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The 1930′s Forgotten Economic Lessons
The 1930′s Forgotten Economic Lessons
Three mistakes world leaders learned from the Great Depression, and forgot.Originally Published | Arbitrage Magazine
By: Ellie Chan
The eurozone debt crisis is Europe's first financial crunch since the introduction of the Euro. EU leaders are stupefied by a crisis they have no experience in dealing with, just as central bankers and political leaders were stunned by the first market crash in 1929. It is alarming to see that the world leaders are marching in the footsteps of their predecessors, who made all the wrong decisions that led to the Great Depression.
One of the greatest global imbalances in modern history was after the First World War. To financethe war, Europe borrowed heavily from the US government. Under the rules of the gold standard, Europeans had to take gold bullions out from the reserve vaults and ship them to the US Federal Reserve Banks. The Allies borrowed so much debt from the United States that, after the war ended, the Fed accumulated $4.5 billion out of $6 billion of circulated gold. That is 75 percent of all circulated money in the four major economic powers in the world (Britain, Germany, France, and United States).
The gross imbalance in gold distribution blocked the smooth machination of the gold standard. The lack of gold in Europe exacerbated the post-war economic turmoil. A fight for gold between Britain, France, and Germany soured their relationship. Since the United States possessed the largest gold collection, Britain lost its status as the world's financial city, and never regained the position since. France attracted foreign money due to an undervalued franc, and hoarded its bullions while its European counterparts were starving for gold. Paul Einzig, author of the Lombard Street column for the Financial News, wrote that it was "the French gold hoarding policy which brought about the slump in commodity prices, which in turn was the main cause of the economic depression; that it is the unwillingness of France to cooperate with other nations which has aggravated the depression into a violent crisis." Germany, faced with empty reserve vaults, war reparations, a nation under reconstruction, and economic slump, was in trouble. It had no other choice but to maniacally print money that resulted in the tragic period of hyperinflation.
The Great Crash on Wall Street in 1929 was the tipping point. It sent shockwaves across the Atlantic Ocean, and Europe plummeted into the Great Depression. The global imbalance in the post-war world formed a backdrop for a great financial disaster. Today, our world is reaching a concerning point of imbalance: nations being either big savers, or big spenders. China and Germany both have enormous account surpluses – the world's first and second, respectively. China alone accumulated a foreign reserve totalling $3.2 trillion. China and Germany have become the biggest money savers of the world, and are now expected to be the saviours of the world, too.
The rest of the world (the peripheral eurozone countries, France, the United States) is trillion dollars in debt. They spent more money than they could raise through taxes, and they borrowed more from other countries than they could repay. The consequences are slow to show, but they are surfacing after a generation's time. On one side of the globe, the economy is sucked into a hopeless cycle of contraction and austerity, which in turn leads to more contraction. There are outbursts of public unrest and political instability. More people are losing the lifestyle they once knew. On the other side, the economy is booming, investment money is pouring in, and many more are rising to a favourable living standard. A world this much out of balance is dangerous for everyone, including the seemingly prosperous countries.
Up until the Second World War, global financiers were devoted to the gold standard in bringing long-term price stability and strict control on inflation. At the outbreak of World War I, Britain, Germany, France, and the United States all abandoned the gold standard to finance the war. Everyone saw it as a temporary policy, and central bankers were adamant to take the world back on gold.
However, the post-war world was very different from the one before. All gold has fled Europe to the United States; Europe's vaults were nearly empty. But Britain, always a strong advocate of the gold standard, returned to gold in 1925 at an unrealistically high exchange rate. British goods suddenly became very expensive. Exports dropped, factories closed down, unemployment spiked, and the entire nation spiralled into recession. Montagu Norman, the central banker at the time, was stubborn on bringing prestige back to the sterling and did not understand that the overvalued pound was staggering the British economy.
In the midst of the Great Depression, in 1931, Norman finally took the pound sterling off the gold standard. The currency was no longer pegged to gold, allowing the central bank to lower interest rate to free up money and stimulate the economy. Though economists initially condemned the decision, they could not deny the benefits Britain gained from being off gold. The devalued pound cheapened British exports again. Manufacturing revived, people returned to work, and Britain was, in fact, the first country to emerge from the Great Depression.
Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize winner of his book "Lords of Finance", blames Norman and other central bankers in the 1930′s for pushing the world into the Great Depression: "[M]ore than anyone else they were responsible for the … fundamental error of economic policy … to take the world back onto the gold standard." The stubbornness of one central banker prolonged Britain's misery for six years. In the current crisis, Angela Merkel's stubbornness is similarly prolonging European woes. It seems the German Chancellor rejected many possible solutions. She refused for many months for contributing more capital into the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), the eurozone rescue fund. She ruled out European Central Bank (ECB) funding in the EFSF. She also opposes to the idea of eurobonds, which are eurozone government debt with joint liability. Merkel was hesitant for good reasons. She wanted to utilise market pressure to discipline the troubled economies, instead of handing them free money and giving them a pass out of this mess. But we saw the contagion reaching the German Bund market, with a disappointing bond auction in November. S&P credit agency also put Germany on negative credit watch that threatens its triple A standing.
Unable to contain the growing crisis spreading into her country, Merkel is clearly desperate to win back market confidence. She aggressively announced, on December 14, of EU's long-term progression to become a fiscal union. But at this stage, the crisis already consumed Europe. Such a decision would have had the "bazooka effect" on markets at the beginning of the year, but now the stakes are higher, and investors remain sceptics.
What escalated into the Great Depression was a US banking crisis triggered by the collapse of a private bank called Bank of United States (BUS). Despite its official-sounding name, it had no relationship with the US government. As the bank became insolvent, the Fed believed they could build a strong enough firewall around its collapse. They decided not to bail it out.
The failure of BUS, a high-profile bank, changed public sentiment very quickly. Depositors lost confidence as they could no longer tell whether a bank was healthy or not, so they indiscriminately started pulling their money out of all banks. What resulted was a scramble for credit across the system.
The Fed could control the credit crunch by injecting cash into the banking system, but the governors refused to act. Only half of the banks in the country joined the Federal Reserve system, and the governors did not think it was their responsibility to safeguard these non-member banks; although collectively, these banks had a large impact on the credit system. In 1931, one out of every ten banks in the country closed down. Confidence vanished, and thus marked the beginning of the unstoppable bank runs that swept across the nation between 1931 and 1932.
Legislation finally passed in 1932 to allow the Fed to inject $1 billion of cash into banks – the Fed was finally pumping money into the system on a required scale. But it was too late, by then, the United States, like the rest of the world, had entered the darkest year in the Depression.
The lack of funding support from the central bank is a mistake policymakers are repeating today. The ECB refuses to pour money into the EFSF (it is also unlikely to contribute to the European Stability Mechanism), or commit to large-scale bond buying, or act as the lender of last resort. Similar to the Fed's narrow criteria of its responsibilities, the ECB devotes to a narrow definition of central banking. Its sole purpose is to control price stability within the eurozone, which means keeping inflation low. Jens Weidmann, President of the Bundesbank, said the ECB's mandate prevents it from embarking on unlimited bond purchases and past experience showed this would inevitably lead to inflation. With the crisis at this stage, economic outlook for 2012 is bleak. Many economists are predicting recession: Financial Times reported 72% believe Europe will enter a recession in the next 12 months. The ECB should instead worry about deflation, and if it is to fulfil its objective to stabilize prices, which prevents prices from falling, then quantitative easing (buying of government bonds) is necessary.
The eurozone debt crisis is nowhere near the magnitude of the Great Depression. The 1930′s tragedy remains a far outlier of the sufferings mankind experienced in modern history. It is the largest sequence of errors made, and from which decision makers still draw lessons to ensure it does not happen again. But contrary to stepping forward, we see once again that the world is unwilling to rebalance itself, that leaders are unreasonably stubborn about their own standpoint, and that the central bank is so narrow-sighted that it becomes passive during a great calamity. All three things are within our power to change, though some will take longer than others. But if we do not take a different course, and quickly, history may repeat itself.
ARB Team
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Welcome to Day 4 of the Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops! It's time for another day of spotlighting the Verve release with the Verve Divas and special guests! We're super excited to have another very special Diva Alumni joining us for the hop today. Everything previewed this week will be available to order in the Verve online store on Monday, August 28. If you know you want it all, today is the final day to pre-order the August 2017 Buy it All Bundle at a 30% discount! Only one more sleep until release!
Today we're sharing our first projects featuring the Scripture Medley 5 stamp set. This set includes the re-introduction of the final 2 scripture plain janes, as well as 9 all new scripture verse stamps.
Oh, how I love the verses by John in this new set! We had two readings from John at my wedding and I just loved them. I asked our priest if we were going to have any of the Old Testament readings and he said, "no, it's the 21st century and we'll go with the New Testament." He was a very cool 75 year old priest :) I've always believed that actions speak louder than words so I chose this beautiful verse. I thought it could be an anniversary or an engagement card so I added the "congrats" to the side tab.
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stamps: Scripture Medley, Love Everlasting (Verve)
paper: vintage white, sweet blush (PTI), Craft Market (Crate Paper)
ink: onyx (versafine), Lovely Lady (PTI)
accessories: Shine Bright Sequin Mix (Verve), stitched rectangle die (Lil Inkers), stitched circle die (MFT), wooden butterfly, twine (craft supply), stitching


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[audio:http://www.kh-2.com/mp3s-sw/sikhwithinepisode13.mp3%5DFrom Episodes 1 to 13, each episode followed the following format:
– Meanings
– Shabad Translations
– History of the Sikhs/ Sikh Stories
– Inspirational Songs
Q: What was the thought behind changing the programme format?
A: There was a need to introduced additional interactivity and audio magazine format (inc: where possible outside broadcast elements). Therefore, from Episode 15 onwards each show will follow the following format:
1. Introduction
2. Understanding Meanings
3. History of the Sikhs(by Year)
4. Shabad Translations
5. Book of the month (readings)
6. New Music (Featuring many up and coming artists)
7. Sikh News & Feedback
8. Inspirational findings – songs or phrases
The programme is effectively extended with this website and other tools, for example: Forums and links.


text: SCM Research at SIO Single Column Modeling Research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography Recent SCM Results: Journal Articles Iacobellis, S. F., G. M. McFarquhar, D. L. Mitchell, and R. C. J. Somerville: The sensitivity of radiative fluxes to parameterized cloud microphysics. J. Climate, 16, 2979-2996. Abstract Article (pdf) McFarquhar, G. M., S. Iacobellis, and R. C. J. Somerville: SCM simulations of tropical ice clouds using observationally based parameterizations of microphysics. J. Climate, 16, 1643-1664. Abstract Article (pdf) Xie, S., and co-authors, 2002: Intercomparison and evaluation of cumulus parameterizations under summertime midlatitude continental conditions. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 128, 1095-1135. Lane, D. E., R. C. J. Somerville, and S. F. Iacobellis: 2000: Sensitivity of cloud and radiation parameterizations to changes in vertical resolution. J. Climate, 13, 915-922. Abstract Article(pdf) Iacobellis, S. F., and R. C. J. Somerville, 2000: Implications of microphysics for cloud-radiation paramterizations: Lessons from TOGA-COARE. J. Atmos. Sci, 57, 161-183. Abstract Article (pdf) Ghan, S. J., and co-authors, 2000: A comparison of single column model simulations of summertime midlatitude continental convection. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 2091-2124. Abstract Somerville, R. C. J., and S. F. Iacobellis, 1999: Single-column models, ARM observations, and GCM cloud-radiation schemes. Phys. Chem. Earth (B), 24, No. 6, 733-740. Abstract Lee, W.-H., S. F. Iacobellis, and R. C. J. Somerville, 1997: Cloud radiation forcings and feedbacks: General circulation model tests and observational validation. J. Climate, 10, 2479-2496. Abstract Somerville, R. C. J., S. F. Iacobellis, and W.-H. Lee, 1996: Effects of cloud-radiation schemes on climate model results. World Resource Review, 8, 321-333. Abstract Randall, D. A., K.-M. Xu, R. C. J. Somerville, and S. F. Iacobellis, 1996: Single-column models and cloud ensemble models as links between observations and climate models. J. Climate, 9, 1683-1697. Abstract Conference Proceedings/Preprints Fourteenth ARM Science Team Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, March 22-26, 2004 Evaluating prognostic parameterizations using ARM data at the three major ARM sites. Abstract Fifteenth Symposium on Global Changes and Climate Variations, Seattle, WA, January 12-16, 2004 Evaluating new cloud-radiation and hydrologic cycle parameterizations. Extended Abstract (pdf) Thirteenth ARM Science Team Meeting, Broomfield, CO, March 31 - April 3, 2003 Clouds, Cloud Physics, and Cloud-Radiation Interactions: New Data and Models. Abstract Fourteenth Symposium on Global Changes and Climate Variations, Long Beach, CA, February 9-13, 2003 Sensitivity of cloud-radiation interactions to cloud microphysics. Extended Abstract (pdf) Development of a stochastic cloud-radiation parameterization. Extended Abstract (pdf) Eleventh Conference on Cloud Physics, Ogden, UT, June 3-7, 2002 Sensitivity of radiative fluxes and heating rates to cloud microphysics using a single-column model and ARM data. Extended Abstract (pdf) Parameterizations of solar single-scattering radiative properties for tropical ice clouds. Extended Abstract (pdf) Twelfth ARM Science Team Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, April 8-12, 2002 Sensitivity of radiative fluxes and heating rates to cloud microphysics. Extended Abstract (pdf) Sensitivities of SCMs to new parameterizations of cloud-radiative interactions. Extended Abstract (pdf) Thirteenth Symposium on Glabal Change and Climate Variations, Orlando, FL, January 13-17, 2002 Examining model sensitivities to cloud microphysics using a single-column model, NCEP forecasts and ARM data. Extended Abstract (pdf) Sixth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, San Diego, CA, May 14-18, 2001 Single-column model studies for improving the representation of Antarctic cloud cover. Extended Abstract (pdf) Eleventh ARM Science Team Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 19-23, 2001 Sensitivities of SCMs to new parameterizations of cloud-radiative interactions. Twelfth Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, Albuquerque, NM, January 14-18, 2001 Sensitivities of SCM models to improved parameterizations of cloud-radiative interactions for tropical cirrus. Simulation of radiative transfer through broken cloud fields using a stochastic approach. Evaluation of cloud and radiation parameterizations using a long-term data set produced by a single-column model forced with NCEP GSM data. International Radiation Symposium 2000: Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation. SCM Sensitivity to microphysics, radiation and convection algorithms. PDF Evaluation of a stochastic radiative transfer model using ground-based measurements. Tenth ARM Science Team Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 13-17, 2000 SCM sensitivity to microphysics, radiation and convection algorithms. Extended Abstract (pdf) Evaluation of stochastic radiative transfer model using ground-based measurements. Extended Abstract (pdf) Eleventh Symposium on Global Change Studies, Long Beach, CA, January 9-14, 2000 Analysis of forcing methods for single-column models. Preprint (postscript) Validation of a stochastic radiative transfer model. Preprint (pdf) Evaluation of cloud-radiation sensitivities to alternative cloud and convection schemes. Preprint (postscript) Tenth Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, Madison, WI, June 28-July2, 1999 Testing cloud radiation schemes with single-column models and ARM observations. Preprint (postscript) Ninth ARM Science Team Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 22-26, 1999 Testing cloud-radiation schemes with single-column models and ARM observations Preprint (pdf) An intercomparison of single-column model simulations of summertime midlatitude continental convection Preprint (pdf) Tenth Symposium on Global Change Studies, Dallas, TX, January 10-15, 1999 Investigations of cloud-radiation interactions. Preprint (pdf) Sensitivity of cloud-radiation interactions to various cloud parameterizations using a single-column model and observations from the ARM Program. Preprint (postscript) Eight ARM Science Team Meeting, Tucson, AZ, March 23-27, 1998 Analysis of cloud-radiation interactions using ARM observations and a single-column model Preprint (pdf) Single-column model sensitivity to changes in horizontal and vertical resolution Preprint (pdf) Seventh ARM Science Team Meeting, San Antonio, TX. March 3-7, 1997 Single-column modeling, general circulation model parameterizations and ARM data Preprint (pdf) Experimental Climate Prediction Center Near real-time forecasts using SCM cloud microphysics Other Results Presentation at LLNL SCM Workshop Jan 1997 Tests of Prof. Zhang's Constrained Variational Forcing Data Sensitivity of SCM Results to Cloud Parameterization Presentation at IAMAS-IAPSO, Melbourne, Australia, July 1-9, 1997 Support Department of Energy Grant DE-FG03-97-ER62338 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Grant NA77RJ0453 National Science Foundation Grants ATM-9612764 and ATM-9814151 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Grant NAG5-8292 University of California Campus Laboratory Collaboration Program Related SCM Links: LLNL SCM Home Page Prof. Zhang's Constrained Variational Forcing Data Colorado State Univ. SCM Home Page Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program Southern Great Plains (SGP) Site Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) Site North Slope of Alaska (NSA) Site ARM Data Archive Available ARM Data at CSU GOES Cloud and Radiation Products For ARM (NASA Langley) TOGA-COARE Home Page/Data Index Available TOGA-COARE Data at CSU MONsoon EXperiment 1979 (MONEX-79) Other Links: Climate Research Division Home Page Scripps Institution of Oceanography Home Page University of California, San Diego Home Page Last Updated: 07-Jun-2004 Comments and suggestions to: Sam Iacobellis - firstname.lastname@example.com


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*Tandoori Paneer Pizza* | Pizza itself is a weakness. Throw in Paneer (Cottage Cheese) and you've got yourself a master-piece! I have used all healthy ingredients in this Pizza including a wheat Pizza base. I also made this on a pan rather than a microwave or an oven. Just wanted to retain the Indian-ness/ tandoor concept as much as possible! ☺ But you can use a microwave too.
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Maybe off topic, but...Have the guy at National Welding Supply drain all of the remaining CO2 from the tank, then weigh it empty. Write the empty weight on the tank. The next time he refills your tank, he can tell you how much is left in the tank if any, and only charge you for for the amount he adds to your tank. This is mainly for 20# tanks where it may be difficult to tell how much is left, or when you know you have CO2 left but want to top it off.
I guess this would work for propane tanks as well. As long as you can find someone that will charge you by the pound instead of a flat rate.


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On Sunday 15th August, 2010, the Gentlemen & Players match was re-launched in an exhilarating new format at a gloriously stylish Wormsley – England's most beautiful cricket ground.
For those of you who may not remember all the way back to 1962 when the fixture was last played, the Gentlemen and Players series is the oldest, longest running and one of the most prestigious first-class cricket competitions in history. It was established in 1806 by Thomas Lord and Lord Gordon of Strathavon, Marquis of Huntley, who together who had the vision to see that the cricketing format of amateur and often aristocratic Gentlemen versus the professional Players would be a huge hit with the Great British public.
On Sunday a new era for Gentlemen and Players began with new cricketers stepping into the historic shoes of the Gentlemen and Players teams under exciting Twenty20 rules.
In keeping with modern Britain, The Gentlemen were represented not by wealthy aristocrats but by a selection of under nineteen cricketers from Blackheath Cricket Club and state schools in South East London and the Tower Hamlets area.
The Players team was composed of an all star professional team made up of the Professional Cricketers Association Masters, captained by Robert Key of Kent and England.
It turned out to be the most astonishing match.
The Gentlemen, captained by Warren Lee, won the toss and invited the Players to bat.
Lou Vincent, New Zealand's one day international and Ashes winning former England all rounder Philip De Freitas got the Players off to a deliberate start. The Gentlemen seam bowling outfit of Iwan Thomas, Sam Douglas Freeman and 15 year old Ahmed Akbari stemmed the flow of runs superbly well. The Players were 25 for 5 overs.
Then the Players established themselves. Vincent top scored with 28 with support from Kent and England A's leading batsman Darren Stevens as well as some lusty blows from Devon Malcolm to end of the Players innings. The Gentlemen were determined and extremely athletic; and were well rewarded for their approach reducing the Players to 127 for 8 in their 20 overs. Off spinners Dipayan Paul and Adam Senn with impressive figures of 4-23 in his 3 overs were the most effective combination for the Gentlemen.
The target had now been set and it was now up to the Gentlemen to prove themselves against their heroes of Malcolm, De Freitas, Headley and Stevens.
The Gentlemen team were determined and extremely athletic in their approach reducing the Players to 127 for 8 in their 20 overs.
Ed Giddins, former Sussex, Warwickshire and England opened the bowling for the Players along with Philip De Freitas. Dipayan Paul and Alex Senn were removed in quick time by Giddins to leave the Gentlemen on a precarious 18 for 2. Jamal Patterson and Alex Price making a run a ball 23 steadied the ship for the Gentlemen. Ahmed Akbari intensified the chase with a brief cameo appearance.
It was left to Paterson on 52 not out and Medi Abbas on 27 not out including a towering six off Darren Stevens in the last over, to steer the Gentlemen team home off the last ball to an electrifying win with the Gentlemen finishing on 128 for 5.
An extraordinary major upset then with the Gentleman defeating the Players team for the first time since 1953!


text: I just posted a new game to my TPT store. Check it out. It's easy to prep - just print, cut, and play. My kids need practice counting and recognizing numbers so I made this game. Just cut off the tops of the acorns, and students will match them with the fingers shown on the bottom half. Check it out! :)


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Friday, April 5, 2013
Flat Tissue Cover Tutorial
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Angela, your talents have no end, just when I thought you can not out do yourself, you create another beauty, I just am in awe of your talent! Everything you create is a work of art and beauty, I adore these tissue covers they are just feminine ;)ReplyDelete
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What a clever way to produce such a tissue box! You could write books on the subject with your lovely photos...!
Hugs to you,
These are absolutely gorgeous! The laces and ribbons are so beautiful and the way you choose to combine them is so pretty. YOu come up with the most beautiful items for everyday use...how feminine and sweet they would feel to use! Such fun,
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how are you doing? I am excitied to see what you ahve been working on!


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2. We're being extremely lucky, weather-wise. We're told that last week it was around -25C (and it still shows: the river Saskatchewan is completely frozen $-$ I mean: solid!), but now it's quite nice and pleasant $-$ sunny and around 10/15C. Of course, Canadians are in mid-August mood and we've seen quite a few kids in shorts. I wouldn't quite go as far as that, but we can't really complain!
3. I'm told of a nice review of BMHE, which is just appeared on Biometrics. The author of the review says
The book seems to be suitable for researchers and practitioners who want to learn and apply statistical methods to health economics. Also it can be a good text for graduate courses in statistical analysis of health economic data. The author tries to keep mathematics at a low level and provides many interesting figures and tables for the readers with weak mathematical / statistical background. It provides step-by-step guidance to practical application of the Bayesian methods by using popular statistical software R and BUGS/JAGS. This would be very attractive to practitioners for they can easily implement Monte Carlo simulation methods necessary for Bayesian inference without fear.4. Quick update on me getting all emotional for no reason while on an intercontinental flight: nothing to report. I struggled a bit at the end of this episode of How I met your mother, but nothing major $-$ not even a real tear. In any case, to avoid embarrassment, I stopped watching TV.


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What happens as a result of Jeff Bezos' acquisition of the Washington Post could turn out to be the story of the resurrection of the newspaper publishing industry. If it works, it will be the dawn of a new era, one that our society desperately needs.
This is the beginning of a story about a Brand re-imagined and re-invented. This is all about what they deliver and how they deliver it – with particular emphasis on how they deliver it.
We must not let journalism die. It's almost the only form of in-depth news coverage and real analysis left (there are still some magazines that do that, but they're dying too). It's the only place where investigative reporting exists. It's not perfect and it is too often laced with editorial viewpoints, but it's the closest thing to objective depth that we have.
The "citizen journalism" that exists on the Internet is 99 percent pure crap (and I think I'm being generous). It's unsubstantiated, fear driven, biased, ideological, I want my fifteen minutes of fame, garbage.
Most television news is a bunch of talking heads reading sound bites from a teleprompter. Where's the depth? Oh, sorry, we have to take a commercial break – about 20 minutes worth for each 40 minutes of content.
So what does Jeff Bezos bring to the party? Plenty.
Creativity, for starters. And not just ordinary creativity; he brings the creative juices of an outsider to newspaper publishing. He's not trapped in the prison of tradition. He's an experimenter. He'll try stuff that's never been done before. Much of it will fail. That won't bother him because some of it will stick. What sticks will become the new way that news is disseminated – and paid for.
Jeff is a long-term thinker. He's well financed. He doesn't have to answer to Wall Street's relentless hunger for short-term results, double-digit growth rates, and shareholders' insatiable demands for immediate increased wealth.
He can plan, he can execute based on his own timetable. He has the money and the mind set to be patient. How many companies can do that? I'm betting that he will do things that have never been imagined in the newspaper publishing world.
This is an important story. It's a story about the Washington Post's Brand and so much more. Watch it, read about it, pay close attention to it. There will be lessons for all of us to learn. And if Jeff and his team execute well, and if enough Americans get off their dead asses and reclaim some measure of intellectual curiosity about what's going on in the world, we will witness the rebirth of the newspaper industry. Long live the fourth estate. We desperately need its vibrancy.


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The Learners
Author: Chip Kidd
When college ends, the real tests begin. Happy, a recent grad of Penn State, learns to survive the world of advertising in Chip Kidd's new novel The Learners, the sequel to Kidd's bestselling, "The Cheese Monkey: A Novel in Two Semesters."
Kidd is best known as a designer of book jackets. (And not just any designer – Kidd is basically the rock star of the book jacket design world.)
So it's fitting that the cover of "The Learners," which is both arresting and hip, borrows the black, white, and red color scheme of Kidd's famed "Jurassic Park" book jacket.
"The Learners," however, includes no prehistoric creatures. There are a few other colossal elements, such as deceit, death, and the Holocaust. But there is only one word to really describe Happy's life after college: bizarre.
Happy searches for his first job, but not on Craig's List or even through the help-wanted ads. He follows in his professor Winter Sorbeck's footsteps, literally. Happy seeks out Sorbeck's first employer: Spear, Rakoff, & Ware – an advertising firm in New Haven, Conn.
Happy lands the job and soon finds himself working with colleagues with names like "Sketchy" and "Tip" for clients like Krinkle Kutt Potato Chip. But it's his very first design assignment – a simple newspaper advertisement – that leads Happy to an unusual chain of events.
And eventually, Happy must, for his own sanity, investigate the recent death of a college friend. All inquiries into her death end up pointing back to that first ad Happy created, which announces the need for volunteers in a Yale psychology department experiment.
The experiment actually turns out to be more fact than fiction. Kidd manages to recreate the actual Milgram experiments, which took place from 1961 to 1962. This psychology experiment tests a subject's obedience to authority. Eventually this experiment leads Happy to question his own decisions and life.
Although Happy's odd adventures are captivating, there is an essential element missing from this sequel: the unique graphic design assignments that Happy and his classmates at State U. received in "The Cheese Monkeys." Happy's colleagues are constantly working on potato chip ads, but there is not much creative detail beyond the surface level.
So design professors (and others) hoping to score a sheaf of cool new design assignments will have to stick with Kidd's first book.


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Butler County
Brainard is located in southeast Butler County where the rich, clay-loam hills of Oak Creek meet the productive tableland to the west. The Ox Bow Trail passed nearby, evidence of which still is evident in Max Dusatko's pasture north of town.
In 1865 James Brown filed a claim in Section 23, and later opened the post office called "Urban." This was two miles east and one mile south of present-day Brainard near the Loma road. Other settlers along Oak Creek included the families of Fox, Keefe, Showalter, Riggs, and Blair.
The Union Pacific built a line from Valley in 1877, establishing Valparaiso in Saunders County, then across Butler County to David City. The company selected a site in Section 17 for a station. Thomas Logan, considered to be the founder of the town, opened a store and post office that year named "Brainard" a misspelled version of a celebrated Indian missionary, David Brainerd.
The town was laid out in 1878 by the Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad Company. Later additions were platted by J.E. McAlvin. In 1887 "West Brainard" was recorded by Cottrell and Hull, and in December of that year, "North Brainard" was surveyed by McKnight and filed by W.T. Richardson.
Warran Jacobs established a grocery store, and soon nearly all lines of business were represented. Gradually the farms and businesses were mingled with the newly-arrived Czech immigrants. There was a steady migration of early settlers from the eastern part of the United States, and from here to points west. A tragic story involving four Bohemian families from Brainard, occurred in 1885. Deciding to move to Dundy County, three women and six children of the Kavalec, Macek, Lang, and Osmera families were swept away in a flash-flood, as they camped not far from their destination. In 1924 a monument was dedicated by the two surviving children near the mouth of Richardson Canyon in Furnas County.
Early businesses were located on the west side of Lincoln Street until three brick buildings were built on Madison Street. A Methodist Church was organized and a church built in 1885 and a Catholic Church was built in 1888.
Industries once included a grain company, a cigar factory, a soft drink factory, a cheese and ice cream factory, and a cement block factory. Lyle Talbot, born and raised in Brainard in the hotel his family owned, later performed in many movies and the television series, "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet."
Soon after the commercial club was organized in 1932, "Old Hometown Festival," a weekend of free entertainment was established. The present Brainard Community Club's 153 members are still involved in town betterment through local activities and NCIP competition.
A landing strip on the Prochaska farm provided the passengers and crew of a DC3 enroute to New York with a safe haven in December 1945. Nearly out of gas, and unable to land in Lincoln or Omaha because of heavy fog, it spotted the beacon light not far from Brainard. Sandwiches and hot coffee were provided for these "drop-in guests" until a gasoline transport could refuel the plane.
During the early 1960s, Brainard became one of the sites for the ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile), providing a link in our national defense during the "cold war period" (1960-85). About 100 workers (many from the Brainard area) excavated tons of dirt and pour over 1,000 truckloads of concrete for the silo that held the missile. When completed, a four-man crew provided round the clock maintenance of the equipment and were there to fire the missile, if necessary. It never was, and this and similar sites in Mead, Arlington, Tecumseh, Seward, York, and Missouri Valley all have been dismantled.
The school in Brainard has evolved from one-room in 1881 into a consolidated district covering 192 square-miles, including the towns of Loma and Dwight. There are currently 320 students in the East Butler District.
Brainard, whose motto is "Working Together to Make a Good Town Better," has experienced an 18 percent population increase during the last decade from 275 to 326. "Visitors and residents know that we are proud of our heritage by the appearance of new homes, improved electrical and water systems, and the overall appearance of the town," comments Sharon Bruner, NCIP scrapbook chairman. "We are alive and well in our town, Brainard."
From material gathered by Jane Graff from NSHS and from Sharon Bruner of Brainard.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Brainard's First Hundred Years , 1979, Centennial Committee; Butler County History, 1982 ; and three VCR collections of movies of the hometown events from 1932 through June 1991, produced by the Brainard Community Club.


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Brother David Henley Begins Work as Vocation Director
Brother David Henley has served as the outreach minister at Glenmary's Danville, Ark., mission for almost three years. During that time, he's experienced, on a daily basis, "what the needs are here in Danville, and I know that those needs reflect what our other mission areas experience," Brother David says. "With more missioners, we could meet more needs."
Beginning on June 1, he will be key in finding those future missioners as Glenmary's new vocation director, replacing Father Steve Pawelk, who has served as director for the last 10 years.
Brother David calls his new assignment "support ministry" as he works to serve and provide for Glenmary's future. "I see my job as walking with men through their discernment so that in the future, they will be helping serve the missions."
It wasn't too long ago that Brother David was in formation himself. The Columbus, Ohio, native took his Final Oath in 2006. "The formation program has changed since I was a student," he says. "But the discernment process never really changes. Many of the challenges and questions that I faced when I was discerning are the same today. I hope my recent experience will allow me help others along the journey.
"It's exciting to be able to invite men to join what I feel is a great community with a tremendous mission and ministry," he says. "I hope to share with others the joy that I've found serving with Glenmary."
Brother David first learned of the society as a high school volunteer at the Glenmary Farm in 1989 and eventually returned to the Farm as a manager.
Before entering Glenmary, he served with the Volunteer Missionary Movement in Chicago. He also spent a year working at a homeless shelter in Santa Fe, N.M.
While in Danville, Brother David served as the mission's DRE, overseeing the RCIA and religious education programs for both adults and children.
Fluent in Spanish, he served as interpreter for members of the immigrant community and helped with the paperwork needed for their immigration cases. He spent a year working at the local poultry factory as both a line worker and chaplain until the plant closed last year.
"My ministry in Danville began with my getting to know the people in the community and letting them get to know me," Brother David says. He's taking the same approach as vocation director.
Brother David will live at Glenmary Headquarters in Cincinnati, which will give him the opportunity to gain hands-on knowledge of the position and get to know vocation team members Patrick McEntee and Karen Stemann-as they will get to know him.
"I expect to eventually follow Father Steve's model of living in a mission," Brother David says. "But for now, I want to focus solely on my ministry as vocation director and the responsibilities that it carries.
"I hope I can share Glenmary's story and inspire men to follow a calling to serve the missions," Brother David says. "It's a real honor."
This story originally appeared in the Summer 2010 Glenmary Challenge.
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WASHINGTON — The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) is proud to present the inaugural 2017 NAPABA Military and Veteran Service Award to Commander Sylvaine W. Wong, deputy director of the United States Navy Office of the Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps, Military Manpower Division. The NAPABA Military and Veteran Service Award — a brand new award — seeks to recognize individuals within the Asian Pacific American legal community serving the U.S. Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, including Reserve and National Guard) as uniformed personnel or as civilians or as veterans of the Armed Forces whose outstanding achievements (1) greatly enhanced the mission of the Armed Forces; (2) contributed to the advancement of rights for service-members, their families, and/or veterans; or (3) furthered the administration of justice.
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Riley Cote. From neat1325 on Flickr.
If there's anything that the sports of hockey and mixed martial arts have in common, it's the fact that both are constantly the target of mainstream media that want to blast them for being "too violent" or "brutal" like my man Bill O'Reilly likes to say.
Here's another thing they have in common. From The Globe and Mail:
It's a sentiment shared by many of the toughest players in the NHL. The growth of the UFC has earned the sport many fans in dressing rooms around the league. It's also earned MMA fighters a lot of respect from NHLers.
"Even the worst UFC fighter that there is would beat me because of their training," said Pittsburgh Penguins enforcer Georges Laraque. "It's so much harder than anything I've ever seen. I'm a fighter, so I know how hard they work and I know how hard it is to go against someone."
The article centers around Riley Cote of the Philadelphia Flyers, who supplements his on-ice fighting with MMA training at New Jersey Martial Arts in Maple Shade, New Jersey. (Video of his training here) Cote originally started training in MMA to just get some kind of edge when he dropped the gloves during the game.
"I've dabbled with mixed martial arts and Brazilian jiu-jitsu," Cote said in the article. "I did that for training and conditioning, getting my hands going. I'm just trying to get an edge. I'm going to do the most I can to keep my job and be the best at my job."
However after a couple years of training, Cote's love of MMA has started to take his mind in a different direction. He now believes that his training could ultimately lead to another career-opportunity down the line, stepping into the cage or the ring.
"I don't plan on doing that until my hockey career's over," said Cote. "But I'd consider doing it."
The majority of fans already know that Cote wouldn't be the first fighter to transition from hockey to MMA. Steve Bosse, who is currently fights exclusively for Quebec-based TKO Championship Fighting, has gone 2-1 so far as a pro and will take on his biggest test yet in the form of UFC veteran Wes Sims this summer.
Bosse currently plays for the LNAH, widely considered to be the toughest hockey league in North America. With only 8 total teams and over 1,500 fighting majors handed out this season according to hockeyfights.com, few can disagree.
The league has also produced Jacques Dube, Jon Mirasty, and Yann Pellerin, all who have competed in MMA over the last year or so.
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I've been enjoying some colouring again this week and pairing up a couple of MFT stamp sets that were made for each other.... Sweet Succulents and Happy Hedgehogs.
It amused me to think of this shortsighted little fellow thinking the potted Cactus was another hedgehog.. Lol :) Once I'd coloured and cut out the two images I scratched my head on how best to display them on my card... anyone else have this dilemma sometimes?? I decided on a group of cacti in the background but left them uncoloured so the main characters were still in the limelight :)
I masked the different plants to create the scene... I also stamped the round cactus again on the background so it could keep the spines I'd trimmed off!!....
The Sweet Succulents set has a great sentiment that works so well with the hedgehogs too...
Oh how I enjoyed assembling this little scene.. I love the autumnal feel, I even snuck a couple of conkers into the shot .... I still have to pick them up this time of year. I cannot resist them especially if they're still sitting in their spiky case!!
I made a similar style scene to the first card with greenery in the background and then layered the coloured images on top... I just love his expression :)
Well I hope you enjoyed a dose of hedgehog cuteness this Monday morning.. thanks for stopping by and catch you again next week :)
Jenny x


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Adding Share Buttons to your Site & Flash Files
Sharing is caring and if you've ever wondered how to spread messy, digital love all over the internet, wonder no more. I'm going to show you how to implement share buttons for your PHP and Flash content for Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, Digg, Delicious and StumbleUpon.
Why those particular 6? While you could be a social whore and implement everything under the sun, generally you only need to cover a few major ones. The chances of someone not using one of the above 6 (which are just my personal choice btw) is low enough for me to live with. Plus, my motivation died while testing Digg, so 6 is enough.
On a side note, most sites will provide you code and images to automatically implement sharing. The images used in this tutorial were the result of some searching on Google (look for press packs on the respective sites for high-quality logos or hit up Wikipedia) and a few minutes in Photoshop. If you want to use the ones here, you can download them here.
On another side note, for all the Flash examples, assuming that
m_title and
m_image are all Strings containing the page URL, title and an image URL that you want to use.
Why share?
Because people thinking that your opinion matters is so cool. You can also use it to get into VIP clubs or when there's a big line.
Also, if you're planning on making a hit Flash game, making it easy for people to share it (like, say, a link inside the SWF) makes it easier for you to get rich. This becomes important if your game is passing through a distribution site where it could potentially be on thousands of sites.
Getting your URL
First things first – finding out what page you're on. If you use Drupal and have already implemented the Open Graph Protocol, this is super easy, otherwise a simple piece of PHP:
function currPageURL()
$pageURL ='http';
if ($_SERVER["HTTPS"] == "on") { $pageURL .= "s"; }
$pageURL .= "://";
if ($_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"] != "80")
$pageURL .= $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].":".$_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
$pageURL .= $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
return $pageURL;
will work for your site.
On the Flash side, things get a little tricky. There's no 100% method for getting the current page URL unless you have some sort of control over where the SWF is placed. Using the
If you have a exclusive license for your game (which I'll talk about in a later post), you can use that, but otherwise the safest thing is to link back to a central area, like your site.
Facebook are leaning more towards the Like button rather than Share, but I still like it as it lets your friends comment, like and re-share your content. For your site, if you want the easy way out, you can just head here and copy and paste the code provided. Of course, that's unchallenging and unfulfilling, so all you need to know is that you can make your own implementation of it as long as it follows the form of:
http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=<URL to share>&t=<Title of content>
In terms of the URL, it doesn't seem to matter if it's encoded or not, but it didn't seem to harm either, so I left it that way. For the title, Facebook seems to ignore whatever you put and take the title from either the
<title> metatag, or the
<og:title>if you've added the Open Graph Protocol. In any case, leave it out if you want to live dangerously.
$my_url = urlencode( currPageURL() );
$my_title = urlencode( $title );
print "";
var url:String = encodeURI( this.m_url );
var title:String = escape( this.m_title );
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest( "http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=" + url + "&t=" + title );
navigateToURL( request, "_blank" );
Finding out the link to set someone's Twitter status requires a little Googling on the side. Once you find it, it's pretty easy. They also provide a plethora of buttons that you can use as graphics if you want.
As Twitter is limited to 140 characters, you can also set up an optional url shortening convert using TinyURL or Bit.ly. If you want to
include this behaviour in Flash, then you can go with the JavaScript/
ExternalInterface option if you have control over the HTML page, or with AMFPHP and call a PHP file on your server if you don't.
$my_url = urlencode( currPageURL() );
$my_title = urlencode( $title );
print "";
var url:String = encodeURI( this.m_url );
var msg:String = escape( this.m_title );
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest( "http://twitter.com/home?status=" + url + " " + msg );
navigateToURL( request, "_blank" );
Google Buzz
Google Buzz comes with a whole host of optional parameters that we're pretty much going to ignore. The only required one is the page URL. For the sake of argument, I'll implement the ability to add an image to your Buzz as well.
Google, being super helpful, also provided this page for simple configuration and posting of a share button. Given that I don't like adding 100 JavaScript files to my site, and that this has to work in Flash as well, we'll just go with the bespoke URL implementation route.
Buzz is pretty straight forward, so I'm just going to copy the code.
$my_url = urlencode( currPageURL() );
$my_title = urlencode( $title );
$my_image = urlencode( "https://divillysausages.com/files/photoImages/playing_with_light.jpg" ); // replace with your own image here
print "";
var url:String = encodeURI( this.m_url );
var msg:String = escape( this.m_title );
var image:String = encodeURL( this.m_image );
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest( "http://www.google.com/buzz/post?url=" + url + "&message=" + msg + "&imageurl=" + image );
navigateToURL( request, "_blank" );
Ah, Digg. I'd almost not implement it as it's a pain in the ass to test, as every time you post a link, it crawls through all the other submissions to find similar ones, meaning one simple tweak = one minute wait. This isn't helped by the fact that the docs explicitly tell you to encode your URL and title, while doing this will blatantly screw you in the ass.
Also, in Flash, passing the title normally (
escaped or not) will give you %20 in Digg rather than the space character. So we set up a
RegExp and replace all the " " characters with "+". Digg doesn't seem to play nice with escaping the title in Flash, so I'd avoid doing it, and keep the title simple (i.e. no special characters).
Digg also includes about 16 hundred optional parameters for setting type, media, body description etc. but with the length of time it took to test the basics, I completely wasn't bothered.
$my_url = currPageURL();
$my_title = $title;
print "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=".$my_url."&title=".$my_title."' title='Share on Digg'>";
var url:String = encodeURI( this.m_url );
var pattern:RegExp = / /g;
var title:String = this.m_title.replace( pattern, "+" );
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest( "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=" + url + "&title=" + title );
navigateToURL( request, "_blank" );
Delicious is a nice simple one after the pain-in-the-ass Digg. They also provide some simple buttons (including a copy and paste Wordpress piece) if you want to use those. So without further ado:
$my_url = urlencode( currPageURL() );
$my_title = urlencode( $title );
print "";
var url:String = encodeURI( this.m_url );
var title:String = escape( this.m_title );
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest( "http://delicious.com/save?url=" + url + "&title=" + title );
navigateToURL( request, "_blank" );
StumbleUpon was a late addition to this post, coming in an entire 4 months after the original entry. Some Google Analytics on the side showed me that I was getting traffic from them however, and the cool thing about it is that it can send a huge boost to your site, so I figured, why not? If you head to the main StumbleUpon badge page, you can copy and paste a script tag that will add the button to your page with an option to show the current "stumble count". If this is something that you don't care about, then there's no need for this as you only need a URL. If it is something you care about, then you'll need to use their API to get the share count.
$my_url = urlencode( currPageURL() );
print "";
var url:String = encodeURI( this.m_url );
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest( "http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=" + url );
navigateToURL( request, "_blank" );
Testing it all in Flash
Most of the PHP code in this page can just be copy & pasted, and for the Flash side, I've done up this small app:
You can hover over any of the buttons at the bottom and get the relevant code in the
TextField – hit the Copy Code button if you want to copy it. Clicking on the buttons will do the share, so feel free to change the URL, title, or image URL
TextFields to see what happens.
You can download the project file and code here.


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The site is one component of a public awareness campaign aimed at empowering wage earners with information to better prepare themselves for a potential disability and its financial consequences.
The CDA Web site includes facts and figures about disability and real life stories from people who have experienced a disability. Most people associate disability with accidents or workplace injuries. But the reality is that long-term disabilities are primarily caused by illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.
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In which I go obscure and mainstream.
Advances in the Study of Greek by Constantine Campbell
I don't believe I had read any new Greek books after grad school until now. Seeing as I had a bit of a gap, Constantine Campbell's Advances in the Study of Greek seemed like a perfect way to catch up. The scope of its advances are mostly in the time-frame after I last did academic study, so it really was quite helpful.
The book is organized into various fields of Greek, with a survey of the various subjects of recent inquiry and a summary of the various positions where there is controversy. There is not too much wading into the weeds, except in the case of aspect - which I think can be forgiven given the author's stake in that subject.
It felt good to read up on recent topics and realize that I haven't gotten so far behind in spite of being about three years behind in reading JBL. Recommended for everyone who wants to stay abreast of Greek scholarship.
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
The unexpected release of Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman created a lot of media buzz and was a smashing success. I randomly encountered a pile of five of these in the stacks of my local public library after the frenzy had died down, so I decided to snag one. After all, I should try to read mainstream literature from time to time, right?
What was this novel's relationship to the To Kill a Mockingbird, that cornerstone of the American literary canon? It is set in the same universe as it were, with the same characters in the same town, only later. It was marketed, implicitly at least, as a "sequel", though Watchman was written first. However there happen to be a couple continuity issues, as my wife noticed in a back-to-back reading of the two. The other thing she noted is that a few passages are lifted verbatim, which serves as evidence of an emerging consensus: it was a first "draft" which was later reworked into Mockingbird.
"First draft" seems like a bit of a stretch, because that implies that Watchman became Mockingbird through revision and editing, which is absurd given that the finished products are distinct enough that one can be claimed to be the sequel of the other. But Watchman was definitely the precursor, though initially rejected.
One wonders about the wisdom of publishing works which were rejected or abandoned. My most memorable encounter with this practice was with Michael Crichton's Pirate Latitudes, which was discovered and published posthumously. That novel, while an amusing diversion from Crichton's normal genre, was a half-baked mess. Crichton probably left it in the drawer for a reason, and in my opinion his literary estate stained his legacy a bit by releasing it.
I don't think Watchman fits into that mold precisely. However it is true that the structure is not traditional for a novel. It is basically a series of a few recollections from Scout's past, accompanied by relatively few scenes of dialog and soliloquy. The recollections are, by the way, quite enjoyable, especially Scot and a friend playing "church revival."
Finally there is the matter of the "controversial" reveal of Atticus Finch being a segregationist in late life. I happen to not find anything controversial about good character development. I was somewhat disquieted by Scout's reaction to the bigoted reality of her hometown.
I will not recommend this one. If you'd like a good read, proceed to To Kill a Mockingbird.


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How to Perform Structural Analyses Using Shock Response Spectra
Henrik Sönnerlind January 30, 2019
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Henrik Sönnerlind April 13, 2018
When a tuning fork is struck, and held against a tabletop, the peak frequency of the emitted sound doubles — a mysterious behavior that has left many people baffled. In this blog post, we explain the tuning fork mystery using simulation and provide some fun facts about tuning forks along the way.Read More
Henrik Sönnerlind January 22, 2018
All structural engineers use Saint-Venant's principle, whether actively or subconsciously. You can find various formulations of this principle in most structural mechanics textbooks, but its exact meaning is not obvious. Saint-Venant's principle tells us that the exact distribution of a load is not important far away from the loaded region, as long as the resultants of the load are correct. In this blog post, we will explore Saint-Venant's principle, particularly in the context of finite element (FE) analysis.Read More
Henrik Sönnerlind May 22, 2017
In some applications, particularly within the MEMS field, it is important to study the sensitivity of a device's eigenfrequencies with respect to a variation in temperature. In this blog post, we show how to do this using COMSOL Multiphysics® version 5.3. We also explore effects like stress softening, geometric changes, and the temperature dependence of material properties.Read More
Henrik Sönnerlind May 16, 2017
In some applications, it is necessary to approximate a general 3D stress state by a set of linearized stresses through a cross section of a thin structure. This is important for applications like the analysis of pressure vessels, fatigue analysis of welds, and determination of reinforcement requirements in concrete. In this blog post, we discuss why such an approach is useful as well as how to compute linearized stresses in the Structural Mechanics Module for COMSOL Multiphysics® version 5.3.Read More
Henrik Sönnerlind December 5, 2016
In finite element modeling, you may encounter formulations where a force does not monotonically increase with displacement. You can see this property in many material models that include degradation of the material. Such behavior is represented by a negative stiffness. In this blog post, we discuss some examples of negative stiffness, including the physical backgrounds and numerical implications. These ideas are not confined to mechanical analysis, even though the term stiffness originates in that field.Read More
Henrik Sönnerlind July 28, 2016
As of COMSOL Multiphysics® version 5.2a, we bring you features designed to enhance your structural mechanics contact modeling. You can, for instance, simulate objects that stick together once they come in contact (adhesion) as well as those that pull apart (decohesion), including full cohesive-zone modeling. Learn how to address each of these scenarios using the new functionality in COMSOL Multiphysics.Read More
Henrik Sönnerlind June 27, 2016
Say you are working on a modeling case where loads are moving in such a way that they cross over different mesh elements and boundaries during the simulation. In these cases, among other instances, you may want to apply a boundary condition to only part of the geometrical boundary or only under certain conditions. In this blog post, we'll discuss how you can utilize the flexibility of COMSOL Multiphysics to handle such situations.Read More
Henrik Sönnerlind December 22, 2015
After recently encountering the equations of motion for rotating bodies for the first time, one of my sons came home with a number of interesting questions. His questions brought about a flashback, as I remembered sharing this sense of confusion when studying mechanics many years ago. In today's blog post, I will present two COMSOL Multiphysics models — one of a gyroscope and one of a spinning top — that illustrate the remarkable properties of rotating bodies.Read More
Henrik Sönnerlind September 14, 2015
When performing structural mechanics analyses, you will inevitably encounter the concept of geometric nonlinearity. In this blog post, we discuss what is meant by geometric nonlinearity and when you should take this effect into consideration.Read More
Henrik Sönnerlind June 29, 2015
The most fundamental material model for structural mechanics analysis is the linear elastic model. Trivial as it may sound, there are some important details that may not be obvious at first glance. In this blog post, we will dive deeper into the theory and application of this material model and give an overview of isotropy and anisotropy, allowable values for material data, incompressibility, and interaction with geometric nonlinearity.Read More


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The body of a man, who was swept away by Kankai River on Sunday, was recovered around 500 meters downstream today.
The deceased has been identified as Kamal Phuyal, 29, of Shivasatachi Municipality-7. Phuyal was washed away while crossing the river, police said. RSS
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The Whangarei Art Museum Trust
The Whangarei Art Museum Trust Board, formed prior in 1996, is charged with the governance of the Whangarei Art Museum.
The governance of the Whangarei Art Museum is the responsibility of a Trust board comprised of seven Trustees, four approved by the Whangarei District Council while the Trust is able to appoint a further three Trustees.
Whangarei Art Museum Trust (WAMT) actions and direction are determined by the Trust Deed, which details the objectives of the Trust. These include both the operation of the Art Museum and the requirement to support, stimulate and enhance the artistic and cultural life of the Whangarei District.
As the majority of Trustees are WDC-appointed, WAMT is referred to as a Council Controlled Organisation (CCO) but it retains entirely independent operation and governance.
This independence is essential to protecting the charitable status of the Whangarei Art Museum. It ensures the museum retains eligibility for charitable funding and that it remains the appropriate organisation to receive art works from benefactors who wish to make bequests to an organisation that operates in the interests of greater community.
The operation of the Whangarei Art Museum Trust is audited annually by Audit New Zealand and reports to the community on a regular basis.
The Whangarei Art Museum Trust Board Members
Grant Faber (Chair)
Grant has extensive international experience in business management. The Taiharuru Farms Lodge owner is chair of Discover Whangarei Heads Tourism Group and a member of the Northland Tourism Development Group. Grandson of colonial artist TL Drummond, he actively supports the Whangarei Arts Symposium and the Discover Whangarei Heads Art Trail.
Kirsty Hughes (Deputy)
Kirsty is a communications strategist with over 25 years marketing and advertising experience, working with many of New Zealand's most recognisable brands and campaigns. Kirsty and husband Tony are owners of InZone Industries, Honeytree Farms and Sunshine Homes.
Sharon Morgan
Sharon a Whangarei District Councillor, Deputy Mayor and a trustee of the district's Culture, Heritage and Arts Resource Trust (CHART), Sharon has worked extensively with Whangarei's cultural and heritage sector. Councillor Morgan instigated the Whangarei Sculpture Symposium and was instrumental in finding a home for the city's Community Arts Centre.
Andy Britton BSc (Hons)
Andy is a chartered accountant and retired partner of PriceWaterhouseCoopers NZ. Most recently NorthTec's director of corporate services, Andy is also former chair of the Culture Heritage Arts Resources Trust (CHART), the Northland Regional Council Community Trust and its subsidiaries Enterprise Northland and Destination Northland.
Taipari Munroe
Taipari is the WAMT Māori cultural advisor (Te Uriroroi, Te Parawhau, Ngāti Taka, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Korora, Te Waiariki, Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāti Te Tawera). He has held Senior Advisor positions at NorthTec, Whangarei District Council and Accident Compensation Corporation and is Rangatira of Maungarongo Marae.
Thomas Biss
Thomas is a director of Henderson Reeves Connel Rishworth a legal firm based in Whangarei where he leads the business law team. With over 20 years experience in advising businesses large and small Thomas has experience in most areas of commercial law. From buying or selling a business to advising on intellectual property exploitation to dealing with standard terms of business, we understand the issues and can explain them in plain English. Through his career Thomas has worked as a senior associate in firms in Auckland and England.
Carin Wilson
Whangarei Art Museum Trust (WAMT) is proud to welcome new community representative trustee Carin Wilson (Ngāti Awa, Ngāi te Rangihouhiri, Ngāti Rongomai), appointed in November 2017. We will be updating Carin's profile shortly.


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Bollywood Actor Aamir Khan starrer âGhajiniâ, which released to packed houses on December 25, is on its way to create history by taking over the mantle of the biggest domestic earner so far, leaving behind âDilwale Dulhania Le Jayengeâ.
âGhajiniâ, a romantic action thriller that explores the life of a rich businessman who suffers from short-term memory loss following a violent incident, has earned Rs 2 billion ($41 million) in less than two weeks from its release.
The film has grossed Rs 1.62 billion in domestic markets and Rs 390 million have come from overseas markets till end of second week. The film is still running to packed houses and may cross more milestones.
âGhajiniâ, a film that introduced Asin to Hindi cinema opposite bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, was released with 1,200 prints in the domestic market and in a lot of small towns where films are not often released in the first week.
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