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Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 6:37 pm
Post subject: Discussing Grant Hildebrand
Earlier today on this site I quoted Grant Hildebrand, from a great video interview, in which he prefaces his thesis of Wright's 'prospect & refuge' architecture by saying Wright's homes are: "in some ways just terrible houses, they just don't work. In many of them you can't arrange furniture, the closets are inadequate, the roofs leak." As some Chatters remarked, I cherry-picked that quote, which I suppose does need its resolution: "But they have a very powerful draw. The people who built them love them. And people go to see them and are enchanted by them."
While I perhaps shouldn't have truncated the quote, I do think an emphasis on those first critical lines are worth consideration, especially if you are a big fan of Hildebrand's work, as I am. Because for me, I've never read Hildebrand as a full-throated endorser of Wright's houses. Of course, Hildebrand sees the extraordinary talent in Wright, calls him an artist, and is clearly fascinated by Wright's architecture. But from all I've read and seen from Hildebrand, there seems to be an undercurrent of questioning as to whether Wright's houses are truly serviceable homes for basic living, as opposed to pure sculptures of architectural beauty. (My words, not his.)
How many times have we heard someone say: "I love Frank Lloyd Wright's houses, but I could never live in one"?
To me, I feel like Grant Hildebrand was trying to answer that predicament. The conclusion of his quandary—again in my understanding—starts with the notion that Wright used such deep biological aspects of spatial preference that his houses became simply irresistible. This line of thinking suggests that people are drawn to Wright's spaces in the same regard that human beings are drawn to sweetness in food. As in, we are biologically programmed to want sweet things, from milk to fruits to sugar (carbs), just the same as we are programmed to want 'prospect & refuge' in our dwellings. (Hildebrand also suggests that Wright was the only architect to so prominently use this 'intuitive' concept.)
But while 'Prospect & Refuge' might explain the deep love for Wright, it doesn't explain the aversion of mainstream homebuyers in wanting his houses for habitation. In this aspect, Hildebrand discusses "complexity & order", and suggests that Wright's houses are so complex and so ordered that they become objects of art, beautiful as they are, but not really homes, because they leave nearly no expressive space for the inhabitants' personalities.
In terms of criticism, Hildebrand comes off—to me—as the most effectively damning of all critiques I've seen. Because while his work on Wright retains such deep respect for the architect's immense talent, and recognizes all of the wonder and beauty in Wright's designs, it also so convincingly questions if that wonder and beauty comes at the expense of autocracy.
For me, I think there's a lot to unpack in Hildebrand's prefacing remarks about "terrible houses" that "just don't work". Sure it's not the whole story, but it's a full story in itself.
I'd love to hear others' thoughts on Hildebrand, I'm sure opinions will vary.....
And to further quote the author, here's a passage from The Wright Space, in the "Some Conclusions" chapter, page 147:
"In the introduction, I spoke of the "sheer power" of some of Wright's spaces, that can "intimidate the more varied and spontaneous acts of ordinary daily life." Vincent Scully once made a similar point with regard to the Coonley house: "It was a kind of freedom and there being, as it were, no end to it, it was also a kind of death; underneath everything, how great and terrible an architecture it was. We ask ourselves about the clients. Did they know what they had, or what had swallowed them?" And I have revealed some of my own quite personal reactions in saying of the Usonians that there is a lot going on in them and not much ground left over for the occupant. Is there more to be said on this point?
"The complexity-order and prospect-refuge model of analysis put forward here may be of help in understanding such negative reactions. For I suggest that such reactions probably arise from an overload of the first of the two pairs of conditions. There is little doubt that the high levels of complexity and order that these houses exhibit make them extraordinarily intriguing as works of art. But these same high levels of complexity and order can also make these houses inhospitable to the various incursions of individual lives, whose differing and more personal complexities and orders have little chance against the already rich conditions of the architecture. And typically in Wright's houses, there is no real way to modify one's exposure; complexity and order are not only typically strong, they are also typically pervasive. One can neither escape them nor mute their intensity.
"But if we turn from conditions of complexity and order to those of prospect and refuge, we find that the analytical model used here leads to a helpful distinction. Although the occupant must confront high levels of both complexity and order in whatever part of the space he or she occupies, on the other hand, movement to various positions within the space clearly yields a wide range of choice between various degrees of prospect or refuge. Thus the degree of refuge or of prospect is subject to infinite variety and can be manipulated by the occupant at will simply by moving to the condition he or she wishes to enjoy at the moment. We move around, we take our pick, we suit our mood. And when our mood changes we know there are other spaces in the house that can suit the new mood too. That Wright was able to provide not only a rich array of these conditions, but also a range of choices with regard to them, is an extraordinarily important legacy of his work. It is exactly this issue of choice that makes all the difference between a dictatorial surrounding and a malleable one.
"Many persons who have, or have once had, an unequivocal love affair with Wright's work also possess, I suspect, a high tolerance for, or a deep attraction to, rich portions of both dualities of conditions. But the many whose responses to his work are more complex may be repelled by the compulsive grip of an inescapable and titanic complexity and order, yet at the same time feel the much more supple but equally powerful appeal of the prospect and refuge choices."
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Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:50 pm
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Thank you for that, Jay.
I think that the love Hildebrand lavished on some examples of Wright's work, in his book, is ample evidence of his willingness to be charmed by the
architect's wiles. Among all critics of the work, moreover, he may be the one to put his money where his mouth is, delving deeply into the meat of the
matter---not skimming over the surface-effects as so many do, while paying lip service to the spaces themselves, but asking the harder questions, and
coming up with a rich menu of answers---including the vital punch line, "prospect and refuge" ?
Just ask the Freemans, or the Hannas, if they were put off by their homes' charms and complexities. iI doesn't sound like either couple could bear to
leave, whether together or apart, their respective environments, instead lavishing them with care and improvement---in the Hannas' case at least ?
Your words, and Hildebrand's, raise the subject of the psychological response to architecture. Human nature being what it is, a varied reaction can be
expected from the variety of minds and souls---the personalities---that one will find in any group of individuals---including Wright clients ?
I like nothing less than the gushing unqualified idolatry that seems to characterize some appreciations of Wright's work. On the other hand, some,
perhaps including Vincent Scully, seem intent on pulling the rug out from under his object, alternately praising and sneering. Hildebrand does neither,
leaving the student instead with food for thought, based on a sincere search for what it is that attracts the seeker to the subject.
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Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:07 pm
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Jay: Have you read Jay Appleton's work, which is the source for Grant Hildebrand's thesis about 'prospect and refuge'? Hildebrand took Appleton's thesis, which is really about landscape painting, and applied it to Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture. Appleton's, 'The Experience of Landscape' is fascinating reading for any Wrightophile, when read in this context.
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Hello Mr. Whiting——Yes, after becoming enthralled with Hildebrand's thesis, I searched for nearly everything he mentions related to the concept, and was particularly impressed with the works of Appleton, Rachel and Stephen Kaplan, Gaston Bachelard, and even went for a deeper reading of Darwin. (If you have any further reading suggestions in addition to these, please let me know.)
"The Experience of Landscape" is a hard book to find at a reasonable price. I actually took a sojourn to the [Olmsted firm designed] Swarthmore College campus library to read it. About a year later I found a good copy for cheap.... I also think Appleton's "Symbolism of Habitat" is a good compliment (plus much easier to obtain); it's a transcript of the lectures he held at UW in 1988, where I presume Hildebrand was introduced to the concept.
But while Appleton coined, as SDR says, the vital punchline of 'prospect & refuge', it seems the concept goes much further back than Appleton's excellent work. Perhaps it's one of those things that once you're conscious of it, you see it everywhere. For example, I'm reading Christopher Alexander's late 1970s works on building patterns, and it's just filled with 'prospect & refuge' ideas, although not using those terms. I literally just flipped the book open, and on page 558 of "A Pattern Language", Alexander writes: "Outdoors, people always try to find a spot where they can have their backs protected, looking out toward some larger opening, beyond the space immediately in front of them."
Going back even further to the 'prospect & refuge' theoretical "origins", I was recently delighted by writings of Olmsted from 1868 (which were mentioned in a newer book called "Spying on the South" by Tony Horwitz). That author mentioned that the "Address to Prospect Park Scientific Association" is considered by scholars to be Olmsted's most explicit statement of his design theory.
Here's a few paragraphs I thought were revealing (italics mine):
"In fact we found that wherever the pioneers were settling in this country, they were selecting just such places..[]... For example, in such a situation it would be easy to get water when wanted, easy to get wood when wanted, easy to find shelter from wind, easy to find shelter from sun, easy to make shelter from rain, easy to spy game at a distance, easy to enclose stock, easy to keep watch of stock, when turned out, easy to follow stock when strayed, easy for stock when turned out to find good grazing, water & shelter, easy, if desired, to enclose land, to cultivate it, &, to house the crops from it."
"And this topography as I have shown is also the characteristic topography of the old parks, this is what a park was, this & nothing more when certain pieces of land were first enclosed & called parks. This gives us, therefore, the original, radical & constant definition of the topography which is wanted to be selected or constructed when a park is called for. I do not mean that this is all of a park, but that an idea of a park centres & grows upon this."
"You will recollect that I used the term hospitable as descriptive of the essential characteristic of park topography, and that while I hinted at a more recondite significance, in the possible appeal of
a hospitable landscape to the simplest instincts of our race
, I also described this quality of hospitality to consist in conditions which make the ground appear pleasant to wander over. Among such conditions, one will be the absence of anything which should cause severe exertion to the wanderer, and another the presence of opportunities for agreeable rest at convenient intervals.
Together these conditions imply general openness
& simplicity
with occasional shelter
and shade, which latter will result both from trees and from graceful undulations of the surface."
But as with any prominent idea, the identifying of this 'prospect & refuge' concept undoubtedly reaches back even further than Olmsted. (One can wonder if the native builders of Mesa Verde articulated explicitly the reason for their locational choice?) Were Olmsted's concepts solely based out of his thoughts and observations, or were they influenced by other thinkers of the era? Did Andrew Jackson Downing have ideas in this vein?
For me, these somewhat-modern "expressions" of biologically satisfying spaces were inarguably mastered by Wright and Olmsted. In Olmsted's case, he shaped exterior spaces, to be used in social settings. For Wright, he shaped interior spaces, to be used privately by individuals.... Both designers had a dominant side of the coin (Olmsted—expansiveness in open prospect; Wright—intimacy in earthen shelter) and yet each so wonderfully used the contrasting flipside of that coin, as Hildebrand says, thereby enabling "movement to various positions within the space [which] clearly yields a wide range of choice between various degrees of prospect or refuge."
And as Jay Appleton said somewhere that I can't find the quote of, all of the 'prospect & refuge' landscape paintings have both conditions, with the important transitional pathway between them.... Another iconic trait of both Wright and Olmsted.
Has anyone read a book called "The Experience of Place" by Tony Hiss? I don't know if a more enjoyable account exists of "experiencing" Olmsted than in Chapter 2 "Connectedness", where the author so brilliantly takes the reader through the entrance sequence of Prospect Park.
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"Prospect & Refuge" is easy, considering that H. Sapiens trace back 350,000 years, and habits are hard to break.
"Complexity & Order" is subject to the whole, messy range of individual ideas of worth and need beyond finding adequate food and safety. Yet it is present in all forms of art. Perhaps FLW's C&O is easier to perceive than Picasso's, but both have it in spades. All artists do. (Well, the jury is out when it comes to Gehry.)
Picasso has an advantage over Wright: Paintings don't have those tiresome quotidian necessities that buildings have. Anyone can hang a Picasso on the wall and be done with it. Everyone who lives in a Wright house has to deal with whatever idiosyncrasies the architect built into it. But the same is true of the most modest tract house, to a lesser degree, to be sure, but it is still there. And it is always restrictive.
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And there we find, nicely expressed, a rationale for the presence of "wall art," wherever it is to be found ...?
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Why not? I live in a bunch of plaster boxes without nuance or individuality. I have 69 artworks hanging on my walls or propped up on tables and desks. I have two of my favorite Klimt paintings high on the walls of my kitchen! Without all this fuss, I would be compelled to hunt for new digs, which I can ill-afford ... being old and on a fixed income.
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 10:03 am
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I have read The Experience of Place. You are exactly right about Tony Hiss' description of the experience of walking through Prospect Park. This type of writing could serve as an excellent prototype for describing Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture.....as it does in Grant Hildebrand's work. The descriptions in Charles and Berdeana Aguar's book, Wrightscapes, are another good example of this type of writing.
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 10:43 am
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Jay, there is an interesting essay available as a small paperback (72 pages) called "the Tao of Architecture", by Amos Ih Tiao Chang. I believe the principles, presented in this essay, was applied by Wright intuitively.
Although this book doesn't mention by name, "prospect and refuge", or "complexity and order", these concepts certainly come through in the text.
If, "Tao" (meaning the principle of the natural order of the Universe), is applied to structures, I can easily understand why many people would reject the idea of living in such an environment, especially now. Some people just love chaos!
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Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:04 pm
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Thanks for the reading recommendations, Henry and yellowcat. I'm not familiar with either, I look forward to reading them.
Picasso has an advantage over Wright: Paintings don't have those tiresome quotidian necessities that buildings have. Anyone can hang a Picasso on the wall and be done with it. Everyone who lives in a Wright house has to deal with whatever idiosyncrasies the architect built into it.
Additionally, if you also just do the math concerning how many hours someone might look at a Picasso painting, even if they owned it, you'd be at what maybe 100 total hours? 200 hours? But to "live" inside of a complex piece of artwork, obviously you're talking far, far greater amounts of time 'absorbing the art'.
On one hand, it's hard for me to see what the complaint is—I love Wright's "art" and his 'complexity & order' just as I assume all on this site do—and I'd do nothing but enjoy living inside one of his "autocratic" designs..... But if I were to apply the same mind-frame to a complex piece of architecture that I don't admire, let's say the Vanna Venturi house, I can then quickly see how offensive the 'complexity & order' of architecture could feel.
(Granted, as I don't admire the Venturi house in the first place, there's no real dilemma there... No "I love FLLW's houses but would never want to live in one" type predicament....)
Did Hildebrand suggest that 'complexity & order' is the function of subjectivity, but that 'prospect & refuge' should be considered objective? Or at least much closer to it, if preferences could ever be considered purely objective...?
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Where I think Wright and Picasso are comparable is the number of times they reinvented their artistic vocabulary. Wright had three or four dominate types from Prairie to Usonian. Picasso went from pictorial to cubist and abstract. Very impressive as most artists just have one "style" if that.
Hildebrand's book "Origins of Architectural Pleasure" is one to read for more on prospect and refuge. I met with him some years ago and when talking about Wright he noted how the work grabs you...and then he sat forward and grabbed my arm!
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ARLINGTON, VA, 8 MARCH 2017— Registration is now open to the press, social media writers, bloggers, radio show hosts, and other media to register for official media credentials for the National Genealogical Society (NGS) 2017 Family History Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, 10-13 May 2017. The conference, one of the nation's largest and most prestigious genealogy conferences, features more than 175 lectures. Topics include methodology, problem-solving, DNA and genealogical research, resources and research techniques for exploring your African American, Native American, female, German and Scots-Irish ancestors, and much, much more. As many as 2,000 genealogists and family historians will be on hand for the conference.
To apply to receive your media credentials, go to http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/official-social-media-press-registration/. Registration is open through 21 March 2017. NGS will notify registrants their acceptance by 24 March 2017. For more information on the NGS Social Media Policy, see http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/press/social-media-policy.
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A top Senate Republican is comparing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to convicted felon Oliver North for soliciting private donations to help implement the Affordable Care Act.
In an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) charged that Sebelius circumvented Congress' refusal to provide funds for the administration's health care law by raising those dollars from outside groups, just as "Col. North was accused of using money raised in an arms-for-hostages swap with Iran to fund and work with private organizations providing military support to rebel armies in Nicaragua."
In 1987, North admitted that he lied to Congress about his role in the Iran-Contra scandal — in which officials secretly sold arms to Iran to fund a resistance movement to the government in Nicaragua — and shred documents to cover-up the government's actions. He was indicted on 16 counts and convicted of three: accepting an illegal gratuity, aiding and abetting in the obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and ordering the destruction of documents.
"With Iran-Contra, Congress had also prohibited support for the rebels, while in the case of health-care funding, Congress has refused to provide the amounts that the administration has asked for," Alexander wrote. "But the principle and the legal prohibitions are the same." Republican chairmen and ranking Republicans on five congressional committees have asked the Government Accountability Office to look into the matter.
Obama administration officials insist that Sebelius was following authority laid out in the Public Health Service Act — which allows the secretary to "support by grant or contract (and to encourage others to support) private nonprofit entities working in health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care" — but "has made no fundraising requests to entities regulated by HHS." The New York Times reported on May 12 that Sebelius did solicit donations from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and H&R; Block.
Indeed, asking private organizations to contribute to administration causes is old practice in Washington, as Alexander himself knows. In 1991, while serving as Secretary of Education for President George H. W. Bush, Alexander actively and enthusiastically sought private dollars to fund the administration's education initiative, America 2000. Alexander crisscrossed the country to sell the program after Congress failed to approve Bush's education funding request.
As he explained in a San Diego Union-Tribune op-ed on Sep. 27, 1992, "President Bush asked Congress to appropriate a half-billion dollars to redesign such new American schools. Congress balked, the business community didn't. The president has asked American businesses to raise $200 million to fund design teams to help communities create such schools."
Bush made the fundraising pitch in the Rose Garden in July of 1991 during an event with private donors, with Alexander standing by his side. "Funds are pouring in — I don't want to say 'pouring,' because we're going to put the arm on you all on in a minute here — but funds are coming in well," the president said. "[A]lready $30 million has been raised, much of it from the corporations that are represented here today." The administration continued to fundraise for the effort, with Alexander himself making a pitch. Responding to a Associated Press report from August of 1991, which noted that businesses are hesitant to commit additional dollars to new causes during the recession, Alexander said, "In my opinion, the more you ask for the more you get. We've been very timid about asking American businesses to support elementary and secondary education, tiptoeing around the edges," he added. "We shouldn't do that. This is a big, rich generous country and we've got plenty of money for all the innovations, especially innovations in excellence."
Alexander's office did not respond to ThinkProgress repeated requests for comment about his past role in soliciting private donations, but the senator sought to dismiss the comparison earlier this month on the senate floor, arguing that Congress had not directly prevented the Bush administration from raising money from outside sources.


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Robert Turner (poker player)
|Robert Turner
|Chip Burner
|Downey, California
|World Series of Poker
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|World Poker Tour
|Final table(s)
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Robert Turner is an American professional poker player based in Downey, California.
Turner is known for introducing Omaha hold 'em into poker-playing circles. He introduced the game to Bill Boyd, who offered it as a game at the Golden Nugget Casino (calling it "Nugget Hold'em".)
Turner began playing in the 1970s and has won a Best All-Around Player Award at least once per decade since. Turner won the 1986 Grand Prix of Poker.[1]
Turner won a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in 1993 in the $1,500 seven-card stud event. He has also finished in the money of the $10,000 no limit hold'em main event on numerous occasions: 10th in 1991, 36th in 1992, 13th in 1993, 6th in 1994, and 97th in 2005.
Turner has worked as an executive host at several of the largest poker casinos, most recently at the Bicycle Casino and Crystal Park Casino in the Los Angeles area. He is the Poker Manager at the Normandie Casino in Gardena, California.
As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,100,000.[2] His 28 cashes at the WSOP account for $568,357 of those winnings.[3]
- ^ "Turner Wins Big At Slim's Super Bowl". Poker Player. 5 (8). Gambling Times. February 16, 1987. p. 1.
- ^ The Hendon Mob. "Tournament Results".
- ^ World Series of Poker Earnings Archived July 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, worldseriesofpoker.com


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After two botched attempts to put together game-winning drives, Florida Atlantic finally got it right Saturday. The Owls drove the ball 71 yards in 3:11, capping the drive with a 1-yard run by workhorse Alfred Morris with 4:55 to play for a 44-40 victory at North Texas. The drive was seven plays with no penalties.
"Sometimes that works sometimes that doesn't," quarterback Rusty Smith said. "If you get so many games that come down to the wire you are going to get some but then you're not going to. You can't do it every time. You're not perfect.
Wyoming and Monroe we weren't able to pull it out. This one we were."
The Owls victory should not sugarcoat a dreadful performance by the defense that probably only was saved by an unfortunate injury to North Texas starting quarterback Riley Dodge.
Dodge suffered a high ankle sprain on the team's fourth series on the game. Dodge and running back Lance Dunbar led the Mean Green to three easy touchdowns on the first three series and North Texas had 289 yards of total offense when Dodge left the game midway through the second quarter.
FAU's defense was sparked by the site of backup Nathan Tune and was helped by two Mean Green turnovers, one on a kick return. But North Texas found its groove again late in the third quarter and scored three more touchdowns to wipe out an 18-point deficit.
Alfred Morris has started five games but he is by far the best running back the school has ever had. Morris had a career-high 147 yards and now had 524 yards on the season, which is more than halfway to the school's single-season record of 1,014 yards by Charles Pierre last season.
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There are actresses we love to look at on the red carpet, like Kristen Stewart and Emma Watson, and then there are ladies that we just want to hang out with after all the red carpet action, like Jennifer Lawrence and Helen Mirren. Seriously, what's better than kicking back with our newfound BFF J. Lawr, ice-cold brewski in hand? In a word, nothing.
That's why we've come up with a list of 19 lady actors that we'd totally want to grab drinks with — and spoke with the extremely dashing Parker Kincaid, beer director for one of our favorite Chicago hop meccas Small Bar. The insanely well-versed beer sommelier (if beers had sommeliers, he would be one of the best) and pop culture aficionado had many, many thoughts on what sorts of beers each actress would like. Not only did he give us amazing reasons why Stone would be drinking a bourbon barrel-aged brew, but he also totally tempted our taste buds. Parker, next round is on us!


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Indiana digs out of weekend snowstorm; warning lifted
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The National Weather Service has lifted a winter storm warning in central Indiana after more than 7 inches of weekend snow.
Some Indiana sheriffs say drifting snow has closed roads. Many vehicles remain stuck from Saturday.
In Ripley County, the sheriff's office urged residents to stick to essential driving only on Sunday. Indiana State Police say dispatchers in the Lowell district handled more than 650 calls Saturday. Troopers in the district responded to at least 10 personal-injury crashes and 52 property-damage crashes on interstates.
Sgt. John Perrine says drivers need to slow down in bad weather. He says snow doesn't carry liability insurance - because a crash isn't the fault of snow.
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AceShowbiz - A baby girl is on the way for %cAlec Baldwin% and his wife %cHilaria Thomas%. The yoga instructor revealed their unborn child's gender in a recent interview. "Alec and I are overjoyed that we are going to be welcoming a little girl into our lives," she told Extra.
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Before finding out the sex of the baby, Thomas bet it was a boy although she didn't have preference whether she's having a son or daughter. Of the name they're preparing, she spilled, "[Alec] had the idea for Massimo the other day. It's a lovely name, I just don't know. That's a very big name for a very little baby."
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text: NEWS Drake Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200 6/23/2010 by Keith Caulfield FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Drake Drake's "Thank Me Later" bows, as expected, with an eye-popping 447,000 copies at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's the third-best sales week of the year for a single album. LISTEN TO DRAKE'S "THANK ME LATER"The top two sales weeks of 2010 are owned by Sade's "Soldier of Love" (502,000 off its debut week in February) and Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" (481,000 in its first frame in January). And since both Lady Antebellum and Sade are technically groups, "Thank Me Later's" start is also the biggest debut week for a solo act's album since Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" entered at No. 1 with 701,000 upon its release last November. Drake also has the highest new entry on the Digital Songs chart, where his "Up All Night" enters at No. 22 with 57,000 downloads sold. Katy Perry's "California Gurls" retains the No. 1 slot with 337,000 (down 6%) while three songs in the top 10 make big gains. Mike Posner's "Cooler Than Me" rises three spots to No. 6 (142,000; up 42%), Drake's "Find Your Love" climbs eight rungs to No. 8 (112,000; up 46%) and 3Oh!3's "My First Kiss" jumps two spots to No. 9 (112,000; up 24%). Back on the Billboard 200 albums list, the entire top four slots house new entries for the first time since last December. The second-highest debut belongs to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' "Mojo" starting at No. 2 with 125,000. It marks Petty's best debut sales week since SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991 and his highest charting album since 1980. "Mojo's" handsome bow was aided by a successful concert ticket/album download offer, which accounted for a fair amount of the set's first week. Next up, Sarah McLachlan's new studio set "Laws of Illusion" opens at No. 3 with 94,000. The latter's last proper studio album, "Afterglow," was released way back in 2003 and started at No. 2 with 361,000. (In the interim, she's charted with two remix sets, a live effort, a rarities collection, a greatest hits package and a holiday album.) The final top 10 debut comes in at No. 4 from the new "Now 34" compilation with 88,000. Not to be the bearer of bad news, but with 88,000 this marks the first album in the main "Now" series -- not counting its various genre-specific offshoots -- to debut with less than 100,000 since the first "Now" compilation started with 48,000 in 1998. As for the rest of the top 10 this week, Jack Johnson's "To The Sea" falls one spot to No. 5 (68,000; down 24%) and the "Eclipse" soundtrack slips four rungs to No. 6 (55,000; down 63%). Justin Bieber's "My World 2.0" drops one slot to No. 7 (47,000; down 4%), Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" holds at No. 8 (40,000; up 4%) and Christina Aguilera's "Bionic" dips six positions to No. 9 (40,000; down 64%). Closing out the top 10 is last week's No. 1, "Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals" (39,000; down 64%). Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending June 20) totaled 6.14 million units, up 9% compared to the sum last week (5.61 million) and down 9% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009 (6.76 million). Year to date album sales stand at 142.4 million, down 11% compared to the same total at this point last year (159.7 million). Digital track sales this past week totaled 21.4 million downloads, down 4% compared to last week (22.3 million) and down 1% compared to the comparable week of 2009 (21.6 million). Year to date track sales are at 554.4 million, up less than 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (552.3 million). FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME


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Max Karp, American (1918 - 1999)
Max Karp was born in 1916 in Ohio, but he was raised in California. He was a self-taught artist and one of the few contemporary painters to use enamel for their artistic work. Because of his enormous talent and the fact that he has perfected unique processes, which allow the creation of museum-quality, kiln-fired collectibles, his place in art history is assured.
Karp began painting by recording in his oils various species of birds and insects for his father who was an ornithologist/entomologist. In the mid-1960's, Karp became interested in the enamel process. Beginning on a small scale, he taught himself the enamel technique and later experimented with the large paintings in enamel for which he is best known. During the last few decades, Karp's enamel paintings have received critical recognition. In 1970 Hamilton Mint commissioned Karp to produce four paintings of the seasons of the year, which were then issued as a limited edition of plates on precious metal.
In 1980 Karp's 20 x 24-inch enamel portrait of Beverly Sills was presented to the American Queen of Opera following her final performance on full-length opera. In addition, numerous private art collectors, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Happy Rockefeller and Sarah Churchill, have acquired works by Max Karp for their collections.
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Tom Stone (TV series)
Tom Stone is a crime drama series that ran in Canada on CBC Television for two 13-episode seasons beginning on March 25, 2002. In the United States, the series is syndicated by PPI Releasing and Sony Pictures Television under the title Stone Undercover.
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Janet Kidder
Stuart Margolin
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|March 25, 2002 –
May 1, 2004
The hour-long series, which is set on location in Calgary and surrounding Alberta locations, stars Chris William Martin in the title role, a roguish character with a colorful past: He was a cop, an oil rigger and an ex-con. His background provides the perfect ingredients the Royal Canadian Mounted Police need to help them in solving cases that require an outsider.
Assisting him in these assignments is RCMP Corporal Marina Di Luzio (Janet Kidder), a female by-the-book type commercial crime specialist who has an on again-off again friction with the unconventional Stone, which also carries over into the cases they're assigned to. In addition, there is also Tom's American scotch-and-cigar smoking buddy, Jack Welsh (Stuart Margolin). Canadian actor Art Hindle also had a recurring role as Neil McQuinn, a shady but well connected businessman.
- The series is similar to The Rockford Files, and like that series, also has the character living in a trailer home.
- In addition, Margolin, who starred in The Rockford Files, is also the series director.
- Stone also drives a Pontiac Firebird.


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well guys - here I am to bring you an in depth tutorial on how to publish your book with lulu. (including how to make cover with Canva, and actually being able to use it). I discovered that it wouldn't allow Canva images - but, well, I figured a way out of that. Want to see?
I spent 12 hours figuring this out for Julia's book so yeah, this may be long. but I'm here to save you time and headaches k? don't be daunted by my 12 hours on this - I made this test one WHILE doing this post and it literally took no time. I wish I had had this post for myself! well, here we go!
UPDATE: see the results here!
// STEP 1. first thing off is to choose the size of your book - then go ahead and download the word document sizing they give you and go format your book. It may sound daunting - but if you use the lulu formatting they give you it rly isn't that hard. Or, if you dare like I did, go free and format it yourself. (I won't be going too in depth with this bc it rly wasn't hard to figure out - comment below if you are having some issues and I'll see what I can do to help though!) oh, and in my case I chose the Premium Paperback 6x9
// STEP 2. now that you've formatted your book go ahead and write how many pages you have in the area selected on the lulu website. (I have 260 in this example). Choose if you want cream, or white paper. Select 'Make this book'
// STEP 3. go ahead and title your book and add your name. (feel free to use a pen name, or middle name).


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Senior Executive Team
Andrew McEwen, Chairman, IES
Completed initial Teacher Training at the University of Wales and studied for his Post-graduate Diploma in Education Management at the University of Leicester. Holds an M.A. in Organisation, Planning and Management in Education from the University of Reading.
Has 25 years experience in Education management – including 6 years as a Deputy Head and 16 years as a Head in a number of world class schools in the U.K., U.S.A. and Central and South America-many of which are leading International Baccalaureate institutions.
Additionally, Andrew has been a Consultant to a number of International School Projects in Europe, the U.S. and South America as well as advising a number of education ministries on school based topics.
This wide experience in private, independent education has focused on the development of world standard curricula and a variety of value-added services designed to enhance all-round pupil performance.
José Garrigos Montoro, Legal Coordinator, IES
Jose Garrigós Montoro has a degree in Law awarded in 1995 by the Fundación Universitaria CEU San Pablo (Valencia, Spain). He worked in Madrid in the international law firm García Montoro & Associates and in GM Corp. Consulting.
He has specialized in international law and has fifteen years of experience in the field of private education in a number of world class schools in thirteen countries in Europe, U.S.A., Central and South America and South Africa. His field of expertise and experience in education enable him to identify common issues and difficulties and to support our IES schools on the whole range of legal and strategic issues facing individual schools and the IES company as a whole. The range of legal support and advice covers, mainly, governance and risk management, due diligence and acquisitions procedures, education employment, child protection, health and safety, corporate and real estate, among others.
Kathryn Korcz, Headmistress, Grantham Preparatory School
She spent the early part of her career training to become an accountant, and worked on the preparation and audit of company accounts. This later facilitated working as a part- time book keeper for a number of local companies while raising her own family.
Once her eldest child started school, she began teaching different age groups within the primary years and this renewed her previous interest in and passion for education.
After working within the maintained sector, she joined Grantham Preparatory School as a full time class teacher in 1997 before being promoted to Deputy Headmistress and then Headmistress in 2004. As a teaching head, she has successfully led the school through several inspections overseeing the school's development in the foundation stage, sport, music and drama.
In 2008 she was appointed as a local authority governor at a local outstanding secondary school. She chairs its Welfare Committee and supports the governing body as a member of the Steering Committee.
Gabriella Gidró, Head Teacher, SEK Budapest International School.
Gabriella Gidró attended the Faculty of Arts of ELTE University in Budapest graduating with a double major in English and Spanish Language and Literature in 1987.During her university career in 1984 she studied Spanish with a scholarship at the José Martí University of Havana, Cuba. She started working as an English and Spanish teacher in the Károlyi Mihály Hungarian-Spanish Bilingual School and in 1992 she was appointed the Deputy Head. In 1994 she won a research grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education to carry out linguistic studies in the Scientific Research Centre (Centro de Investigaciones Científicas) in Madrid.
Since 1997 she has been working as the Head of the SEK Budapest International School. She gives Spanish A1 and B courses in the IB DP and is working for the IBO as an examiner and authorization visit member.
She regularly serves as a member and president of the Matura Examination Boards in Spanish language.
She has published Paso Doble Spanish course book for beginners, a Sin pelos en la lengua Spanish interactive CD, and the Palabras, palabras Vocabulary Guide for the Spanish Matura Exam Since 2003 she has been a Board member of the International Schools Association, where she currently serves as Treasurer.
Andrew Norris, Principal, Blouberg International School, Cape Town, South Africa
Born in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Andrew Norris spent his schooling at St. Henry's Marist Brothers from Class One until he matriculated. His grounding in independent schooling afforded him the opportunity to study further and he completed his Teaching Diploma from the University of Natal, majoring in Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, at the Edgewood campus in Durban. His teaching career began at George Campbell Technical High School which was followed by two years at Parkview Primary in Johannesburg, eight years at Morula School in Selebi Phikwe, Botswana where he was promoted to Deputy Headmaster. He then joined Enjabulweni Primary in Swaziland as Primary School Headmaster for four years. The last seven years prior to joining Blouberg International, Andrew was the Principal at Wembley College in Greytown. Andrew is passionate about his sport and was privileged to be selected to represent the National Botswana Cricket Team. He played most of the traditional South African sports at school and uses the knowledge gained playing them to coach and motivate his school teams. His love for the outdoors stems from his time spent in Botswana and he draws from the experiences he had in the wild to motivate and encourage as well as to highlight 'life lessons'.
Outside of school he is a family man and spends his time with his wife and two sons skiing, wakeboarding, surfing, fishing, motorcycling and camping, always looking for new outdoor activities to pursue.
Grant Ruskovich, Principal, Hout Bay International School
Born and raised in Johannesburg, Gauteng, Grant obtained his qualifications at the old Johannesburg College of Education (JCE) and Randse Afrikaanse University (RAU) now known as the University of Johannesburg.
After teaching at his alma mater before moving to Taiwan for 8 years, Grant had the opportunity to build and run the Secondary School section of an International School. Embracing all forms of technology, the school went on to become one of the first 1:1 laptop schools in Taiwan. Returning in 2008, Grant was appointed the Director of Student Affairs at Hout Bay and has enjoyed teaching History at the IGCSE and IB levels before being promoted to the Vice Principal and then Principal in 2014.
Besides having a wide range of interests, one of his passions is fostering a love of the arts in school. From Art, to music, to drama – watching a student push themselves beyond what they initially believed they can achieve is something that is truly remarkable to behold. Subscribing to the belief that 'it takes a whole village to raise a child' Grant believes that the Hout Bay is a school where the possibilities are endless if you dare to dream.
Yamile Zeidan-Francese, Head, Boca Prep International School, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Mrs. Francese has been an integral part of the Boca Prep school community for almost two decades- serving as a teacher, IB trained Educator and Coordinator, educational leader, Curriculum Coordinator and a pioneer in the development of the International Baccalaureate program at the school. She graduated summa cum laude from Lynn University, earning her B.A. in Elementary Education, B.A in Pre-Primary Education and is currently completing her Master of Arts in Education/Administration and Supervision (MAEd/ADM).
As a member of the faculty since 1998, Yamile has taught all grades from Pre-k through 12th. While teaching, she also held administrative roles as the Head of Upper School, Academic Coordinator for Language & Literature and World Languages, and IB & MYP Coordinator. Widely recognized for her vision, energy, and strong leadership, Yamile was invited to serve as the Assistant Head of School in 2012, then the Head of School in January 2017. An educational innovator, under Yamile's leadership new academic initiatives and successful strategic plans were implemented: faculty development, IB curriculum development, IB program development (PYP, MYP, and DP), strategic planning, advancement and admission, crisis management, building planning, parent communications and student life.
Yamile is a member in several national, regional, and local education associations including the National Council of Teachers of English (NTCE), National Middle School Association (NMSA), Kappa Delta Pi- International Educational Honor Society, National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP).
Garth Kitching, Head, Helderberg International School, South Africa
Garth Kitching was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He schooled at Harding Government School and Port Shepstone High School where he matriculated in 1982. He continued his education at Edgewood College of Education and completed a Higher Diploma in Education. After completing two years of military service in the South African Defense Force, he began his teaching career at Clarence Road Primary in Durban and after a year, moved to Drakensview Primary in Estcourt for six years where he was appointed at a Head of Department. During this time, he studied further and was awarded a Higher Diploma in Education from the Natal College of Education. Looking to gain international experience, Garth took up a position with DEBSWANA (De Beers-Botswana) in Botswana and lived on the Orapa diamond mine and taught and led as a Head of Department at Livingstone House School from 1996-1999. During his time at Orapa, he started reading for a Master's Degree in Education through the University of Bath, in the United Kingdom.
He returned to South Africa in 1999 and worked in the primary and high schools at Harriston in Harrismith while completed his degree. He graduated in 2000. He returned to Botswana as the Deputy Headteacher of Northside School in Gaborone, an International Baccalaureate (IB)World School that is also accredited by the Council of International Schools in 2001. Garth was responsible for the quality of teaching and learning and all external authorisation processes to ensure excellence of curriculum design and implementation and consistency of quality in all areas of a school. He is an appointed International Baccalaureate consultant, curriculum workshop leader and accreditor for the International Baccalaureate Organisation and is used as an accreditation team member for the Council of International Schools. He is passionate about education, enjoys living a philosophy of global-citizenship through the implementation of an international curriculum and working in schools to prepare children for the diverse challenges of the 21st Century.
Garth has been married to his wife Debbie for 27 years and has two daughters, Lisa and Natalie. He leads a balanced life. He is a published author, a recognised artist who specialises in painting landscapes and an actor/singer. He is also a keen fisherman and enjoys mountain biking and long cycles rides on his classic Spanish BH (Beistegui Hermanos) road bike. Music, films, photography, literature and live theatre are all interests that he enjoys with family and friends.
Mike Burguess, Head, St. John's International School
Mike Burgess was appointed as Head in 2015 but joined the school as Deputy Head in 2010 following a spell at Sidmouth College, where he was Director of Inclusion and SENCO. Prior to that, Mike taught Mathematics, Business Studies and Humanities to A level in a number of schools.
Educated at The King's School, Ottery St Mary, he took a couple of years 'out' travelling prior to completing a BA (Hons) in Geography and Economics at The University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Following a successful career in banking, Mike retired at 37 to run his farm and a number of small business enterprises.
When he became the sole carer for three children, Mike relocated to rural France for 3 years to enable his children to experience an education in an alien environment. He now renovates property as a commercial hobby and plays most sports (increasingly badly)!
Yamila Yadira Acosta Santamaría, Head, Panama Preparatory International School
Yamila Yadira Acosta Santamaría estudió Licenciatura en Español en la Universidad de Panamá, por lo que ingresa a la carrera docente. Desde muy joven participa y lidera grupos culturales, relacionados con la literatura y la creación literaria juvenil e infantil. Hace carrera docente desde 1993 en el Instituto Celestín Freinet como profesora de español para grupos de primaria y pre media. Durante estos años llevó a sus estudiantes a ocupar primeros lugares en creación literaria en el concurso nacional de cuento infantil y a ocupar el primer lugar en el concurso de ensayo juvenil de la Ruta Quetzal Argentaria.
Decide estudiar Dirección y supervisión de centros escolares en el año 2003 y para esta época es designada coordinadora general en el Instituto Celestín Freinet, dos años más tarde es nombrada Directora Académica hasta julio del año 2005.
En agosto del 2005 asume la Dirección General en The Panama Preparatory School desde su apertura, creando su base metodológica y liderando a un equipo de docentes creativos, emprendedores y que impulsan cada una de las actividades haciendo la diferencia en cada momento.
Con la apertura de The Panama Preparatory School se cumple uno de sus mayores ideales y era crear una escuela donde los niños aprendieran mucho, desarrollaran su personalidad, pero ante todo un lugar donde ellos fueran felices.


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Posted by: Shaba Nabi23 June 2015
When I was growing up, we had a medicine cupboard. Among the plasters, pills and potions, there was also a miniature bottle of whisky for medicinal purposes. The irony of this is that we were a strictly Muslim household. My parents obviously had a far more relaxed attitude to the rules than many of my patients who refuse to take gelatine-containing capsules.
As a child, the only medicine I recall us receiving from the GP was banana-flavoured amoxicillin. Anything else like paracetamol, cough mixture, Vicks or cod liver oil were stocked in the medicine cupboard.
But now, the entire population, rich and poor, young and old, has lost the ability to self-care. Common sense has been suspended in favour of a 'you can't be too careful, doc' paranoia. Even when we have reassured a patient that their two-week cough is unlikely to be serious, they will insist on a range of over-the-counter medications because they are entitled to free prescriptions.
GPs are drowning in workload but the Government keeps opening more floodgates. Well here's one lifejacket – over-the-counter prescriptions.
Just because a patient is not paying a prescription charge, that does not make their medication free. But a bottle of liquid paracetamol can be obtained from the pound shop for – you've guessed it – £1. Every time we prescribe a bottle of this, we reinforce GP attendance at a cost of £40 per consultation. If we add to this the cost of the medication and pharmacist involvement, the country is paying about £45 for a £1 bottle of medicine. The NHS is haemorrhaging this sort of money on a daily basis, spending more than £80m a year on paracetamol alone. This figure doesn't even include the cost of seeing a GP for the script.
Every GP I know thinks is madness but we are unsupported in making a stand. The entitlement and complaints culture has stripped us of independent decision-making. We need to feel empowered to say 'no' to these requests, but no one will do this without a narrative supporting it. So patients with self-limiting illnesses will clog up the service because no one in power has the guts to suggest they should self-medicate, regardless of their income. We cannot rely on the RCGP or GPC to campaign for practical suggestions so we need to do it ourselves. We need collectively to refuse to prescribe this sort of nonsense. Maybe then we could provide a decent service for patients in genuine need.
In anticipation of the backlash of comments telling me how poor some patients are, let me share my family's story of self-care. My parents had nine kids and always kept a supply of Calpol and vitamin drops, in spite of a very low income. They viewed it as no different from providing toothpaste, soap and other toiletries the NHS does not fund.
So you see, to quote from Disney's Tangled, my mother really did know best. She knew to keep a medicine chest.
Dr Shaba Nabi is a GP trainer in Bristol.
Readers' comments (59)
I agree entirely with the sentiment you express.
However, the fact is that the cost to the NHS is the cost of the bottle of medicine and the dispensing fee. Probably about £5.
There is no cost for our consultation. We are free because of the block contract. I am not sure where you get the £40 from..... Nor why this does not cover the consultation.
Until someone ( patient, NHS) has to pay for a GP consultation, this will not stop. There is no incentive for patients or government to change.
Things happen because it is the fashion, the zeitgeist, the brand dependency. In your parent's day there were different fashions, zeitgeist, popular brands
How does one change this? Marketing is the answer, but collectively the BMA, RCGP and Public Health do not have the money or power to do this. So charging per consultation is the only solution to the GP dilemma. However charging will not change the zeitgeist. It will just make our job more tolerable, and improve recruitment.
Excellent article, completely agree
In the Scottish Socialist Utopia everyone gets free prescriptions......
It is not just Paracetamol, what about hot honey and lemon drink to soothe coughs, colds, sore throats et al. I cannot believe the price of useless propriety cough medicines!!!
Scottish Socialist Utopia? Come on. This is a serious article and not worthy of such a daft response
Anonymous @ 10.47am, I think perhaps you miss my point.
Do I look like your mother?
And the patient replies yes you actually do look like my mother!
Fantastic article, couldn't agree more!
We are becoming a patient-controlled google tool. Not nice.


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Tourist Attractions on the Isle of Wight
You've probably heard about the Isle of Wight's beautiful beaches, but there's a whole world of other attractions on this sunny island. Whether you're looking for a family holiday, a romantic weekend or an activity holiday, there's plenty of options on the Isle of Wight. Our map and links below will help you to research the perfect island holiday!
A - The Needles Landmark Attraction
B - Needles Pleasure Cruises
C - Tapnell Farm Park
D - Newtown Nature Reserve
E - Brighstone Shop & Museum
F - Carisbrooke Castle
G - Osborne House
H - Monkey Haven
I - Haven Bird of Prey Centre
J - Robin Hill Country Park


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The challenge of international development requires a medley of ideas. At the Multilateral Investment Fund, we work in an array of topics that are at the forefront of efforts to spur the economic development of the private sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. Each week, this blog "Trends" brings you our latest research and thinking.
Our complete list of blogs can be found here.
Sep 10, 2015
By David Bloomgarden
The concept of public-private partnerships is in vogue in the Caribbean. Some governments mistakenly believe that PPPs allow the private sector to build and maintain infrastructure like roads, and provide public services like wastewater treatment, with little cost to the public sector. This is not the case. However, in certain PPP projects, private-sector efficiencies can allow governments to deliver much-needed and improved infrastructure and services with greater value to society.
Sep 2, 2015
By Michael Hofmann
Adidas, one of the world's top two sportswear manufacturers, recently ended its business relationship with 13 of its Asian suppliers as a result of their severe or repeated noncompliance with labor, health, and safety workplace standards at their factories. This is one example of large multinational corporations working harder to demonstrate to their ever-more-demanding stakeholders that they operate sustainably. As a result, companies' sustainability strategies are increasingly directly relevant to their operations—and are resulting in positive financial returns. An analysis of S&P 500 companies confirmed that businesses that have built sustainability into their core strategies achieve financial profitability that is significantly higher than that of their laggard peers—by between 18% and 67%.
Aug 27, 2015
By Winsome Leslie
Five years after the cataclysmic earthquake in Haiti, there are encouraging signs of economic activity. In construction, two international chains, Best Western and Marriott, have opened hotels in Port-au-Prince in the last two years. Both have committed to hiring and training Haitian staff at all levels and to sourcing goods and services locally. Haitians in the diaspora are investing in new and existing businesses. Meanwhile, the Haitian government is keen on establishing meaningful partnerships with aid agencies and nongovernmental organizations to revitalize the country's agriculture sector, with the goals of replacing foreign imports with domestic production and achieving better food security.
Aug 19, 2015
By Maria Teresa Villanueva
You could play a game to find the seven differences in photographs of boards of chambers of commerce in Latin America and the Caribbean. At first glance, they all look very similar: white men between 50 and 60 years old, wearing suits and ties. A quick review of the composition of boards or councils of seven chambers of commerce in the region (in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, and Peru) reveals that 91% of their members are men and only 9% are women.
Aug 12, 2015
By Claudio Cortellese
Trends is on vacation this week. This post ran previously on our blog.
By Claudio Cortellese and Mariel Sabra
For the vast majority of the 160 million youth between 15 and 29 years old in Latin America and the Caribbean, the transition into the labor market is anything but easy. Youth unemployment continues to hover around 13%—three times the rate of adults (5%). When broken down by gender, young women experience higher unemployment rates than their male counterparts (17% vs. 11%). And, of the young people who have been able to find a job, more than half are employed in the informal sector, according to the International Labour Organization.