on Albany Highway, the arrival of The Craftsman Bar+Brasserie will offer you a chance to experience all the atmosphere of an inner city bar and restaurant, close to home.
Ribaudo's Restaurant is a warm, inviting and friendly environment for the whole family to enjoy. We want to share our passion for good food, good wine and good times.... It is family owned and operated and we look forward to welcoming you with a smile. The extensive menu at Ribaudo's offers traditional Italian cuisine respecting authencity and simplicity, with the only goal of delivering our guest an unforgettable dining experience. Our delicious menu offers a vast range of dishes including home-made pasta, wood-fired pizza, risotto and hearty meat dishes. We also cater for the sweet tooth, with an array of scrumptious desserts to choose from as well as quality espresso coffee.
Calling all creatures of the night; venture out and explore Perth's hottest nightlife scene at Eve.
This is where the beautiful people come out to play - chill out in the spacious lounge, bask in balmy nights on the open-air balcony and delight in the drinks at one of our five bars.
An exceptional line-up of guest and resident DJs spin the latest in commercial tunes, catering specifically for your all night dancing pleasure.
If it's hot - it's here - Thursday through to Sunday, from 9pm til late.
FREE entry before 10pm Friday to Sunday nights - except Sunday nights on long-weekends and special events.
Eve awaits your arrival…
Serving fine food and wine with majestic city views, Coco's in South Perth continues to prove they have what it takes to amaze their clientele. Owned by Ian Love and operating for over 18 years, there's much to be said for loving your work.
This slightly hidden Venue has had many improvements.
It oozes atmosphere and you can depend on the friendly Host Chris Kelly.
It has a great shady beer garden with TV monitor, an entertainment room with live entertainment for functions, Modern Bar area and pool tables.
On the premises there are full TAB Facility plus a competitive drive - through, heaps of Bar areas including a big car park behind the venue.
Thornlie Tavern is located in Thornlie, Western Australia.
The warmth and familiarity of a neighbourhood bar, a great place for an after-work drink or a tasty lunchtime snack.
Recently refurbished to create a sporty look, the bar serves a wide variety of beers, an extensive selection of Australian wines and elaborate cocktails. Even the most persistent hunger pangs can be satisfied with a fresh, home-made-style pizza.
Welcome to the Belmont Tavern, proud home of Silks Bar & Bistro.
Excellence in food and service, dedicated Sports Bar screening all major sporting events, drive-thru bottle shop with a wide range and competitive prices and onsite Tab agency....
.... the Belmont Tavern really has you covered.
Posters Tavern is located in Langford, Western Australia.
Just Espresso has changed its name to Just Bar, but for regulars it is known as just ... Just. This small joint in Como is cosy, yet with upbeat energy and a chic interior. Just is renowned for its tapas, served plate after tantalising plate.
You can also graze over an 11-course set menu, and choose wines from France, South Africa, New Zealand and, naturally, Spain.


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Here's a simple rule of thumb from The Social Commerce Handbook; If it doesn't have a face it shouldn't be on Facebook.
Why? Because people use Facebook (and social media in general) as a tool for personal communication; social media is people media. A good sign that you are a person – as opposed to a business or brand – is that you have a face. So it follows that if you don't want look like a dad a the school disco, social media communication should be person to person – not brand or business to person.
Take, for example Power Balance, they sell their sports bracelets though the Facebook Page of sports stars such Chicago Bull's NBA star Derrick Rose. The smart social media sell is a personal sell.
Latest news (here and here) from Universal Music Group suggests they understand that social media is people media. Universal Music Group, and it's catalogue division Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) are using a creative combination of leading social commerce software from Milyoni and Moontoast to enable pay-per-view streaming and purchasing of premium content from the social media pages of bands and artists.
For example – fans of George Harrison will get pay-per-view access to Martin Scorsese's George Harrison: Living in the Material World from Dec. 8, as part of EMe's Legends in the Cloud initiative with Milyoni. Using Moontoast social software UMG will launch, promote and sell music, merchandise and related goods through artists digital and social channels including Facebook. This is smart social commerce - people buying from the stars not the labels. The music industry may get a bad rap in the digital world – but kudos to Universal.
This is smart – and we think a sweet spot for social commerce – fan merchandising and fan events from artists, celebrities and public figures. Why? Because social media is about people and the stuff they think is worth talking about – like special fan editions and fan screenings. Social media-enhanced screenings and downloads give fans a voice to express their enthusiasm and drive word of mouth reputation – a key driver of sales. In our view, social commerce is the natural niche for the longtail of fandom.
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R.I.P. Alaric.
With our old favorite "Vampire Diaries" hunter currently hovering around in ghost world, it's time for a new slayer to come to town. Zap2it has learned that "The Chicago Code's" Todd Williams has been cast as Connor, who executive producer Julie Plec describes as "a mysterious and powerful new vampire hunter who comes to Mystic Falls."
As we previously reported, Connor isn't quite as warm and fuzzy (or as drunk) as Alaric. He's got a soldier's mentality and will have some very intimidating moments.
It remains to be seen whether he'll become an ally or a foe for our merry band of monsters — but let's face it, as fans of the show, we figure he'll probably be some complicated combination of the two.
Williams is best known for his work on two seasons of "In Plain Sight" as a detective, and one season on Shawn Ryan's short-lived "The Chicago Code" as a cop.


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Saturday, October 2, 2010
You Know You're a Foodie Society Member if.....
1. You actually plan your shopping list by searching the recipes you want to make, and post, and buying those ingredients too.
2. You wind up two weeks later throwing out about two of the things you bought because you just never "got around to" making the buttermilk pound cake or the ricotta cheesecake.
3. You've ever covertly tried to take photos of the meal you just prepared for your guests, before you serve it, because you don't want to look like a geek and photograph their dinner as they watch.
4. You have your own contact for special Balsamic Vinegar. (Thanks Steph for that one)
5. You have your own "secret" source for cheap vanilla beans.... (Yeah, I'm guilty of that one. See Link.)
6. You decide to cook/bake things based upon expirations dates upcoming. Usually stupid things, like, I just made peanut butter rice krispie bars because my peanut butter chips are a month away from expiring.
7. If you've ever delayed making something, because the natural light should be better tomorrow.
8. If you've ever built a "photography light box".... Yeah, guilty of that one too, see here.
9. If you are conscious of the fact that you spend hundreds of $$ on groceries, and even more on gadgets, and pans, and cookers and such, and you make a measly paltry sum of tiny revenue of $xx.xx from an ad or two you have on your bog.. And you don't care. You love to cook. ha! Cough, cough, Pioneer Woman excepted of course!
10. Speaking of The Pioneer Woman, I love her and all that she does and has accomplished. But, I have to admit I looked one time at the number of "comments" only she received to one of her posts, and I calculated that times 30 days in a month, (in other words, not even counting the ones who visit who don't comment) and multiplied it by my measly rate of CPM stats or Visits or Impressions or whatever the hell it is..... and if I had THAT many visitors.....
I'd get a $22,000 check each month!!!!
I gotta find me a Cowgirl and move to Oklahoma!!!!
11. You take shitty pictures of a meal you had at a restaurant because you were thinking you might blog about it, until you get home and see what you shot looks like.
12. You have a business card for your blog. (Again, guilty!)
13. Your internet reader is constantly updating food blogs so you can pore over potential new ideas, concepts, or recipes to adapt, even though, you already have a thousand in draft form saved on your blog, and another 1200 saved as favorites in your reader, which if you made them all would take you until you're 137 years old if you made two a day. Yet you STILL save more, it's an addiction I tell ya!
14. You own more than four types and flavors of salt and you know what 87% cacao means.
15. You're at the store and see an ingredient or two that you have no recipe for. BUT, you've ALWAYS wanted to make something using that, so you buy it, and then scour the net and your lists trying to find something to make. Always the chance too, that this will wind up on the, shit, gotta throw this away, it's expired list. (See item 2, lol)
16. If you have more pictures of food you've made than you do of your children on Flickr or Picasa online.
17. You own a Dutch Oven. Period.
18. You have, or are thinking of buying a Pressure Cooker, because it sounds cool to cook in.
19. You loved the movie Julie & Julia although if you're a guy, like me, you don't admit it. (Same goes for The Notebook, but for different reasons)
20. You can't wait until they open a Sur La Table near you.
Posted by Ron Merlin at 10:59 PM
Labels: Miscellaneous
5 comments:
- Chef Tess said...
OH my gosh! I love this Ron!! YES!! I have a balsamic source!! I will be laughing about this for a week!
- October 2, 2010 at 11:14 PM
- Sally said...
Yes, agree with all that.Well done Ron. A good read.
- October 2, 2010 at 11:42 PM
- astheroshe said...
HAHAHAHAHAHA! GUilty.. except , I never made a light box, or have a balsamic source. Oh well, 18/20 ain't so bad :)
- October 4, 2010 at 3:54 AM
- Lynnette said...
This is so funny!I think I'm catching up fast :)
- October 14, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Chef John said...
You know you have made it when a google search for "The Foodie Society" lists "The Merlin Menu: You Know You're a Foodie Society Member if....." as the FIFTH entry.
And, yes, I am guilty of several of these.
- October 18, 2010 at 1:25 PM
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Blackpool top scorer Kyle Vassell misses today's trip to Exeter City through injury.
The striker, who has 11 goals to his name this season, hobbled off with a recurrence of a hamstring injury during the 2-2 draw against Crewe last week.
He is replaced by Sanmi Odelusi as one of Pool's three changes for today's crunch game against an Exeter side sat sixth in the league table.
Tom Aldred misses out through suspension while Nathan Delfouneso is unavailable, with Bright Osayi-Samuel and Jamille Matt coming in to replace them.
Neil Danns and Jim McAlister remain sidelined with injuries.
Exeter: Pym, Stacey, Brown, Moore-Taylor, Woodman, Wheeler, James, Taylor, Harley, McAlinden, Simpson
Subs: Olejnik, Tillson, Grant, Watkins, Croll, Sweeney, Reid
Blackpool: Slocombe, Mellor, Aimson, Robertson, Taylor, Flores, Potts, Daniel, Osayi-Samuel, Odelusi, Matt
Subs: Lyness, Nolan, Payne, Black, Philliskirk, Cullen, Gnanduillet
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Wax Format have added another date to celebrate their 6th birthday with Manchester being hosts to a night of pure vinly spinning from the likes of The Thrillseekers, Andy Moor, Signum, Fred Baker and BK to name just a few...
Wax Format returns to it's spiritual home of Manchester on Good Friday of Easter Weekend for it's 6th Birthday celebration. Bringing our biggest lineup to date to the city's premier underground venue, Hidden, situated in an old textile mill with full VOID acoustic install.After many years of trying, we finally bring you grammy nominated and progressive trance legend ANDY MOOR (Tilt / Leema & Moor) who will finally make his Wax Format uk appearance after an incredible and hugely talked about vinyl set in our Wax Format arena at Captured Festival in Ibiza last summer. Joining Andy are 3 more legend's in every sense of the word; Wax Format favourite THE THRILLSEEKERS, Dutch maestro SIGNUM and Belgiums own FRED BAKER who will be playing a very special Tiesto Magik Series classics set. Warm up will be taken care of by Wax Format's own SAM MITCHAM, and closing the show in style will be Manchester hot shot LIAM WILSON.In the Den, things get a little crazy as we ramp up the bpm's with BK, who will be making his first appearance for us in Manchester alongside Tidy Legend LEE HASLAM, Manchester's finest BEN STEVENS, Tangled legend RASCAL and last but not least JON HEMMING.
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After our walk up to Rivington Pike in July which took us through the edge of the terraced gardens, I really wanted to go back for a proper look. We eventually did so on the lovely sunny Sunday of the August Bank Holiday weekend.
The first part of the walk takes you through Breres Meadow where the tree line marks the start of the gardens. The Terraced Gardens were built by William Hesketh Lever, Lord Leverhulme, in the early 1900s. Before he planted trees and shrubs, and built waterfalls, rockpools, terraces, bridges and towers, there was nothing but open hillside and moorland.
We were following a self-guided trail using the red waymarkers to show us the route.
At various stages there are numbered posts to show you where there's information in the trail guide.
Here we're looking at one of the many garden shelters. It was built in 1922 to look out over Breres meadow, though there are too many trees to see the meadow these days.
Next stop is the Ravine.
All of the waterfalls and the stream going down the hillside are completely manmade, all designed by T H Mawson. Some areas you could guess have been constructed but others, like the part above, look really natural.
The lake is part of the Japanese garden, built in 1922, which was surrounded by exotic plants and shrubs and flamingoes! I don't know what they would have made of a windswept hill in Lancashire!
There would also have been ornamental lanterns and tea houses but these have long since disappeared.
At one time the area had been completely taken over by rhododendrons but most have been cleared away: there are just a few remaining.
Time for a quick sit down to consult the map before we continue onwards.
Next on the trail are a range of ruined garden buildings which would have been storage sheds.
We're now at the bottom of a flight of stairs known as the Long Walk.
Just through the archway, there's an open area. To the right, a garden shelter overlooking what was once the tennis courts.
You'd struggle to find your ball among all the bilberries now!
On the right, another garden shelter.
This one overlooks what would have been the Great Lawn, where Lord Lever held several open days.
Continuing on to the top of the Long Walk and turning left, we arrived at the site of the main house, known as 'the Bungalow'.
All that remains of The Bungalow are areas of tiled floor.
Below the site of the Bungalow was a bowls and croquet lawn.
In the far corner, only the base of the sundial remains.
Continuing on, we're reaching the highest point of the trail.
And arrive at the Pigeon Tower, constructed in 1910.
The lower floors housed ornamental doves but it's believed the top floor was used by Lady Lever as a sewing room. Would you ever be able to concentrate on sewing with those views in front of you?
What goes up must come down, so we headed off on the final part of the trail.
Another garden shelter. They all look a bit spooky with the entrances and windows covered with bars.
The last landmark is a large pond known as the Swimming Pool as Lord Lever apparently liked to take a dip each morning while in residence. He must have been a hardy soul!
And here's the man himself with his lady wife.
While writing this post, I learned that Rivington Terraced Gardens were recently named as one of the ten best 'secret lost' gardens by BBC Countryfile magazine. I also found out that an application is being made to the Heritage Lottery fund for money to preserve the gardens and to repair and conserve the buildings. The intention is not to restore it to its original state but to maintain the air of 'faded grandeur and mystery', which seems to me an appropriate approach to take. I do hope they're successful - they can definitely have my regular unwinnings anyway! x


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Now let me back up a minute and give you the rest of the story. A few weeks back, I got an email from a company called Firmoo asking me if I wanted to try (and review) one of their products - prescription glasses or sunglasses. I was about to delete the email, assuming it was some kind of scam (seriously, nobody asks me to review their products), but then I decided to look into it.
So, I hit up my trusty friend, Google. "Is firmoo.com legit?" I asked. And what I found were mostly lots of blog reviews about the company (like this one and this one and this one and this one...). I dug a little deeper, and found this really interesting article from Slate. The article claims that most glasses sold in America are manufactured in China, but online companies with low overhead have started offering eye wear directly to consumers at a fraction of the price you'd pay in an optometrist's office (Firmoo has frames staring at just 8 bucks). Apparently this whole cheap eyeglasses from China thing isn't new at all (the article was written in 2008).
So, I took the plunge and emailed the company representative back. He was very responsive and told me to just go ahead and pick out a pair. Though they had offered me prescription sunglasses (or glasses), I opted to just get regular, non-prescription sunglasses since I mostly wear contacts.
I let the company know which frames I wanted, and about two days later, the customer service department emailed me to let me know that the frames I'd picked were out of stock in the color I wanted. Bummer, but I told them to just send me the other color they had.
After about a week, I found a little "attempted delivery" slip on my door and went straight to the post office to pick them up.
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I tend to be really rough on glasses. We're talking dropping them, sitting on them, letting a two-year-old play with them so I can get through the grocery store without a meltdown... So far, I'm happy to report that my Firmoo glasses are still scratch-free. I have to admit that the next time I'm due for an eye appointment, I will be keeping Firmoo in the back of my mind if I need a new pair of glasses.
And, Firmoo wants to share the love. They offer a program that provides free glasses to new customers. Make sure you check out the fine print to see how the program works (and you do have to pay for shipping). Or if you're a blogger who is interested in reviewing a pair of glasses, they seem really interested in doing that, so get in touch!
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So, Lindsay Lohan is butt-bald-nekkid in next month's issue of Playboy. Well, whoopty fuckin' shit!
Is there anyone shocked by this news? After years of the once-promising, red-headed starlet fucking up her life and her career in every way possible, she is now in the pages of the magazine everyone figured she would end up in eventually. To me, the most shocking thing is that this it might actually persuade men to jack off to an issue of Playboy for the first time since the mid-'90s. (That is, if they haven't already seen the leaked pics on the Web.)
And really, who hasn't seen Lohan naked by now? Those who saw Robert Rodriguez's latest enchilada western Machete were greeted to several Lohan topless scenes. And while the Playboy spread makes her resemble Marilyn Monroe's "Sweetheart of the Month" appearance in the first Playboy issue, Lohan already did a Marilyn-influenced spread in 2008 when she and famed Monroe photographer Bert Stern recreated one of Monroe's final shoots for New York Magazine. (She really needs to quit with the Marilyn-emulating. We all know how that shit turned out and if you don't know, My Week with Marilyn is out now. Hell, even Megan Fox is getting rid of her Marilyn tattoo.) And those who saw Robert Rodriguez's latest enchilada western Machete were greeted to several scenes where Lohan was topless and perky.
I actually think posing nude for Playboy is the most respectable, professional thing Lohan has done in years. It's been so long since I've seen her in anything good — whether it's a movie, a guest-hosting stint on SNL or even a cameo in a music video —that I've lost my frame of reference for measuring the relative quality of her acting. I mean, how long has it been since Mean Girls? Seven years? I haven't seen anything lately that has given me the slightest inkling that this gal has been working on her craft and I've seen her in many-a-shitty film. Remember when she was horribly miscast as a twentysomething career gal whose streak of good luck disappears after swapping spit with a pre-Star Trek Chris Pine in the not-even-remotely-funny vehicle Just My Luck? Of course not, because you have respect for yourself. I, on the other hand, am a film critic, therefore, I don't, so I did. Or how about Lohan's turn as a trauma-stricken college student who may or may not moonlight as a slutty stripper in the just-plain-crazy I Know Who Killed Me? There is only one thing I can say about that movie: SHE HAS A ROBOT ARM!!!!??!!
In all fairness, she did give a couple of performances that weren't god-awful. She kept a low-key, angsty steelo when she played Meryl Streep's poetry-writing daughter in Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion. (I guess when your mom is being played by MERYL FUCKIN' STREEP, the only thing you can do is shut up and watch how a pro does it.) And, as much as it pains me to bring up Emilio Estevez's embarrassing, ensemble period piece Bobby, her performance as an optimistic bride-to-be getting married to Elijah Wood's Vietnam-bound groom is noteworthy simply because I actually see her trying.
But that was back in the good ol' days when she gave a shit. Apparently, all those years hanging with Paris Hilton depleted Lohan of the brain cells needed to be a productive member of society. In the span of seven years, she has lived the sort of fast-paced, fodder-for-tabloids celebrity experience that would even make Frances Farmer say, "What the fuck is wrong with this chick?"
Let's review: Drugs, alcohol, eating disorders, rehab, arrests, jail time, straight relationships, gay relationships, back to straight relationships. She's like a walking season of Weeds. But, then again, I would go on a tear like that if I had the sort of parents she has. Her mother, Dina, is a bigger publicity hoe than her daughter, while her father, Michael, is such a model definition of a deadbeat dad that he makes my father (whoever he is) look like Fred MacMurray.
The funny thing is that, while she has been pissing her time away, other formerly underaged It Girls have been working their asses off making careers for themselves as working adult actresses. Some have reached A-list status (hey, Natalie and ScarJo). Some get sporadic but still-steady work (like former Aerosmith video co-stars Alicia Silverstone and Liv Tyler). Some have careers in television (Claire Danes in Homeland, Christina Ricci in Pan Am). And some dropped out for mental health reasons, only to bounce back and get the best acclaim of their career after hooking up with Lars von Trier (great to see you back, Kirsten).
If I appear to be a bit too harsh on Ms. Lohan, it's because I expected so much more from her. When she appeared on the scene, she was like a curvy, grounded breath of fresh air, a girl who looked and acted like, well, a girl. Maybe, that's what we all wanted her to be: a child actress who would grow up to be another Liz Taylor or Jodie Foster. Sadly, that has not turned out to be the case. She has become everyone's wayward sister – you know, the one who shows up on your doorstep out of nowhere, mooches off you and fucks up your life. She is Martha Marcy May Marlene – for reals!
Unfortunately, showing her ass all airbrushed and freckle-free in a stroke-book doesn't indicate that a Robert Downey, Jr.-style career resurrection will be happening for her anytime soon. Some of you may (especially dudes) may be more forgiving of Lohan after seeing her warts-and-all pictorial, but I don't feel like being an enabler. Quite frankly, I gave up on ol' girl a long time ago. You can only take a woman breaking your heart so many times before you get fed up and wash your hands of her.
If she wants to be the Lindsay Lohan she's been, then good riddance. If she wants to be the Lindsay Lohan she could be, then good luck.
Craig D. Lindsey used to have a job, as the film critic and pop-culture columnist for The Raleigh News & Observer. Now, he's back out there hustling, writing about whatever for Nashville Scene, the Greensboro News & Record, Philadelphia Weekly, The Independent Weekly and other publications. He has a Tumblr blog. You can also hit him up on Twitter.
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SoftBank telecoms IPO faces headwinds from govt-backed upstarts
The company aims to sell about 30% of SoftBank Corp, Japan's No. 3 wireless carrier, for about 2 trillion yen ($18 billion)business Updated: Jan 19, 2018 14:22 IST
SoftBank Group Corp's expected spin-off of its Japanese telecoms business will lure investors seeking exposure to a solid tech name, but the prospect of tougher competition in a mature industry may turn off those chasing higher returns.
SoftBank shares have risen about 3% this week since it said it was considering what would be the largest IPO by a Japanese company in nearly two decades, a deal that would accelerate the group's transformation into one of the world's biggest tech investors.
The company aims to sell about 30% of SoftBank Corp, Japan's No. 3 wireless carrier, for about 2 trillion yen ($18 billion), the Nikkei newspaper reported. The proceeds would be invested in growth assets such as foreign information technology companies.
While it could provide founder Masayoshi Son's global investment juggernaut with a cash boost, the domestic phone business is facing a concerted attempt by regulators to drive down telco fees and promote new entrants, threatening to crimp profits.
From upstart to incumbent
SoftBank no longer attracts the sympathy of regulators as the young upstart that broke up the telecoms duopoly of NTT DoCoMo Inc and KDDI Corp with lower prices and an initial, exclusive deal to carry Apple Inc's iPhone.
"The big three wireless firms are earning too much. We want to create a fourth pole," a senior Japanese telecommunications ministry official said on condition of anonymity last month.
Japanese regulators are backing new telecoms entrants such as Rakuten Inc, an e-commerce, streaming and fintech firm that now aims to become the country's fourth major wireless carrier.
Other government measures to promote competition include the removal of the sim lock from handsets, forcing carriers to alert users when contracts are up for renegotiation, and cracking down on cut-price handset deals that smaller players cannot compete with.
"We want to create an environment (for Rakuten) that is as good as or better than in eMobile's time," the official said, a reference to a successful 2007 attempt by upstart eMobile to enter the wireless market offering "pocket wifi" devices. eMobile gained four million subscribers before SoftBank bought it in 2013.
SoftBank could be "hedging the risk of more competition" by considering an initial public offering, CLSA analyst Oliver Matthew said in note to clients.
Many analysts have questioned Rakuten's proposals.
Jefferies analyst Atul Goyal said the online retailer's current spending plans did not appear to pose an immediate threat to incumbents, and noted the high costs of building new telecoms networks.
The entry of an aggressive new player could even tip the whole Japanese telecoms market away from growth, Sanford C Bernstein analyst Chris Lane said in a note to clients.
Hunt for cash
SoftBank has long relied on its domestic telecoms business, which makes up a third of overall sales but two-thirds of profits, as a stable source of cash that can be diverted to its growing number of investments around the world.
A listing would mean a significant cash injection for group CEO Masayoshi Son's vision of a future driven by artificial intelligence, robotics and interconnected devices.
It would also ease the group's financial burden following its investments in tech firms such as Uber and the collapse of talks to merge US wireless unit Sprint Corp with T-Mobile US Inc.
SoftBank's domestic investment needs also are mounting as it looks to the start of 5G services in the mature Japanese market, a senior SoftBank executive said last May.
"There are concerns over whether we will be able to continue to invest as we have up until now," the executive said at the time.
SoftBank previously raised funds through the reluctant sale of part of its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, and by bringing in outside investors such as Saudi Arabia to set up the $93 billion Vision Fund, the world's largest private equity fund.
Regardless of SoftBank's motives, an IPO would create a clear division for investors between steady returns from the telecoms business and Masayoshi Son's more risky tech ventures, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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This, if any, is perhaps the most fitting post to be publishing late, since the reason for my delay is none other than the antagonist of today's entry: perfectionism. Perfectionism is a trait seen by some as a blessing and by others as a curse. Unfortunately, in the academic community, it's seen as an almost unambiguous virtue. This mentality is not just unhealthy, it is downright dangerous. In this post, I will make the case for what might seem like a pedantic distinction; but it is—as so many are—a distinction with purpose. In a word, I want to distinguish the virtue from the vice in the hope of excising perfectionism from our culture without compromising other truly virtuous academic values.
Before continuing, it is worth noting that there is so very much that can be written on the topic of perfectionism. We might quarrel with the academic atmosphere that values a certain kind of "greatness". We might challenge the value of striving after perfection altogether. In this post, I want to challenge the culture of perfectionism on a more 'grassroots' level. I will take it for granted that excellence is to be valued and sought after. Some may find this contentious, and as always, I invite those who do to share their thoughts in the comments below.
Perfectionism Condoned
For the individual, perfectionism manifests in the answer to the following question: "How much is enough?" In my case, I find myself convinced that there is no answer to this question. Nothing is enough. The result is that I often work myself to exhaustion, as the only limits I (grudgingly) recognise are those my body forces upon me.
The trouble is, as one student of mine put it to me, there is a certain culture in academia that fetishises this kind of approach to one's work. "I've been in the library all night," some will announce. "I've barely slept all week," another will declare. And while they may sound like complaints, one can't help but get the feeling that they are also badges of honour. There's often a certain bravado that accompanies such remarks. A sense that this is the way of things at university—or, more precisely, the way of things if you want to be successful. Getting enough sleep? You're doing it wrong. Have time for hobbies? You're doing it wrong. Generally speaking, if you're not exceptionally stressed about your work and your grades at all times, then—you guessed it—you're doing it wrong.
What's worse is that this is not only perpetuated by the students who participate, but also by the teachers who neglect to encourage their students. "Good! They should be scared," you'll hear some say. As though frayed nerves, and frantic caffeine-fueled nights are a kind of academic rite of passage.
Room for Excellence?
But surely, traditionalists will complain, striving for excellence is precisely what academia is all about! And on a certain understanding of "excellence", I quite agree. But the pursuit of excellence and perfectionism are two very different things. And it is this all-important distinction that the academic culture often blithely ignores.
So, how do we distinguish between these two? Well, as it happens, psychology already has the tools we seek for doing just this. Since the publication of a seminal paper on the topic in 1978, many psychologists have distinguished between the more positive perfectionist strivings, and the far more negative perfectionist concerns (so called by Stoeber and Otto (2006)). For clarity's sake, I will refer to the former of these as the 'pursuit of excellence', and to the latter of these as 'perfectionism' simpliciter. Where the pursuit of excellence is associated with "high personal standards" (Stoeber and Otto 2006: 296), perfectionism is associated with "concern over mistakes, doubts about actions, socially prescribed perfectionism, and perceived discrepancy between actual achievements and high expectations" (ibid.)
Excellence without Perfectionism
To be clear, I don't for a second want to discourage academics from having high personal standards; I take such standards to be admirable. Indeed, I pride myself in my own. What is essential, however, is that these standards be achievable, that our successes be recognised, and that our mistakes be accepted.
In the academic community, we are each of us teacher to some and student to others. We learn our expectations from our teachers before passing them on to our students. And so, I feel a cultural shift such as the one I propose is best affected by way of a shift in our approach to instruction. If perfectionism lies, at least in part, in the belief that nothing—no amount of effort, no level of success—is enough, then, as teachers, we have a responsibility to show our students otherwise.
Here are five ways we can begin to do this:
1. Celebrate successes, big and small.
Make sure your students walk away knowing more than just what they've done wrong. Acknowledging successes is our way of leading by example. It demonstrates to the student that we, their instructors, take "enough" to be achievable. And be specific! Nothing is more frustrating to a student than hearing that they've done well, but not knowing what they've done well. Nebulous comments encourage students to set unspecific, and therefore, unachievable goals.
2. Offer clear, precise, and constructive criticism.
As much as students want to know what they've done well, they equally want to learn what to do better. And, as with the previous, specificity is essential. It's not enough to say, for instance, that the argumentation was weak. Which argument? What made it weak? How might they fix it? The student should be left wondering about these questions. If it's not at all clear what is wrong and why, it becomes impossible to determine whether one has improved at all the next time around. By making our suggestions clear and precise, we provide achievable goals, and in so doing, help students determine how much is enough with respect to a given piece of work.
3. Empower students to make mistakes.
Show students that mistakes need not be feared. Far from unforgivable sins, mistakes are inevitable, and indeed, expected. What's more, they are often highly instructive. Fear of mistakes is nothing short of paralyzing—so it is our responsibility as teachers to expose mistakes as the stepping-stones they are, rather than specters they are often seen to be.
4. Encourage questions.
We need to create a safe environment in which students can feel comfortable speaking up when they don't understand. Ask if what you've said makes sense to them, and remind them that it's okay if it doesn't! I've lost count of the number of students who have felt the need to apologise when they found something unclear. This is precisely not how we want our students to feel. If we make it clear that we don't expect perfection, students will be less likely to expect it of themselves.
5. Remember when you were in your student's position.
It's too easy to forget what it's like to learn our respective subjects for the first time. What now seems obvious is likely far from obvious to your student. As much as I can, I try to avoid editorialising as I teach; that is, I avoid describing the content of what I'm teaching as "clear" or "easy". Using words such as these encourages students to feel shame when they don't understand; in avoiding such language, we go a long way toward achieving #3 and #4 from above.
Do you have experience coping with perfectionism? Have you overcome your perfectionistic tendencies? Teachers, do you have strategies for discouraging perfectionism? Leave your thoughts and experiences in the comments below.
References and Further Reading
Carey, B., 2007. Unhappy? Self-critical? Maybe you're just a perfectionist. New York Times. 4 December 2007. Available from: <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/health/04mind.html> [12 May 2013]
Platt, J., 2012. The perils of perfectionism. GradHacker. 27 February 2012. Available from: <http://www.gradhacker.org/2012/02/27/the-perils-of-perfectionism/> [12 May 2013]
Rettner, R., 2010. Being a perfectionist can take a toll on health. NBC News. 7 December 2010. Available from: <http://www.nbcnews.com/id/38170039/ns/health-mental_health/t/being-perfectionist-can-take-toll-health/> [12 May 2013]
Rockquemore, K. A., 2012. The cost of perfectionism. Inside Higher Ed. 7 November 2012. Available from: <http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2012/11/07/start-series-essays-about-dealing-academic-perfectionism> [12 May 2013]
—–. 2012. Breaking the cycle. Inside Higher Ed. 14 November 2012. Available from: <http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2012/11/14/essay-breaking-cycle-academic-perfectionism> [12 May 2013]
Stoeber, J. and Otto, K., 2007. Positive conceptions of perfectionism: approaches, evidence, challenges. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 10(4), 295-319. Available from: <http://psr.sagepub.com/content/10/4/295> [12 May 2013]
Templeton, E., 2010. The perfect is the enemy of the good. Chronicle of Higher Education. 10 June 2010. Available from: <http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/the-perfect-is-the-enemy-of-the-good-2/24642> [12 May 2013]


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