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The endowment effect, or offer/ask disparity, has been observed in experimental economics. The idea is that a person requires a significantly larger value to compensate for giving up something in her possession than she would be willing to pay to gain the same thing. If this observed behavior is applied to the question of the appropriate value to compensate for a taking by the power of eminent domain, the idea would be that we should presume the market value would reflect the lower value of "offer" and not the higher value of "ask" that is required to get a person to give up something they already own.
I think there are two key points that Fischel argues on this issue. (1) He notes that ". . . a thorough account of forced transfers of property has to take account of both sides of the ledger." (p. 192) He suggests we don't want to look just at the person who is compensated because the money for compensation comes from taxpayers. Looking at "both sides of the ledger" suggests that overcompensation for the taking implies unjustified takings from the taxpayers. (2) He looks to history to suggest that in deciding on the constitutional wording of the power of eminent domain, the offer/ask disparity was recognized and considered and the constitutional choice was for just compensation to be defined as market value.
Taking up the second point first, I'm not persuaded by his suggestion and analysis. He does two things in this regard. First he looks at the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution. Here are a few of his observations:
"The framers . . . .said little about why they implicitly accepted market value. . . " (194)
"My modest aim in this section is to point out that the framers and ratifiers were in an ideal position to see all sides of the taking issue. . . ." (194)
"But they were also in a position to realize that the burdens of overcompensation would be borne by themselves. . . ." (194)
"The federal just compensation clause was adopted by people who were in a position to consciously choose higher or lower compensation. But that is less persuasive than evidence that they actually considered other arrangements." (195)
I agree that his discussion of implicit acceptance and of ideal positions to choose between the offer/ask alternatives is simply not very persuasive. Here I also note that the Takings Clause uses the phrase "just compensation," and as such perhaps we should consider the normative grounds for determining justice when something owned by someone is taken from them by force. This refers to the first point noted above, and I take this issue up below.
The second approach he takes is to examine the debates about eminent domain with respect to state constitutions. He explains that there were state constitutional conventions that worried about excess compensation, and therefore that in state conventions people did weigh both sides of the ledger. I'm not persuaded with this because state constitutions, generally, do not require super majority votes. This is the author's point when he notes that state constitutions are more democratically determined.
I like to think that a document is not a constitution unless ratification of the document requires some form of a super majority vote. It is the requirement of a super majority vote that I suggest places those voting into a "constitutional setting." The requirement of a super majority vote to ratify a constitution means that it is much more likely that what becomes part of the document is truly in "the public interest," and much less likely that the constitution is framed in ways that are to the benefit of special interests (or factions in the language of James Madison). The debates in conventions with respect to state constitutions would not fall within a constitutional setting unless a super majority vote to approve was required. Thus, I am not persuaded by a discussion of the issue at hand from the perspective of state constitutional debates.
Now let's turn to his first point. It seems to me that noting in some experimental economics settings that there is an offer/ask disparity has little relevance to the question of "just compensation" required by our constitution. I seems that a sound way to define "just compensation" in the context of taking private property would be to debate the issue in a true constitutional setting. Imagine a situation in which a proposed position on compensation for government forcefully taking private property had to garner 3/4 of all votes to be approved. How likely is it that the approved definition would rely on the idea that there could be overcompensation because the taxpayers might have to pay a larger amount of money?
In some ways I suppose this suggestion would seem reasonable. After all, money is taken from taxpayers, which seems much like the property taking that is this cause of this discussion. On the other hand, we all clearly know who owns the property which gets taken. We know that by definition because we all consider it to be private property which is taken for public use (according the the Takings Clause). And we know who is taking the private property. It is the government which is acting, presumably, on behalf of the public and therefore on behalf of the taxpayers. It is the government, acting on behalf of the rest of the taxpayers and the rest of the community, which is taking something that belongs to the person who is forcibly having property removed from her possession. It seems to me the question of just comes to mind not because taxpayers may have to pay more taxes, but rather because it is the taxpayers who are being allowed to forcibly take property owned by another. Using force in this way seems by definition unjust, and therefore, I think justice does not require one to balance the ledger with respect to taxpayers. I think it unlikely that balancing the ledger would garner a super majority vote of support in a true constitutional setting.
Yet, there might be an analysis by which I would find much greater sympathy for the taxpayers when "just compensation" is required because government takes what is privately owned by others in the community. We might argue that both the individual from which the property is taken, as well as all the taxpayers who have money taken from them for taxes to pay compensation, are treated unjustly. Here we might choose to say that the government's taking of private property is really not on behalf of the taxpayers and on behalf of the rest of the community. We might choose to say that the politicians and government officials are taking the property of others, and they are then paying the constitutionally required compensation by taking still more property (via income or sales taxes perhaps) from others in the community. After all, the politicians and government officials are making choices and they are not being required to pay just compensation out of their own pockets. In this case, I would like to look at both sides of the ledger that Fischel points to, but I would draw a different conclusion. My conclusion would be that if we are concerned for the taxpayer as well as the person who has her property forcibly taken from her, then we should simply not give government the power of eminent domain. No taking of private property would seem just, whether compensated or not, if this normative view of the situation makes sense.
Does this normative view make sense? I think this view makes a great deal of sense when private property is taken and transferred to other private property owners. In cases such as those of the Kelo opinion, it seems that government takes land from some, gives it to others, and then pays for the constitutional requirements of "just compensation" by taking from still others. Such situations seem far distant from any thought of the just of use government's coercive power.
And, here, finally, we are looking directly at the constitutional language written into the Takings Clause. If private property is taken for public use, then indeed, the politicians and government officials are acting on behalf of the rest of the community. We know this because the taken property becomes a road or a park which can and will be utilized by all members of the community. But, even in this case, the question of the just use of force to take property from others seems to call for a much different discussion than what follows from noting an experimental disparity in offer/ask.


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Player Kits
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- Make use of MCFC's sky blue color
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Young Union
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|Christian democracy
Economic liberalism
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Christian Social Union in Bavaria
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The Junge Union Deutschlands (Young Union of Germany) or JU is the joint youth organisation of the two conservative German political parties, CDU and CSU.[1] Membership is limited to individuals between 14 and 35 years of age.[2]
Junge Union claims to be the largest political youth organization in Germany and Europe with about 120,000 members.[3]
The JU views itself as an organization that aims to further the goals of its parent political parties, CDU/CSU, among the German youth, and to represent the interests of the younger generation within the CDU/CSU parties. In its platform, it defines itself as a liberal,[4] conservative, yet progressive[5] organization. The JU is committed to democracy and a social market economy. It supports European integration and a strong partnership with the United States within the framework of NATO. Within its parent parties, the Junge Union advocates political reform. One central objective is a remodeling of the public social security system which is confronted by an increasing dependency ratio. The JU supports intergenerational equity in the areas of pension and health care system reforms, proposing to complement these systems with capital-based private accounts in order to address fiscal problems such as Germany's debt-to-GDP ratio. The JU views labor-market liberalization as an effective means to battle unemployment. It favors university tuition fees, and has expressed support for the Center Against Expulsions in Berlin.
In foreign policy, the JU is committed to a German-American security alliance, and has called for Germany to participate in the War against Iraq. It opposes Turkey's full membership in the European Union, preferring for them to have a privileged partnership with the EU.
Well-known former members of the Junge Union[edit]
- Alexander, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern
- Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
- Volker Kauder
- Roland Koch
- Helmut Kohl
- Stefan Mappus
- Peter Müller
- Günther Oettinger
- Wolfgang Schäuble
- Jens Spahn
- Edmund Stoiber
- Christian Wulff
- Bruno Six (1947–1948)
- Alfred Sagner (1948–1949)
- Josef Hermann Dufhues (1949–1950)
- Ernst Majonica (1950–1955)
- Gerhard Stoltenberg (1955–1961)
- Bert Even (1961–1963)
- Egon Klepsch (1963–1969)
- Jürgen Echternach (1969–1973)
- Matthias Wissmann (1973–1983)
- Christoph Böhr (1983–1989)
- Hermann Gröhe (1989–1994)
- Klaus Escher (1994–1998)
- Hildegard Müller (1998–2002)
- Philipp Mißfelder (2002–2014)
- Paul Ziemiak (2014–2018)
International relations[edit]
The JU is a member of the Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP), an umbrella organisation of Christian Democratic and conservative youth organisations of Europe. It collaborates closely with all European partner organisations but has traditionally had strong ties to the neighboring Junge Österreichische Volkspartei (JVP), the youth organisation of the Austrian People's Party.
- ^ Philipp Mißfelder (editor): 60 Jahre Junge Union Deutschlands, Berlin 2007 ISBN 978-3-923632-06-0
- ^ JA, ich möchte jetzt in die JUNGE UNION eintreten! Young Union (official website). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ "About Youth Union". Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ Preamble - Page 1 party manifesto (German)
- ^ Preamble - Page 2 party manifesto (German)
External links[edit]
- Junge Union - Official site (German)
- Philipp Mißfelder - Official site of the current JU chairman (German)
- Youth of the European People's Party - Official site (English)


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A frontline memoir by Daily Telegraph correspondent Poole, the sole UK journalist to be embedded with American forces in the Iraq campaign.
Being British bought Poole plenty of love, he recalls, and even if some of the troopers who served in the armored infantry unit called the Black Knights seemed to think his accent funny and his skills as a touch typist just short of magic, most appreciated the support that Tony Blair's government was affording them. Says one tough sergeant, "It could feel lonely out in this desert if you Brits weren't here with us." The British soldiers he encounters during the invasion of Iraq take a different view, complaining that the fight is America's and that British boys should not be dying in the desert to satisfy George Bush's grudges. Many Americans Poole interviews agree—one tells him, "I have no beef with the Iraqis. This is Bush's war. . . . It's all for political reasons"—but most seem convinced not only of the righteousness of their cause, but also of the self-evident nature of the proposition that the world is America's to rule. Whether pro or con, one surprise is to find that American grunts were comparing the war in Iraq to Vietnam the minute it started; Ted Kennedy is far from alone in making the analogy. One soldier worries—and this is in 2003—that the antiwar movement was rapidly growing: "What if this is like Vietnam," he asks, "where we go back and they throw rocks at us?" Another, crossing into Iraq, says glumly, "I sure hope we haven't just walked straight into a new Vietnam." Such sentiments, it would seem, fly in the face of the brass's efforts to uproot the "Vietnam syndrome," but that news apparently hasn't reached the dogfaces, ready to believe every rumor (that J.Lo. has been killed in a car wreck, that Jessica Lynch is being gang-raped by Republican Guards) and to kill everything that moves before them.
A worthy companion to Rick Atkinson's outstanding In the Company of Soldiers (p. 115).


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October 28, 2010
IN THE MATTER OF DONNA LEE MOORE, APPELLANT-RESPONDENT,v.WAYNE V. FINK, RESPONDENT.JAMES M. HARTMAN, AS ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILDREN, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.
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(And Three Other Related Proceedings.)
Calendar Date: September 13, 2010
Before: Cardona, P.J., Lahtinen, Kavanagh, McCarthy and Egan Jr., JJ.
(1) Cross appeals from an order of the Family Court of Delaware County (Becker, J.), entered May 19, 2009, which, among other things, dismissed petitioner's applications, in four proceedings pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, to modify a prior order of custody, and (2) appeal from an order of said court, entered May 19, 2009, which directed the parties to attend parental education classes.
Petitioner (hereinafter the mother) and respondent (hereinafter the father) are the parents of two sons born in 1998 and 1999. In October 2005, the mother left the parties' residence leaving the children with the father. Several months later, she moved in with her boyfriend approximately 30 miles away. In 2006, after both parties filed petitions seeking custody of the children, Family Court issued a temporary order granting the father sole custody with visitation to the mother. However, prior to a fact-finding hearing, the petitions were withdrawn and the proceedings dismissed.
In 2007, the mother commenced the first two of the instant proceedings, purportedly to modify the 2006 temporary order. She asserted, among other things, that the father transported the children without a valid driver's license, that he was on parole, unemployed and was being evicted from his home. The father then filed two petitions, the first seeking custody of the children, asserting, among other things, that the mother abandoned the children and was abusing drugs and alcohol, and the second seeking to curtail the mother's visitation.
A fact-finding hearing and four Lincoln hearings took place between February 2008 and March 2009, after which Family Court, while acknowledging the mother's recent separation from her boyfriend to be closer to the children, found that she left the family residence in 2005 and commenced a relationship with an active alcoholic and that, at that time, she was also an active alcoholic, which impaired her ability to participate in the children's lives. While also acknowledging the father's own shortcomings, including his numerous prior criminal convictions, the court found him to be a competent and nurturing parent, and awarded him full custody of the children, with the mother having certain visitation rights. By separate order, the court directed both parties to attend and complete parental education classes.
The mother now appeals from both orders.*fn1 The attorney for the children cross-appeals from that part of the custody order as awarded the mother visitation.
Initially, we note that the 2006 order was issued without the benefit of a full hearing, and the proceedings upon which it was based were later dismissed. Accordingly, the instant proceedings involve an initial custody determination, and Family Court's "change of circumstances" analysis is inapplicable (Matter of Anson v Anson, 20 AD3d 603, 603-604 [2005], lv denied 5 NY3d 711 [2005]; see Matter of Smith v Smith, 61 AD3d 1275, 1276 [2009]; Matter of Bessette v Pelton, 29 AD3d 1085, 1087 [2006]). However, the record is sufficient to make an initial custody determination in the children's best interests, considering factors such as "maintaining stability for the children, the children's wishes, the home environment with each parent, each parent's past performance, relative fitness, ability to guide and provide for the children's overall well-being, and the willingness of each parent to foster a relationship with the other parent" (Matter of Torkildsen v Torkildsen, 72 AD3d 1405, 1406 [2010] [internal quotation marks and citation omitted]; see Armstrong v Armstrong, 72 AD3d 1409, 1412 [2010]; Matter of Holle v Holle, 55 AD3d 991, 991-992 [2008]).
Here, while the mother repeatedly points to the father's drug use, criminal history and alleged violent behavior towards her to support her argument that the father is unsuited to provide the children with moral and intellectual guidance, we note that, with a few limited exceptions, these acts occurred or are alleged to have occurred prior to the mother leaving the family home. In 2004, albeit in conjunction with his incarceration and subsequent probation, the father completed certain anger management and chemical dependency and follow-up programs. He testified that, although he has an alcoholic drink "now and again," he has not abused drugs since he completed those programs. Indeed, after the mother left the family home in 2005, the father's criminal activity was limited to non-drug, non-violent charges. Furthermore, the record reflects that he takes appropriate steps in parenting and disciplining the children and is an active participant in the children's education. On the other hand, the mother admitted to the continued use of marihuana and taking prescription pain medication and drinking alcohol on a daily basis. She has moved multiple times since leaving the family home and has failed to consistently participate in the children's schooling. We note that the expert testimony presented on behalf of the mother regarding how children are affected by witnessing abuse was expressed without the benefit of a review of the pleadings or an interview of either the parties or the children and may be properly disregarded by Family Court (see Matter of Peck v Bush, 35 AD3d 1118, 1119 [2006]). Accordingly, in providing the appropriate deference to the court's findings (see Matter of Claflin v Giamporcaro, 75 AD3d 778, 780 [2010], lv denied ___ NY3d ___ [Oct. 14, 2010]; Matter of Torkildsen v Torkildsen, 72 AD3d at 1406; Matter of Gast v Gast, 50 AD3d 1189, 1190 [2008]), we conclude that the order granting the father sole custody of the children is supported by a sound and substantial basis in the record.
Lastly, inasmuch as the attorney for the children failed to establish, through substantial evidence, that alternate weekend and Monday visitation with extended summer visitation with the mother would be harmful to the children, the presumption that visitation with their mother is in the children's best interests has not been rebutted, and Family Court's determination awarding the mother visitation rights is supported by the record (see Matter of Tamara FF. v John FF., 75 AD3d 688, 690 [2010]; Matter of Baker v Blanchard, 74 AD3d 1427, 1428 [2010]; Matter of Garraway v Laforet, 68 AD3d 1192, 1193 [2009]).
Cardona, P.J., Lahtinen, Kavanagh and McCarthy, JJ., concur.
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When you think of bold, innovative, downright disruptive users of cutting-edge technology, you naturally think of … lawyers?
Risk-averse, cautious, measured, paid-by-the-hour, brick-and-mortar, word-parsing, quintessentially nuanced ("I didn't hear your question, but regardless my answer is: 'It depends.'") lawyers?
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Predictive coding is essentially about finding "more like this," where "this" is a piece of unstructured data (an email, slide deck, letter, memo, etc.) and "more like" are documents that are conceptually similar, whether or not they contain the same words that made "this" relevant in the first place.
This last point is key: Documents that are similar in concept but use substantially different language can be equally significant in litigation and investigations. Were this not the case, Boolean keyword searches would keep litigation professionals satisfied for years to come.
In fact, the uncompromising binary nature of keyword searches – the words are either in the document or not – makes for challenging use in the context of legal discovery. To their dismay, litigators routinely find themselves negotiating with opposing counsel over Boolean search strings of such length and complexity they could make a Silicon Valley developer wince.
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Predictive coding begins with a statistical analysis of the co-occurrence of all the words in each document ingested into the system, even across millions of documents. The system then creates sophisticated models from a handful of documents judged by attorneys to be relevant to the issue at hand. It then looks across the entire data set to find more documents closely related to those models and suggests them to the attorneys for priority review.
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The end result of predictive coding is that legal teams can typically find virtually all of the relevant content after reviewing as little as 10 to 30 percent of the data. Not only does this shave weeks or months off costly legal review projects, it also identifies the critical evidence far faster – a key to guiding case strategy.
As the underlying analysis is statistical in nature, the machine doesn't need to read or understand the words used, yet it can find related documents with remarkable accuracy (even those documents that a Boolean search would have missed altogether).
Another advantage of the statistical analysis is that the effect is virtually language agnostic; foreign language data sets can benefit equally from predictive coding, so long as the documents used to train the system are in the same language as those sought.
Looking Forward
This year is poised to be transformational for legal technology, as awareness of and experience with predictive coding are approaching critical mass.
In 2016, OpenText, a global provider of enterprise information software, acquired Recommind, a pioneer in advanced analytics and machine learning for the legal industry. OpenText's vision is to see predictive coding applied to nearly every matter, on virtually every data set needing legal review and analysis.
After all, who better to drive technological innovation than your venerable counsel.
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Cool breeze and a cosy al-fresco seating, crystal clear water and nostalgic decorations on the wall—Friends Avenue Café seems ready to entice the moment one walks in. Inside the restaurant, the décor is inspired by the back streets of New York, and is ideal for a casual hang-out with friends or a solitary place to work with a coffee in hand.
The story of the café's origin is interesting too. While most homegrown eatery concepts have revolved around their owners' love for Dubai, here's a different story. The three young entrepreneurs are originally from Uzbekistan and have chosen Dubai to start their different business concepts, the first one being the Friends Avenue Café. Probably one of the youngest restaurateurs in the UAE, the trio — Fazliddin Kosimov, Davron Hamidov, Ziyovuddin Alikhonov are all in their early twenties. Their café, which has just opened doors in February 2015, is gradually gaining popularity as a venue that serves delicious food and offers comforting space.
As the name suggests, friendship is the core concept of this restaurant. "Everything started with our friendship," explains Fazliddin. "Although we are originally from Uzbekistan, we spent a lot of time in the US, mainly in New York. I went to London to study and the others went to Finland. During our university years we constantly travelled to the US. We worked there and the three of us wanted to establish something that would be creative."
The three had different ideas to work on and a few countries in mind while setting up the business, but finally ended up choosing Dubai.
"After landing in Dubai last September, we brainstormed and worked for 24 hours, doing everything ourselves — starting with the grilling and the décor," says Fazliddin. "We wanted this café to reflect the friendship between the three of us at different levels, and the décor reflects that idea."
The menu is a mix of street food as well as traditional fare. Although inspired by Jamie Oliver, the boys have added their own touches to the menu, which changes every week. The focus is on home-made healthy food that is also trendy. Everything is baked and nothing is ever fried.
While protein wraps share centre stage with friendly shakshouka and cinnamon flavoured French toast, Fazliddin adds, "We want the younger generation to connect to us and try to make sure that this place is considered a casual hang-out with wholesome food and good coffee. You can sit out for hours and choose something from the menu that suits your mood".
Raw Coffee Company supplies the speciality coffee and every effort is taken to maintain that the ingredients are locally sourced and organic, as much as possible.
The construction and the roadblocks do pose a temporary challenge, but there is already a long list of loyal diners. There are families who come from far during weekends as well as residents from the neighbourhood.
The shelves on the walls are detailed with knickknacks and antiques flown down from Uzbekistan, including the cotton flowers that come out of dried fig branches. If you are looking for that very special corner where you can escape for hours with a book in hand, or hang out with your friends over a good meal in a bright lively ambience, the Friends Avenue Café welcomes you and encourages you to come and say 'hello'!
Friends Avenue Café is located on the ground floor of Fortune Executive Tower, Cluster T, Jumeirah Lakes Towers.
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text: Kitchener-Waterloo worst for women A new report into Canada's gender gap is revealing exactly where women would be best – and worst – placed to relocate but it seems there's still no region offering genuinely equal employment opportunities. "The reality is Canada has a gender gap," says senior researcher Kate McInturff. "When it comes to pay, jobs and safety, men and women still don't get equal treatment in Canada. We need to take stock of the gaps so we can close them." McIntuff worked with the Canadian centre for Policy Alternatives to provide a comprehensive guide of what Canada's doing right – and wrong – when it comes to equal employment opportunities for men and women. Right Victoria takes overall top-spot in the survey – it's the only major Canadian city where women outnumber men on municipal council and it also boasts virtually equal levels of employment, with women trailing by just three per cent. Gatineau comes in a close second and while it has the lowest gender wage gap in the country, women can still only expect to make 87 per cent of what a man does. Getting women into executive seats is a challenge for many HR managers but Oshawa can be proud of its efforts – 44 per cent of senior managers are women. Wrong In last place, women in Kitchener-Waterloo face the biggest gender pay gap in the country – earning just 66 per cent of what men do. But McInturff insists that ranking the cities isn't about competition – "it's about identifying what works in one community and bringing it home to another so that every city in Canada is a good place to be a woman," she explained. More like this: Long-held pot policies go up in smoke You can't fix diversity in a day, says Apple CHRO Wal-Mart accused of anti-gay discrimination Leave a comment SHARE


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Marketing Techniques for the Shoe Industry
The footwear business is a $48 billion industry, according to the National Shoe Retailers Association, with 29,360 shoe stores in business as of 2012. Whether you manufacture footwear or sell shoes at a retail outlet, you need marketing techniques that help customers learn about and want to buy your product. Few brands really resonate with footwear buyers, says Deloitte. That makes finding the right marketing techniques an even more important requirement for turning your shoe business into a profitable venture.
Building a brand is key to the long-term success of your company. This requires looking at competing shoe businesses and finding ways to stand out from them. For instance, if you open a sports shoe store, consider carrying just a few types of shoes, such as running, hiking and walking shoes, to become know as the local store for joggers and outdoor exercise enthusiasts. If you're a shoe manufacturer, look for types of shoes the market is lacks, such as eco-friendly footwear, specific types of sports shoes, wide-width shoes or affordably priced, trendy women's shoes.
Selling more shoes requires a mix of digital and traditional channel sales strategies. This means developing an ecommerce website in addition to your brick-and-mortar shoe store. This allows you sell your shoes any time of the day, not just when your store is open. In addition, some target markets, such as Generation Y shoppers, rely on the Internet to conduct research about products they want to buy. They're likely to shop around online for the shoes they want before heading to your store to buy a pair.
Making it easier for customers to find the exact shoe they want makes footwear customization a technique worth reviewing. Customized shoes appeal to several different target markets, including people with big or wide foot sizes that make shoes hard to find, or people who like owning a unique pair of shoes. Plus, once 3-D printing becomes widespread, offering customization may give your company an edge in the shoe industry.
Social Networking
Encouraging customers to spread the word about your shoes makes social networking a beneficial marketing technique. Use Facebook, Twitter and a blog to interact with people are interested in purchasing your shoes. Provide meaningful posts, such as on how to choose comfortable shoes, what the differences are in different types of sports shoes and how people's feet change over time. Talk about the unique aspects of the shoes you sell to use your social media sites to help build your brand.
- Deloitte: Apparel & Footwear Industry, Top 10 Issues, 2004
- Washington University Libraries: The Global Footwear Market, Athletic and non-Athletic Shoes
- Urban Land Institute: Generation Y: Shopping and Entertainment in the Digital Age
- MIT Sloan Management Review: With 3-D Printing, The Shoe Really Fits
- MIT Smart Customization Group: Custom Kicks: Using Metaphor Elicitation to Understand Consumers' Thoughts and Feelings Regarding Online Shoe Customization
- Statistic Brain: Footwear Industry Statistics
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Welcome! Our house is a Classic Vermont Farmhouse with an attached carriage barn located on Lake Rescue in Ludlow, Vermont. Our home is characterized by the original features like exposed timber beams, hardwood flooring, soap stone counter tops, and vintage/ antique farmhouse decor.
This home accommodates 11 and has 4 bedrooms, a living area with a futon pull-out couch and 2.5 baths.
Home is located on Route 100 just outside of the town of Ludlow within a 5 min drive to Jackson Gore / Okemo Mtn and a 20 min drive to Killington ski areas. The views of the mountains are spectacular and the location is wonderful all year round. We have a large country yard and just steps off the back of the yard is Lake Rescue. Our property shares a common two level deck/dock/ and boat storage area with neighboring houses in a separate lot just a short walk off the back of the yard.
Main Floor Layout: The main floor has a "Family Room" with cathedral ceiling, exposed beams, a wood stove, and large windows. It includes the kitchen which has original soap stone counter tops, hardwood cabinets, a center island with a large gas stove. The dining area has a large french country table which can accommodate ten. Next to the table is an unusual wood stove that opens to become a fireplace creating a cozy atmosphere and crackling fire. There is also a seating area with a couch and chair to allow for snuggling into a great book or breaking in a deck of cards with family and friends. This openness of this room makes it possible for everyone to be included in family or group discussion or activities.
The main floor also has a TV room with a futon couch, chair, bookshelves, wood stove, and TV (Cable included). A half bath is located off the TV room with a full size washer and dryer.(linens and towels provided)
The master bedroom is also located on the main floor it has a Queen size four poster bed, an armoire, vintage decor, and a full bath with jetted tub.
The "Family Room" has a door that opens onto a large deck, where you will find a grill and outside dinner table and umbrella. There is a large counry yard with multiple seating areas and a tire swing.
On the upper level there are country 3 bedrooms and a full bath. Bedrooms= One King, One Double, One with A Double and Twin. The upstairs bath has the original claw foot tub with country classic surround shower, and a bidet.
The nearby village of Ludlow, Vermont contains many fine restaurants, while nearby Chester is known for its fine antique stores. Weston, only a 15-minute drive away, is home to the famous Vermont Country Store and the Weston Playhouse
In summer, the fishing, swimming, and boating are excellent and it is a perfect place to spend a family vacation. Just steps off the backyard is a multi tier deck/dock area with picnic table and boat storage. The lake has a gradual sandy bottom and is perfect for young kids playing in the water. The dock is a perfect place to tie up your boat, jump into the water, kayak or fish. We have two Kayaks, and a paddle boat for guest use for fabulous scenic trips on the lake.
In the fall, the foliage is spectacular and autumn is the perfect time to enjoy the foliage while boating on Lake Rescue or driving around the valley.
In winter, the house is also ideal for outdoor activities. The house is about 1 mile from Jackson Gore/Okemo. Lake Rescue is approximately one and one-half miles long and offers numerous activities in addition to nearby downhill skiing. (Ice fishing, Ice skating, sledding, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing)


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I went to Singapore once with my family, June 2009. But I didn't stay in Singapore. I stayed in Johor Baru, one of Malaysian big cities near Singapore.
From my place in Perak, I used train to get to Johor Baru. Actually there is a regular train that serve daily journey from Ipoh to Johor (also to Singapore), but the time is not right. This train departs from Ipoh around 11 am and arrives in Johor at 8 pm (Singapore 10 pm). It is not a right time to find any place or walking around, especially when you bring your family.
So, by checking the train schedule from KTMB, I found shuttle train from Ipoh to KL early in the morning and a train from KL to Johor (also to Singapore) that departs at 8.30 am. The time was just right, I arrived at Johor Baru Train Station around 2 pm. If you haven't book any hotel, this is just a right time to look for your hotel. Anyway, some people said that Johor is not quite save, especially at night. So I made the right decision
I already booked a hotel room for my family. Sometimes if you check the official web site of a hotel, you can get a good bargain. This time I took a family holiday package from a 5 star hotel, The Puteri Pacific Hotel. The price was good, comparably cheap with apartments in Singapore. For a comparison, you can have an apartment for two person in Lucky Plaza Singapore for S$ 80/night (2 person). I got RM 260/day for my family (2 adults, 3 children) in a suite. That's roughly almost the same price if you count the kids for the apartment. So why bother a small apartment room if you can get a big deluxe room?
Any way, you can go to Singapore early in the morning since the intercountry bus is operating from 6 am to 11 pm. As soon as we finished our breakfast, we went to Singapore by bus. We have to alight twice, for Malaysian Immigration and Singaporean Immigration. Don't forget to fill the white card . You can go by train too, but this train only operating early in the morning, around 5 am.
If you don't have any problem, you can get to Singapore only in 30 to 60 minutes. Unfortunately, I had a problem. I don't know what kind of problem because the officers didn't do or ask any strange questions. Any way, it took 1.5 hours for us to get to the first bus station, the Kranji Bus Station which is also an MRT station.
From this station, actually I can go to Singapore Zoo by MRT and Bus, but according to gothere guideline, a taxi will cost a little bit higher for the four of us. So we took a taxi to the Zoo, faster and you don't have to walk a lot.
The zoo is not a large zoo, but nicely arranged for walker. Don't take a tram, because it is not worth it. Just take a walk, and you can see the animal collection. If you take the tram, you won't be able to see the collection clearly. Most of the collection requires you to walk to the cage and see the animal, not from the tram.
My children only enjoyed the children facility, such as water park which is availabe for free. We spent our time mostly on the kidz zone, not seeing the animals . Anyway, you can spend as much as time you can for the Zoo, but roughly 2 hours is enough to see all the collection.
After we finished, we went to Singapore Science Center by Taxi. It is quite far from the zoo. The place has so many attraction such as theater and some science exhibition counters. The one I don't like from this place is the counters are separated in parallel. If we don't know where to go, we might miss some of the exhibition.
From science center we went to Jurong East MRT by taxi and continue the journey to Bugis Street for souvenirs. You can find cheap souvenirs here, especially the middle shop. Indonesian likes to shop souvenirs , so this place is not to miss.
After some souvenirs shopping, we went to Merlion Park by taxi. Unfortunately, it was already pass working hour. The taxi charged a surcharge that cost me more than the taxi fee itself. Anyway, we only took some pictures with the Merlion background and ready to go to the busiest part of Singapore (Maybe ), The Orchard Road.
Not much to see in Orchard Road, since Department Store are all the same in Singapore or Malaysia or even in Indonesia. So we just took a little walk and luckily found Indonesian food corner at the Lucky Plaza.
Don't worry about transportation, as long as you can manage the time before 11 pm, you can still find public transportation, including the one to Malaysia. So if you still want to go to Sentosa Island to see Song of The Sea, you still have time.
We arrived at our hotel around 11 pm with so many places already visited in Singapore. So, it is enough for us to get around Singapore in one day.
- Prepare for small money if you want to take buses, they don't provide change.
- Use taxi if you have more than 3 person
- Please check the route by using gothere.sg
Have a nice trip to Singapore !!


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I don't have an exact release date yet (and I'm not sure if UK and Audio will be behind US print again, but I'll try to find out before release this time) but from what I understand the plan is for it to come out in Spring of 2019. What I do have for you today is the cover! Guys, I LOVE this cover. I hope you do too!
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text: Alright, it's almost time for the Regular Season, so I figured it's also time for this season's thread. How are you guys feeling about your teams through the preseason? I'm a bit lost with my Broncos. I feel like the first string offense was off, but also like they were holding back a lot. Defense on the other hand, mmmmmmm! Don't mess with those dudes! It's amazing how great Ware is playing at his age. Of course Von Miller was just being his usual badass self haha. Feeling pretty confident about this Shane Ray kid too; I don't know jack about him, because I don't follow college ball in the slightest, but he looks to be fitting in just fine. GO BRONCOS!


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Some of you were perplexed by the system. We received some emails puzzling over our sudden closure on a particular weekend. I am writing to explain the reasons behind the system and to try to clear the confusion that surrounds it.
We have up to 5 regular volunteers helping out at the shelter each weekend. These regulars have their hands full cleaning the compound, carrying out feeding of the dogs, washing the dishes and used towels and mending the cracked floors. Between all the chores there is to be done, we often find ourselves without a spare hand to supervise visitors and new volunteers around.
Supervision is essential in a place like a dog shelter because frankly, anything can happen. While most of our dogs are human-friendly and thrive on attention from us humans, we cannot take this for granted. Dogs may suddenly turn aggressive over food. A dog involved in a sudden fight with another dog may unintentionally injure a volunteer who tries to break up the fight by pulling it away. And then, there are the handful of dogs who are not human friendly. An overzealous volunteer who is ignorant of this may be attacked by the frightened and defensive dog.
This is not all. Our shelter is located along a road that is quite busy on weekends. We cannot avoid this road while walking the furkids. A construction site is also situated along this road. Stray dogs living on the construction site are prone to rush out across the road at our dogs to guard their territory. Volunteer walkers need to be able to handle our dogs firmly to prevent them from leaping at the construction dogs. At the same time, they also have to be able to command the construction dogs to retreat to the construction site, away from our dogs. We wish there were a safer walking route that our dogs can take. Unfortunately, we are left with no choice. The least we can do is to require the presence of a regular volunteer with the necessary experience to go along during the walk.
We want more people to get to know our dogs. The ideal situation is, of course, to allow anyone remotely interested in the shelter to come down to befriend the furkids. Only by coming down physically will they get to truly bond with the dogs. But to believe obstinately in that and overlook all the safety concerns that may possibly arise is to be overly idealistic, negligent and irresponsible.
We would like you to know that this new safety system was put in place only after much consideration. As far as possible, we would try to get as many regulars down as possible so that you are free to come whichever weekend is better for you. But when we are unable to do so, we hope you understand that we are doing the best that we can.
For more information about our opening days, please refer to our Facebook page for updates. Alternatively, if you wish to visit, do drop us an email so that we can inform you personally whether we will be open. Do note that this new safety system is not in any way to deter new volunteers from coming down! Our doors remain open to any interested volunteer (above 18 of course). By creating a safer environment, it is our belief that Gentle Paws will become a better place for both you and I.
Having said that, we hope to see you soon!


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I recently read an article about a young woman who has spent the past six months backpacking solo around the world. Her main bit of advice was to do what you want, and not do what everyone expects you to do. Don't go to all the places every traveler 'should' go, but do the things that make you happy. This is the secret, her advice.
The secret is making your own story.
Through words. Through actions. Through love.
We make our own way through this world. We are flawed. We mess up. We get lost. But that is all part of the experience. We fall, rise back up, and continue onwards, writing our own story.
Recently, I came across the band Black Veil Brides while on Pandora, and their song "In The End" stood out to me. Listen to the lyrics and you'll understand.
In the end
As you fade into the night
Who will tell the story of your life
And who will remember your last goodbye
Cause it's the end and I'm not afraid
Not afraid to die
Who will tell your story?
It's a question that we ask ourselves each and every day. We ask if we are good enough to be remembered. If our actions will speak for themselves. If others will notice. Who will share what we have experienced, what we have done, when we are no longer here to tell the story ourselves.
Some people write. Others put it onto film. Videos. Photos. Essays. Paintings. Music. Expressions that are shared by hand, over the internet, by word of mouth. We share parts of ourselves in the hopes of having our stories passed down,
In a sense, this is why I write. This is why I share my thoughts and adventures with the world. To be remembered. To be an inspiration. To light a spark in the darkness.
The hope is that we don't have to do any of this. The goal is to live a life so powerful that your actions, your story, is remembered by those who cross your path. That others see how we live and it changes them. That they are moved to follow in the same footsteps that we do.
The secret: You have already made a difference.
Oh, I know what you are thinking: I'm a nobody. Nobody will remember me. I've never made a difference. I used to think the same way. But I tell you, you are wrong. If you have made one person smile, you have changed the world. Your story is written on their lives. You will be remembered.
They may never know your name. They might not remember your face. But they will always remember how you made them feel. And this is how we share our stories.
This is the goal.
We may never know how far our story spreads, or who speaks of the things we have done, but it is written on the hearts and in the lives of those we have touched. Good, bad, and the ugly. Our story is written with every action (or inaction) and every spoken (and unspoken) word.


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Gillett Venus Razors:
I've been using the Venus Breeze razor with built-in shave gel bars and I have really noticed a difference in the smoothness of my legs! As you know, talking about my dry skin is becoming my favorite subject—rather products that cure my indisputable dry skin. I used the Breeze razor this summer and there was a vibrant smoothness to my legs, even when I forgot to put on lotion—this is especially rare since I shave my legs everyday, which makes them even more prone to sensitivity and dryness. In the past I have always used shaving cream or soap to shave, which more often than not, left my legs looking like a dried up alligator; however, with the Breeze you truly only need water and will see visible smoothness in your skin. I love the Venus Breeze razor! I keep a little one in my travel bad and I use the regular size daily—a blade typically lasts 3 weeks, 4 if I'm lucky; however, it's worth paying for more blades! Prepare to see results. 5 Kisses from me
$9.49 for a razor + two catridges, at any drugstore
Venus. Reminds me of my teens. This is one product Carol and I disagree on. I used the Venus Breeze razors for years and I liked them, but I never loved the results. While they did leave my skin feeling smooth, I didn't think the blades got a close enough shave, especially when I shaved day after day. I use the Gillett Schick Hydro 5 Men's razor and I am always impressed with the results; it gives a close shave and doesn't irritate your skin (especially if you are prone to razor burn). I recommend this razor for any woman and even better, the blades last up to a month and come with a moisture strip for added moisture!
$12.99 for razor + 2 cartridges, found at any drugstore.


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Senior Nomura Banker Resigns
Nomura's highest ranking foreign banker, Jesse Bhattal, has resigned. The WSJ's Alison Tudor tells Deborah Kan his departure comes amid a series of cost cuts he had been implementing.
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Vitrify Alcorso Ceramic Award finalists announced - Art Collector
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|26 September 2012 | The finalists for the 2012 Vitrify Alcorso Ceramic Award, an acquisitive $10,000 prize, have been announced. They are Stephen Bird, Tania Rollond, Neville French and Julie Bartholomew.
The artists will develop work for a group exhibition at the JamFactory, Adelaide. The winner will be chosen from this exhibition.
The judging panel consists of Professor Noel Frankham, head of Hobart School of Art; Prue Venables, a ceramicist and creative director of the ceramics studio at JamFactory; and Robert Reason, curator of European and Australian decorative arts at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
The Vitrify award is presented as part of the Australian Ceramics Triennale: Subversive Clay. The award announcement and triennale delegate reception will be held on Friday 28 September 2012 at the JamFactory.
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You must have already heard about SM Cinema's online movie ticket reservation with a twist. Why with a twist? Because unlike Ayala Cinema's Sureseats (movigoers who buy tickets online get their actual tickets at the movie counter), SM Cinema lets movie goers claim their reserved tickets by just swiping their cellphone through an automated machine. Tickets are automatically released and printed without the aid of ticket tellers and the like.
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The innovative "cellphone swiping twist" is actually awesome but I'm just wondering why SM Cinema is kinda too late in developing an online movie ticket reservation system. Ayala Cinema had already have one since like 2 years ago. Anyway, this latest development would surely benefit movie goers with fast-paced lifestyle and people who are always online.
Problem with the Website's Navigational Structure
For the benefit of our fellow homo sapiens who are not internet savvy, I want to warn everyone though that the basic login – logout process of the SM Cinema website is not user friendly and has poor navigational structure.
Not user-friendly because it's the only member-oriented website I know which has no basic Log-in and Log-out navigation located either at the upper left or right corner of the member's dashboard or administration page. You need to undergo confusing page to page steps to find the Log out or Log in menu. This, is actually very stressful especially to users who don't want to waste their time clicking useless links and browsing uninteresting pages.
Just take this specific situation I encountered after I registered online.
After I completed my registration by clicking the confirmation link sent to my email, I was redirected back to SM Cinema's homepage. I immediately look for the log in button or link with the intention of checking my account settings.
To my disappointment, there's really no log-in button or link on the index or home page. Later, I found out that you need to select a movie and then select schedule of viewing before you can log in. In short they wanted the members to reserve a ticket first before they can view their account. This, is actually very amusing. They should know that not all the times the users log-in just to reserve a ticket. Sometimes, they just browse what movies are in or if they wanted to update their account information like passwords or credit card details.
The same goes with the Log-out navigation. This is actually very risky since most users might forget to log out leaving all their important account information like their credit cards open to internet criminals. Same problem with the log in navigation, the log out button or link can't be easily found on the member's page. You need to go through like two deep links to access the log-out link menu.
I hope as of this writing, the navigational problems that I encountered have already been corrected. SM Cinema should take into consideration first the security of the information provided by their website members. Also, they should be more aware how important proper navigational structure is as part of their site's usability.
Check SM Cinema's website: www.smcinema.com.
Happy movie watching to everyone and Advance Merry Christmas. (:
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6 Responses to SM Cinema's Online Movie Ticket Reservation
niiiiiiiice.. maayo gyud ning sm da.
for informative blogs such this …im gonna tell my other friends later to drop and read this article thanx a lot
Its nice to know SM has this kind of feature, so i dont have to wait for hours to buy the ticket, id rather pay P20+ more to scan my phone for a ticket which has no line to wait, i booked X-Men: First Class already, and it was super swift and i was the first to got in-line, i got in the first…. although the next other day… this booking system failed for me, coz i was trying to book online the next day for the Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides but the system error keeps poping up, so i had to drive myself there just to find out that the movie is chaged from 3:30pm to 3:00pm, then after i get back it was said it was canceled -_-" i watched Green Lantern instead..
just wanted to add that… the reason why it was canceled is because of Transformers 3: The Dark Moon Premiere test run into some problems thats why the pirates of caribbean 3:30PM was canceled. June 28,2011 for Transformers 3: The Dark Moon Premiere @ 7:30PM – 9:45PM
thank you for this very informative blog about online tickets. it has been a year an a half since you wrote this, but the online process hasn't improved. this is only the 2nd time i'm buying tickets online, and i'm so glad i found your blog to help me through the process. you're so right about this not being user-friendly. again, thanks! keep up the great blog you have here. =)
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In the late 1960s, the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United States Capitol Historical Society jointly sponsored a project to foster a greater awareness and appreciation of our nation's past by recording the American story on the walls of the United States Capitol. Allyn Cox, who had completed the Rotunda friezes begun by Constantino Brumidi in the 19th Century, was commissioned for the project.
|Planning for the House wing murals began during the winter of 1969-70. After deciding to place them on the vaulted ceilings, Cox completed scale drawings of the proposed murals, making sure they were historically accurate and in harmony with the building's architecture. He began the actual work on the ceilings in February 1973, with the "Hall of Capitols" series. Aided by Clifford Young, who helped work up the cartoons (preparatory drawings), he completed the series in July 1974.
"New Dome Symbolizes Union"
One of the murals in the Hall of Capitols depicts Capitol Architect Thomas U. Walters showing his plans for the building's new dome to President Abraham Lincoln. Cox used an 1863 photo of the dome under construction (attributed to famed Civil War photographer Matthew Brady) as the basis for the scene.
Construction on the dome, authorized by Congress in 1855, was interrupted by the Civil War, but began again in 1862 under Lincoln's order that construction be continued as "a sign we intend the Union shall go on". The last section of the "Freedom" statue atop the dome was put in place on December 2, 1863, at which time the U.S. flag was unfurled and a 35-gun salute (one for each state, north and south) was fired.
When I was very young, my parents brought me here and showed me an empty space in the frieze under the Rotunda dome. After that I used to dream and dream of painting it one day. ~~ Allyn Cox, quoted in The Washington Post, 28 Sept 1982
Allyn Cox (1896-1982), a native of New York City, was the son of artists Kenyon and Louise Howland King Cox. He began his art training under his father and later studied at the National Academy of Art, the Art Students League and at the American Academy in Rome. In 1953, he realized his childhood dream when he was commissioned to complete the Brumidi friezes.
|This was just the beginning of his work in the Capitol; he returned in 1969 to clean and restore one of the Brumidi murals and later painted the Henry Clay portrait in the Senate Reception Room and the 1969 moon landing in the Senate wing's Brumidi Corridor. Cox began working on the House wing murals in 1969, completing The Hall of Capitols in 1974 and the second phase, the Great Experiment Hall, in 1982. He retired in March 1982 at the age of 86 and died the following September.
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From EPA research archives, here's a photo found by author Adam Minter (ShanghaiScrap, Bloomberg). Minter covers the history of Automobile hammermill-shredders in this month's Foreign Affairs (a serious coup for an international relations cultist like me).
If you want to understand the scrap electronics business, you should study the scrap automobile business. And the hard rock mining business.
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As Minter points out in a recent blog post,
At the time this public domain image was shot, abandoned cars were among the most serious environmental crises facing the United States. Estimates vary, but in 1970 General Motors – theoretically, a knowledgeable source – estimated that there were at least 40 million cars abandoned in public places across the United States. In 1967, New York City reported 70,000 cars were abandoned on its streets, alone. By scale, and seriousness, abandoned cars exceeded any waste disposal problem before or since (including the so-called "e-waste" crisis).In a September post I made two thesis statements about environmental malpractice and environmental injustice.
- The poorer a person making a high value purchase, the more likely they are to be the expert, and the more their opinion should be valued.
- Activities that reduce property value tend to take place in areas with lower property value.
(Note, I have amended "completed exchange" above to read "high value purchase", to hopefully make clear that I mean the poor person is buying.)
The lack of equal environmental enforcement in low property value areas has been called "environmental injustice". I have labelled the disturbingly disproportionate arrests of technicians from poor countries "environmental malpractice". The study of changes in income distribution in property areas is the best predictor of the type of material exchanges that are going on. Ultimately injustice is defined by a lack of enforcement, and malpractice is a sign of over-enforcement. As a former environmental official, I know something about both.
Like Adam Minter, I have also used the automobile analogy in a blog picked up as an Op-Ed at Waste and Recycling News (1/2012), "Think e-Waste is bad? Try an "a-Waste" ban" We know about the environmental justice / property value angle... cars abandoned in vacant lots. We know about the forces of planned obsolescence, which frustrate home repair, which created the "right to repair" bills.
The junk autos definitely accumulate in poorer property value climates. But the end of life of the autos almost never, ever occurs in the wealthy neighborhoods. It's fast forward from high school graduation to funeral if you think that rich people trading in an automobile is the end of the car's life.
As Minter will explain in his book, there was ultimately a place for auto shredders, and the massive scrap industry in steel cannot simply be pooh-pooed by the words "big shred". But it's the "small shred" which worries me. Cell phones and laptops are ultimately different from cars... As different from cars as ships are.
The ship breaking industry still doesn't have a "Big Enough Shred" to manage ships, nor does the airplane industry. In lieu of shipbreaking-recycling jobs in Bangladesh, the USA Navy resorts to ocean dumping - purposefully sinking ships ("barrier reef" is the claimed re-use). Ships and Airplanes are both refurbishing, and hand-cut, in more of a parts-shop or chop-shop model. The question is what is the right model for electronics?
A closer look at automobiles shows that the used auto / parts market is actually bigger economically than the new car market... and also the shredding market. About 20 percent of junk automobile parts are worth 80 percent of the money (matching the Paretto principle). Used bumpers, seats, car doors, transmissions, etc. have an aftermarket which is very, very important to the USA economy.
|Hard Rock Mining Meets Coral Islands
Ultimately, both environmental injustice and environmental malpractice are claims made against regulators. EPA has done a nifty job of nudging "environmental injustice" towards "the polluters", but the original term "environmental injustice" was coined to describe poorer enforcement efforts in lower property value or minority income areas. I don't think it's as easy for Interpol or EPA to shift the blame for "malpractice", racial profiling arrests of tinkerers and geeks. EPA gives out "environmental justice grants" as a kind of token benefit to tribal areas and lower socio-economic cleanup sites. Maybe EPA will be as willing to issue "malpractice" grants, to support the refurbishing and recycling industries.
The fact that enforcement agents, such as Interpol, are now arresting tinkerers and technicians in Africa, assuming the money the Africans pay for the import is sign or "organization", and therefore "organized crime", shows that minorities are, once again, getting the short end of the regulators stick. The lower the property value (as in rain forest), the more pollution. But the lower the property value, the less waste. It takes and understanding of BOTH these facts to arrange the respect recyclers and fixers deserve.


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Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Blackboard Nails
No, this is an idea that popped into my head last week when I got my Rimmel Matte nail polish and I have to say, I'm quite impressed with how it turned out! It actually felt kinda like a blackboard/chalk (not that I've spent many a day rubbing blackboards or anything).
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Thank god for VPN so we at least had access to Twitter and Instagram while we were there. The only thing I miss? The cool weather back there. Oh and the wonderful Singapore Airlines flight back home.
Most of the pictures are raw 'cause I don't know how to edit (unless we're talking Instagram or VSCOcam) especially those of the sky/in the air 'cause God made them way too beautiful. It was during that flight that I decided that I should only fly Singapore Airlines and I should fly at dusk.
I apologise for the bad quality photos, iPhone 5 and I did our best.
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I love going to visit my husband's family in Carlisle, South Carolina! It is so relaxing and I can unplug and enjoy the country life. My favorite family member is Aunt Betty who always have something good cooking and she makes you feel right at home! I'm sitting here on her porch were she has lots of flowers, rocking chairs and more! Its a very peaceful place and I hope my husband and I can retire here where his grandma was born. His beloved Granny left him a few acres after she passed a few months ago. We plan to build a house here later.
I did an impromptu photoshoot right on the front porch wearing a fun strapless jumpsuit that was sent for me to wear from Chic and Curvy Boutique. The weather here was perfect and what better outfit to wear on a sunny morning! I think this jumpsuit is sold out, I got it a month ago but there is a few similar looking styles on the site. Thanks to Chic and Curvy for sending this, my husband Mr.Reed loved it wink lol. xoxo
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Live at the Harlem Square Club : Sam Cooke (#38)
Sam Cooke | Live at the Harlem Square Club (January 1963)
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Rhythm and Blues / Soul – 37:29
"Music is to the soul what words are to the mind."
Modern popular music is filled with artistes leaving us before their prime. There is the infamous '27 Club' which nobody wants to join; the list of members who died at the age of 27 reads like a who's who of musical genius: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse. Of course, not all of the sad demises of our pop idols happens at that point in their life and there are just as many who have died in tragic circumstances well before their prime at a different age – Elvis Presley and John Lennon spring to mind. Often it leaves you wondering what they could have produced if they had lived longer. Would they have continued to push boundaries and take music in new directions? Or would they simply grow old and fat, playing their old hits on the oldies circuit, a shadow of their former self? Often you can't help but wonder what records would have been produced had they lived.
Among the first casualties of the popular music charts was soul singer Sam Cooke, who was killed in rather sordid circumstances at the age of just 33 in December 1964; controversy continues to surround the exact story around his shooting at a motel in Los Angeles. It was a depressing ending to a life that had been built around his talent. My knowledge of Cooke were the cross-over pop songs; tracks like Wonderful World or Bring It All Home to Me. Great songs but not ones to place him among the soul legends. His voice always sounded too soft; his style too smooth. Little did I realise there was much, much more to Cooke's talents.
Starting out as a gospel singer, he initially found a smaller audience singing highly spiritual songs. However, he wanted more and quickly began turning out more secular numbers, despite the risk of alienating his original audience. The record executives were hoping to appeal to a mass audience, apparently without realising what they had on their hands. This all changed when they decided to record a live album, choosing the Harlem Square Club in Miami as the location. What they didn't realise was that the largely African American crowd who turned out to see Cooke would lead to a sound that was far too raucous for the sensitive ears of Middle America. Upon hearing it, the record bosses quickly shelved the recording, where it remained undiscovered for 20 years before being found and released to wide acclaim in 1985.
Listening to Cooke sing on Live at the Harlem Square Club, it is easy to understand the nervousness. There is powerful rawness to his sound; this isn't the pleasant man crooning on the record players in the bedrooms of the respectable teenagers but the scream of passion from a man giving his all. Suddenly it becomes clear why Sam Cooke was so revered by those who saw him. His presence smashes through the speakers and into the room with you. There are many live shows which I would have loved to have seen; this is now definitely on the list.
Things kick off with (Don't Fight It) Feel It, with the MC introducing 'Mr Soul' to the stage. As the band strikes up, you can feel the crowd rise to the occasion and Cooke does not disappoint. The music is tight and within seconds Cooke has found his groove. Here is a man who is in his element and he is clearly enjoying every minute. The music barely lets up as he moves into Chain Gang; it is a cry for freedom that resonates, with Sam's grunts adding to the feeling of a man who knows what it is like to have to fight for everything he has. Cooke brings real emotion to everything which he performs: his next number, Cupid – another of his hits, is a heartbreaking call for the god of love to help him get the girl.
There is not a single song on the album which fails to hit the mark; many live sessions will have the odd dud but each one of the tracks that Cooke performed at Harlem Square Club was a bona fide classic. He brings a cool sexiness to his medley It's All Right/For Sentimental Reasons; you can feel the sweat pouring off you as he rocks into Twistin' the Night Away. Bring It On Home to Me remains one of the greatest songs ever and Cooke's rendition is achingly beautiful; pity any woman who tries to resist his soulful passion. His set comes to a close with Having A Party; an apt choice given how much fun has been had to this point.
Sam Cooke was a truly great singer; it is a shame that RCA Victor was too scared to ever allow him to give his all while he was alive. Death is always tragic but when someone of such talent is taken away, it is a heartbreaking moment. He has been dead for more than 50 years yet it still feels depressing that he his career was cut so short. Still, he was able to produce a fantastic body of work, with Live at the Harlem Square Club arguably his greatest achievement. Rather than mourn the man, put on this incredible record and let his voice take you to a place where everyone is having a party.
If you have a Spotify account, you can listen to Live at the Harlem Square Club here:
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"2nd Half" is a film which had created certain interest in audience by its intriguing title and the trailer. Let's check out how the films stands out be.
Anuradha(Priyanka) is a Police constable whose assigned to look after the CCTV cameras. She was interested in a life of a girl (Surabhi) spotted in CCTV camera while she was painting on streets. She was also aware of the boys around her. One Fine day, the girl goes missing which leads Anuradha to investigate the case. How will Anuradha go about the investigation? Will she be able to crack the case? Watch it on big screen to know it.
Director Yogi Devagange has chosen a good story in his debut directorial film. The First of "2nd Half" is bit boring to be precise. The comedy scenes of Shalini seem overboard at times. But the second half of the film is quite engaging and has many twists and turns to it. There is a message in the end of the movie which is appreciable.
Priyanka Upendra has done a complete justice to the character. She scores well has a helpless police constable and also a dynamic woman, who fights for the justice of a young girl. Niranjan Sudhir, a nephew of actor Upendra has made a promising debut through this film. Surabhi,Shalini,Sharath Lohitashwa, Naveen does a neat job in their brief roles.
Two songs from composer Chethan Sosca are good and well shot too. Back ground score was not a noticeable work. Cinematography and Editing could have been much better.
Overall "2nd Half" is a watchable movie for the message it has.
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