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Children of International Migrants in Europe: Comparative Perspectives
Penn, Professor Roger and Lambert, Dr Paul
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke
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Children of International Migrants in Europe examines the 'Effectiveness of National Integration Strategies' (EFFNATIS) for international migrants and their descendants within Western Europe. A central concern of the book is the most vexing problems faced by European countries due to the steady increase of the proportion of Muslims in their societies.
The EFFNATIS Project and its study population are outlined in the first chapter. The study focuses on the children of international migrants in Britain, France and Germany based on survey of young people, aged between 16-25 years during 1997-2001. The study collected information on economic, social and cultural aspects of migrant communities. The sample for this study was drawn from two different groups of children of international migrants and a parallel group drawn from the autochthonous population in the host country, which acted as a 'control' group.
Chapter two considers sociological models of immigrant incorporation. Gordon argues that the process of complete assimilation by immigrants and their descendants' changes cultural values, leads to widespread intermarriage between immigrants and host population, as well as the development of a sense of 'peoplehood' in the host society, reducing discrimination and conflicts over values and power. Thus, children of international migrants are seen to be adopting a common lifestyle based upon Nike, McDonalds and MTV (the US-based music video channel) far more quickly than can achieve parity with the autochthonous population in terms of educational attainment or employment possibilities.
Chapter three compares the contemporary situation of the children of international migrants in Britain, France and Germany in terms of linguistic, structural, cultural, social and identificational aspects. It is expected in the study that use of the language of their parents would be highest in Germany and lowest in France. The study also expects that children of migrants in Britain willing to say as to be British citizen and want to participate fully in wider political activities in the Britain and aware about the politics in their country of origin as well. Similarly, in France, the study expected that children of migrants would be full citizens and participate in wider political activities but less interest in the politics of their countries of parental origin. The study did not expect as many children of international migrants to be a German citizens or much interested in the wider politics in Germany. However, their political interests would focus on the countries of parental origin. Study expects higher degree of gender equality among children of migrants in France, much greater asymmetry between men and women in Germany and very complex in Britain. There is a variation on cultural behaviour and cultural norms for children of international migrants and little difference between autochthonous and allochthonous young people in France, greater difference in Germany and Britain. There is a social homogeneity, high degree of inter-ethnic friendships and marriages in France where as emphasis on multiculturalism and distinctive ethnic communities, study anticipated a far greater level of ethnically homogenous friendships and also preservation of the arranged marriage structures in Indian subcontinent in Britain. The scenario of Germany is different because of categorization of children of international migrants as 'foreigners' that results ethnically exclusive friendship and marriage patterns. It is interesting to see that, children of migrants in France and Britain want to say 'French' and 'British' rather than their country of parental origin where as in Germany, children of migrants want less likely to say themselves as 'German'(pp.34-45).
Theoretical paradigms for the sociological analysis of children of international migrants are examined in Chapter four. Anwar argues that children of international migrants were 'between two cultures': neither at home within the ethnic culture of their parents nor within the autochthonous culture (the culture of host country) that they encounter within the educational and employment spheres of the host society (p.51).
Chapter five looks linguistic incorporation patterns of language use among children of international migrants. There is a pressure among migrants for linguistic assimilation into the host language is often symbolic as well as practical. The study reveals that children of international migrants are able to communicate in the language of their host country as well as country of parental origin in all three countries. However, it was found that such language use was not a significance determinant of educational achievement or occupational levels of children of immigrants where as gender and social class background were consistently significant factors (Chapter six).
Chapter seven outlines the political and religious incorporation among migrant groups. The political situation of young people in migrant communities is affected by the respective national citizenship laws of the three countries where as the religion was complex among young migrants in Britain, France and Germany. The study also found that there is no evidence of alienated, radicalised Muslims in these three countries.
Chapter eight examines lifestyles, media consumption and subjective identities among the ethnic migrant groups and national population. The study concluded that many youth minority ethnic groups risk negative cultural incorporation into racially-based countercultures. Likewise, the majority of ethnic minority groups favour meals of their own national origins while a moderate but highly uneven degree of interest exists in the media related to the origins of children of international migrants in Britain, France and Germany.
Social interaction patterns based on two aspects i.e. marriage and friendship are discussed in Chapter nine. Friendship and partnership patterns were similar in Britain, France and Germany. Migrants in France were the least segregated in terms of ethnic social interaction while those in Britain were the most separate. There was also similarity on friendship homogamy and partner endogamy. There was no influence of gender and level of education to determine friends or partners from the same ethnic/nationality group.
Chapter ten describes socio-cultural exceptionalism, focusing on arranged marriages among children of international migrants in Western Europe. It is found that the tradition of arranged marriages continued among children in Britain whose parents came from the Indian sub-continent where as the practice of arranged marriages was disappeared among Maghrebian respondents in France. Arranged marriages were also uncommon among children of Turkish and former Yugoslav parents living in Germany.
Children of International Migrants in Europe is an accessible book that manages to include in a great deal of information. Penn and Lambert nicely compare the situation of children of international migrants in Europe. This book would be useful reading for students and scholars of migration-related subjects and seems to be more of an introductory resources for newcomers at their initial phase of research.
Pratik Adhikary
Bournemouth University


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For many people, exercise is a numbers game: They grit their teeth to get to 10,000 steps a day, a seemingly magical number that's come to define fitness. Even Oprah Winfrey does it.
But what if you don't need that much to get a health boost?
A recent study of elderly women found those who took about 4,400 steps a day had a lower risk of dying in the next several years than those who were the most sedentary.
"What's really encouraging for these older women is that just doing a very little bit significantly benefited their health and they really didn't need 10,000 steps a day to get to that benefit," lead author I-Min Lee, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, told TODAY.
"Part of it is getting used to the idea of just moving around. I'm not asking you to go out and exercise — just move around."
Many activity trackers come with 10,000 steps a day as the default goal, but it's not clear where that number comes from — there seems to be nothing scientific or meaningful about it.
It likely stems from the name of a pedometer sold in 1965 in Japan called "Manpo-kei," which translates to "10,000 steps meter" in Japanese, the study noted. A researcher also once told Lee that the Japanese character for the number 10,000 looks like a man walking, and a journalist told her 10,000 is a lucky number in that country.
Some experts say even that goal — the equivalent of about 5 miles — isn't enough to be fit or lose weight.
But for many people, taking 10,000 steps a day may not be doable — with the average count for Americans closer to 4,000-5,000 steps a day, Lee said. She was curious whether older people really needed that more ambitious goal, or whether they could still benefit from steps taken during house work or gardening. Previous studies have found every bit of exercise adds up to a longer, healthier life.
The study is based on data from 16,741 women who wore step counters for a week. The participants, who were on average 72 years old when the study began, were followed over the next four years.
When they were divided into four groups, from the least active to the most active, it turned women in the group second from the bottom — who took about 4,400 steps a day — were 41% less likely to die during the follow-up period than women in the least active group who took about 2,700 steps a day.
The mortality rates progressively declined with more activity, but tapered off at 7,500 steps a day.
Stepping intensity didn't make a difference: In other words, when two people took the same number of steps per day, but one stepped slower and the other faster, it didn't seem to matter. What counted was the number.
The findings likely also apply to older men, but it's not as clear whether they would apply to younger people or those who are more active, Lee said, adding that more research is needed in those groups.
The average able-bodied person usually gets to about 2,500 steps a day just by doing basic daily functions like going to bathroom, walking around house, getting mail and so on, she noted.
Adding just 2,000 more steps to that routine — equivalent to walking 1 mile throughout the day — is very doable and can significantly benefit your health, she said. Experts recommend moving every 30 minutes for at least one minute to reduce the harm of sitting all day. Walk around the garden, do more house work, play with your pets — the idea is to make movement automatic, just like brushing your teeth in the morning.
"When you get up in the morning, you don't think about: Should I brush my teeth or should I not brush my teeth? Once you get into the habit of not sitting around so much, but walking a little bit more, people will be surprised by how easy it is to get the extra steps," Lee said.
"Of course, there are people who will get to 10,000 steps — I'm not saying do less. If you want to do 10,000 steps, more power to you… I cheer for that person."


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A Corpse's Nightmare
A Fever Devilin Mystery by Phillip DePoy
Review: Fever Devilin has died. His killer shot him, even calling 911 to brag about it. But the quick action of his fiancée, who placed him in a blanket of snow, and of paramedics, who brought him back to life, have left him in a coma, where he dreams of Paris in the 1920s and a small tin box his mother kept hidden behind a clock on the mantel, in A Corpse's Nightmare, the sixth mystery in this series by Phillip Depoy.
Special thanks to guest reviewer Betty of The Betz Review for contributing her review of A Corpse's Nightmare.
Acknowledgment: Minotaur Books provided a copy of A Corpse's Nightmare for this review.
Review Copyright © 2012 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved
Location(s) referenced in A Corpse's Nightmare: Georgia; Paris, France
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A Corpse's Nightmare by Phillip DePoy — A Fever Devilin Mystery
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Earlier this week I had lunch with newly married Kristi Gibbs, Founder of Construction Angels. For those of you not familiar with Construction Angels, they are a National Non-Profit Organization created to provide immediate financial assistance and grief counseling to the children and spouse left behind when a construction worker suffers a fatality on the jobsite.
Over the years—and again at our lunch meeting—Kristi has shared stories with me about some of the many families who had suddenly lost loved ones and how Construction Angels had stepped in to help. We discussed the growth of the organization since she first founded it in 2011. We also celebrated the growth of Construction Angels and the desire to help more families in construction that lose a loved one in a jobsite fatality.
According to OSHA, the national average of fatalities in construction is now at thirteen per day. You can view the statistics by clicking here. Most of the deaths in construction are from the OSHA Fatal Four Hazards which include Electrical Hazards, Fall Hazards, Struck-By Hazards, and Caught-In or -Between Hazards.
Kristi and I went on to discuss that the majority of the donations currently come from the Heavy Civil and Underground construction community, despite equal requests for donations going to both the Vertical and Civil market segments. This surprised me as the vertical contractors are known to be a generous community. Iresponded to Kristi by suggesting the possibility that these communities may not be aware of how they can help Construction Angels. Thus, here lies the reason we decided to write this article. Hopefully, my point will be proven and at my next lunch with Kristi I will be able to hear about how the generous and proactive vertical contracting community stepped up to the plate!
Although initiated in Florida in 2011, Construction Angels now has a legal non-profit status in seven states: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland/DC, Michigan, and Ohio.
Here are some ways you can help them be able to facilitate more services in their existing states along with launch in other states in 2019 and upcoming years:
Donations can be made directly on the Construction Angel's website, or they have forms available for download where you can make a one-time donation or a national monthly donation for as low as $14 a month.You can also make a donation to be used for families in a designated state. Another great way to help Construction Angels is to participate, host, or donate to one of the many events listed on the website by State. If you like parties, they even have an upcoming Masquerade Gala where donors are flying in from across the country to attend on February 23, 2019.
Can you imagine getting that dreaded phone call that a family member, friend, colleague, employee, or relative has been killed on the jobsite where they are working to provide for their family? Not only is the life gone, but often the sole income or head of household to the family. Your donations to Construction Angel's—whether as an individual or as a corporate donor—helps more than you ever want to know first-hand.
Construction Angels has a new employee payroll deduction program. For as little as $1 a week an employee's family will be guaranteed a $5000 donation if, God forbid, the employee were to suffer a jobsite fatality. That's only $52/year! Also, the employer is able to match their employee donations to any amount they like and it's all tax-deductible!
Although we have supported Construction Angels with one-time donations and have supported them at their events over the years, my meeting with Kristi touched my heart to up our support to a monthly contribution. We hope all of you will do the same so another eight years from now Kristi can report that they were able be there for every immediate surviving family member of a construction worker who has lost their life while working on a jobsite.
Thank you for first encouraging safety in the workplace and secondly for your donation to help when the unimaginable occurs. Your donations are tax deductible and industry tangible.
Give a present to represent those that unfortunately will not be present with their families this holiday.
Happy Holidays to you and yours,
Suzanne Breistol


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Over recent weeks I have chanced upon a few biographical articles on Michel Foucault. One was an account of Foucault's use of LSD in Death Valley on a road trip with some fellow academics in the 1970s. Another was speculation that in the late 1970s Foucault was too close to neo-liberal ideas that would attack the French welfare state. They have led me in turn to revisit some of the discussion of the biographies and hagiographies of Saint Foucault, including his fevered embrace of sadomasochistic practices in the 1970s/80s San Francisco.
For a long time Foucault was an icon for me, driven by the mesmeric appeal of some of his thought and a personal identification with something in his personal struggle to think and to write. I read everything he ever wrote, and most of his interviews. Whether I understood them, I am not so sure. I have a copy of The Order of Things, which I bought as part of a prize for first year history at the University of Melbourne and so is signed by historian Geoffrey Blainey (only four years younger than Foucault himself) and the writer who donated the prize, Judah Waten, (who died the year after Foucault) It sits on my shelf now unread for twenty or more years, and is treasured more for those signatures than for Foucault's melodramatic evocation of the effacement of humanity in sands of time. But in my twenties I collected Foucault's thoughts obsessively, as if through the incorporation of these texts I would transform my status from benighted outsider into a public intellectual of standing. I tracked down his very early work on dreams and the practice of Ludwig Binswanger . It was symptomatic of my strange quest that my abiding memories of these texts are Binswanger's descriptions of ways of being-in-the-world, more so than Foucault radical co-option of those ideas.
I even translated one text of Foucault's that I could not find an English version – Foucault's essay on Blanchot's thought of the outside. I pursued the authors he wa fascinated by, such as the strange, enigmatic but ultimately tediously procedural spoiled rich kid, Raymond Roussel. The works that most deeply moved me were his tales of madness – in life, in writing, in suffering. It was not political Foucault that I found fascinating, although I tried to systematise all I knew of his erratic and unhinged statements on politics into some form of critique governmentality. I even conceived my PhD thesis as a kind of Foucauldian history of work and unions: I was tracing the ways in which a certain truth, a certain identity, was framed around the more fluid and undifferentiated lives of these workers. But while this idea fascinated me, it did not really help me write the work. It was his method and his style, the ravings of a self-proclaimed outcast, that both mesmerised me and paralysed me.
I wanted to borrow Foucault's identity, his postures, his self-dramatisations, but found myself in a completely alien situation. And ultimately Foucault's ideas and choices left me cold. He was a histrionic advocate of violence in a black velour suit. He championed the rights of spoiled, privileged men to practise sadistic cruelty. What violence did he practise and against whom? He imagined himself into a dramatic cultural revolution, and supported people's justice He petitioned the French Government to abolish the age of consent and liberate paedophiliac men to practise their child sexual abuse on unprotected children. He loved death too much, and knew too little of life. His own judgement that taking LSD in Death Valley was the most important experience of his life, to my current mind, condemns him.
The most important thing I learned from my fascination with Foucault was how to forget Foucault. He was a Nietzsche without the suffering – the conscious self-presentation of priestly radicalism mesmerised me and millions more. Miller's biography of Foucault presents itself as "one man's lifelong struggle to honor Nietzsche's gnomic injunction, 'to become what one is.'" And perhaps this is what fired my imagination, even if I mistook Foucault's fame and fashion for authenticity and value. Now I think a truer model of the transvaluation of all values was the lonely wandering of Friedrich himself. As Roger Kimball writes:
"But whatever one thinks of Nietzsche's philosophy and influence, it is difficult not to admire his courage and single-minded commitment to the philosophical life. Wracked by ill-health—migraines, vertigo, severe digestive complaints—Nietzsche had to quit his teaching position at the University of Basel when he was in his mid-thirties. From then on he led an isolated, impoverished, celibate life, subsisting in various cheap pensioni in Italy and Switzerland. He had but few friends. His work was almost totally ignored: Beyond Good and Evil, one of his most important books, sold a total of 114 copies in a year. Yet he quietly persevered."
The contrast with Foucault the wayward scion of privilege could not be stronger. Kimball uses Nietzsche's words against Foucault himself, saying,
He epitomized to perfection a certain type of decadent Romantic, a type that Nietzsche warned against when he spoke of "those who suffer from the impoverishment of life and seek rest, stillness, calm seas, redemption from themselves through art and knowledge, or intoxication, convulsions, anaesthesia, and madness." Foucault's insatiable craving for new, ever more thrilling "experiences" was a sign of weakness, not daring.
In the end, I left behind some time in my 30s this icon of cruelty. By choosing life in all its mundane beauty, not melodramas of radical death, I learned to forget Foucault.


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While answering the question you will - in all likelihood- apply the "peak-end rule".
The Peak-end rule, popularised by Daniel Kahneman, is a psychological heuristic in which people judge experiences largely based on how they were at their peak (i.e., their most intense point) and at their end, rather than based on the total sum or average of every moment of the experience. It occurs regardless of whether the experience is pleasant or unpleasant. According to the heuristic, other information aside from that of the peak and end of the experience is not lost, but it is not used. This includes net pleasantness or unpleasantness and how long the experience lasted. (source)
P.S : I was rather disappointed that I did not write a blogpost for the entire year. Wanted to record at least one to maintain my "minimum balance' in the account.


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Last night Chris Weidman emerged as perhaps the number one contender in the middleweight division, dominating and stopping the dangerous Mark Munoz. The fight was largely a ground clinic, which was not surprising, Weidman is known to have a brilliant Jiu Jitsu game. The surprising part was that Weidman was able to take down an NCAA champion wrestler within the first thirty seconds of the fight.
As wrestler's go, Weidman is very good, but the true strength of Weidman was his mixing of striking and grappling. It certainly won't hurt his popularity that he scored perhaps the elbow knockout of the year to end the bout. In today's brief Judo Chop we will cover two moments of the fight:
- Weidman's controlling of Munoz's posture to get the takedown.
- Weidman's incredible counter elbow
As I have already mentioned, Mark Munoz is on paper a better wrestler than Chris Weidman and should at least have made Weidman struggle to put him on the ground. Munoz came out of his corner as he always does, in a low stance, back hunched, ready to throw punches. When he was squatted low like this it would have been very hard for Weidman to get in on his hips and get a takedown. In order to get a takedown on Munoz it was necessary to have him stand upright – but a good wrestler is not going to do that when he is thinking about wrestling. So Chris Weidman came out and immediately threw two head kicks in rapid succession.
Notice in the first still how Munoz's hips and hands are lowered, and he is bent at the waist, ready to drop his hips on Weidman or change levels and attack with a takedown of his own. In the second still Weidman throws a front snap kick to the face, forcing Munoz to stand straight up – which is necessary to shoot a takedown at Munoz's hips. Munoz is a disciplined wrestler, however, so he immediately went back to his crouch (middle left still). Weidman then attacked with a hard high roundhouse kick aimed at Munoz's defences (notice how he lands with the very end of his foot and did not set it up. The purpose of this kick was to make Munoz stand straight up, it is very hard to block hard roundhouse kicks from a crouch without absorbing punishment and being thrown around in ones stance. This time Munoz came back in with his posture ready to block or catch high kicks – very upright with his elbows and hands far away from his formerly untouchable hips (bottom left still). From here, as he moved in to close the distance for a striking engagement, Weidman shot a takedown – notice how Munoz is upright and does not react during the shot. The change in posture was slight, but the change in mindset and preparedness is clearly visible.
In any competition where takedowns or foot sweeps are legal, playing with the opponent's posture is key. Growing up in a karate environment I was not unfamiliar with this principle as a child. Kicking high and hard will force the opponent to "rise up" in his stance, leaving his legs undefended for a sweep. Here is a nice example of a high kick to a foot sweep in karate competition – notice that the kick is not intended to land but rather to force the opponent to stand up and brace his upper body for kicks.
Of course neither Andre Bertel or his opponent are experienced wrestlers or world class athletes, but the principle of balance and the need to brace against attacks applies to everyone. As Ryan Hall observed in his wonderful description of the hip bump sweep in Brazilian Jiu JItsu; no-one is magical, if you play with anyone's base their balance will change and it will expose new opportunities. Hall's example was that even Rickson Gracie would be forced to put his hand to the mat to stop a hip bump sweep, ours is that even an NCAA champion can be made to stand bolt upright if he is bracing to block high kicks.
The elbow strike counter that everyone is talking about (but I can almost guarantee no-one in the MMA media is explaining) came early in the second round and was again not chance or athleticism but a cerebral exercise. Weidman threw a right hand lead at Munoz – who is very much a slow striker on the feet – followed by a right straight to left hook in the next engagement. Clearly Weidman was showing Munoz the right straight, waiting for Munoz to counter. The classic counter for the right hand lead is to slip to the outside of it and land a right hook or straight simultaneously. The right hand lead without any set up or movement is slow compared to the jab, and therefore easier to counter – Weidman was almost definitely throwing it repeatedly to make Munoz step in to counter.
This certainly worked because as he extended his arm a final time, Munoz dived in to counter with a right hook. Weidman turned his extended arm over and landed a beautiful elbow as Munoz stepped in. We have talked before about how elbows are only effective if a collision is made – both opponents must be stepping inward or it will simply be a glancing impact – and Weidman did a masterful job at assuring Munoz's aggression for the exchange.
Notice in the first frame that Weidman is throwing a right hand lead, Munoz is purely defensive however. Weidman threw yet another right hand lead in the next exchange in order to cement the idea of countering in Munoz's mind. In the second frame Weidman extends his hand as if to strike and Munoz is already moving in on a hair-trigger. As Munoz comes in, Weidman turns his hand over and strikes with the elbow on the same side that Munoz thinks is done striking (bottom left still). Weidman ducks his head and Munoz's counter right hook swings over the top, carrying Munoz's weight forward as he falls to his knees. The genius of this fake is that once the right arm is extended, a second attack is never expected off of the right hand side – the arm has already been "fired".
The idea of deliberately missing a punch and turning it over into an elbow is not new – Choki Motobu, the legendary karate brawler, told Jigoru Kano about it in a discussion during the late 19th century. Unfortunately for Motobu, Kano was not excited by street fighting techniques – more in the discipline and spiritual development that Gichin Funakoshi's Shotokan school promised. Consequently Shotokan received the Kodokan's support and Motobu died penniless.
Chris Weidman, who many still had severe doubts over following his woeful performance against Demian Maia, has reminded everyone why he is such a force to be reckoned with in the middleweight division. WIth the kind of grappling that he brings to the table and such a cerebral striking game, I can honestly say that I'm more interested in seeing him fight Anderson Silva than I have been in any middleweight for quite some time.
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Turin, the capital of the Piedmont region in the northwestern corner of Italy, has enjoyed a brief moment basking in the international spotlight when it hosted the winter Olympics in 2006. But as often happens with these large events, the glory dims almost as quickly as the ritual flame is extinguished and the circus moves on. As the weeds grow on the olympic stadia, one wonders what was all the fuss about…
And yet, Turin is a city that has given the world a lot more than a bit of Olympic glamour and glory. Ever heard of Fiat cars? And Nutella? Ferrero Rocher? Martini & Cinzano? Lavazza coffee? Eataly? And I could go on… All these things and many more, all come from this busy city and its region. So perhaps it's really time to give Turin another look. Which is what I did with my husband this winter when we travelled to the Piedmontese capital for a few brilliant days discovering the city, hosted by local tour operator extraordinaire Jo-In.
But why is Turin so captivating, you may wonder?
It's got an amazing history
Although as a geographical and cultural concept, Italy has had an identity for many centuries, politically it's a different story; as a country it has only come together little more than 150 years ago. Turin was Italy's very first capital, from 1861 to 1865, after which the title went briefly to Florence and then Rome from 1871.
The royal dynasty that brought the Italian nation together, the Savoy, have also been responsible for turning Turin into a rich and important city from the 1500s onward. That's because despite its ancient Roman origins (its name was Augusta Taurinorum - hence the Taurine name), the city remained quite in the backwaters until the unflappable Duke Emanuele Filbert (aptly nicknamed 'Iron Head') decided to move the capital of the Duchy of Savoy from the French city of Chambery to the other side of the Alps, to Turin, in 1563.
With the status of capital the city became more and more important as the Duchy itself added (or 'grabbed' perhaps more accurately) additional land to its rule. It later became a proper fully fledged kingdom and in the 18th century the city was totally re-designed with a grid-like structure, ample streets, long and elegant porticoes and large, majestic squares, to befit its new role in Europe.
Today, Turin maintains its regimented elegance, style and flair. Walking through its centre you will feel a certain Parisian flavour, a definite Viennese class, with an austere and functional touch which is possibly a most enduring trademark of the Piedmontese people.
A city of reinvention
Turin is still today one of the industrial powerhouses of Italy, but it was in the 1950s and 1960s that the city grew exponentially with thousands and thousands of immigrants descending from trains every single day at its grandiose Porta Nuova Station, leaving the poorer regions of the South to work in the Torinese factories. Turin is very much a city of immigrants, built and made rich by immigrants and with a heightened sense of respect for diversity, even in these days of hardened attitudes towards migrants. Migrants that today come from other regions of the world, of course.
As times changed, some industries moved away, but Turin managed to reinvent itself, converting many old factories in new and trendy spaces, where new skills and talents are explored. We visited a couple of these spaces during our journey - such as an old tannery that now house among other things a brilliant apprenticeship school, where young people develop great skills, from beer making to haute cuisine. Or a disused electric cables factory that is now being turned into an innovation centre.
Architecturally delightful
The grid-line structure the Savoy imprinted on the city make Turin an easy city to walk around, even when it rains, with its long porticoes. Towering above the city is the huge 167 metre high spire of the Mole Antonelliana, whose history is quite curious. In fact the spire was not in the original plans of this building which was designed to be a Synagogue in 1862. However, due to disagreements between the Jewish community and the architect Alessandro Antonelli, the former decided not to progress with the project. Faced with a half-built work, the Council picked up the tab and the work completed in 1889. Today the Mole houses the Cinema Museum, but its most quirky reason to visit is to ascend to the lantern via a glass elevator, rising in the middle of the dome, though I'd probably say that this might sound like a nightmare to a vertigo sufferer!
The city's architecture is reflected in the beautiful buildings, such as the Savoia Royal Palace, Palazzo Madama and Palazzo Carignano. Just outside the city is the huge Venaria Palace, which was originally the Savoia's hunting lodge. Perhaps unbelievably, this UNESCO listed residence lay almost forgotten for decades, but now it has been returned to its original Baroque splendour.
And also just outside the city centre is the stunning Superga Basilica, which apart from being in itself a superb work of art, is also positioned on a hill from which a great view of Turin can be enjoyed on those (rare) clear days - Turin is known for its haze and fog, especially in winter. Another great place to enjoy a bird's eye view of the city with the snowcapped mountains in the background is the Cappuccini Hill, just on the other side of the Po River, which offers stunning views across the city.
Discover incredible museums.
You may have been to many museums around the world and surely you have seen a few mummies and sarcophagi there. You may even think that most Egyptian art outside of Egypt is stored at the Louvre or at the British Museum. But you may not know that the most important Egyptian museum in the world after the one in Cairo is actually in Turin! Yet another creation of the Savoy dynasty, the stunning Museo Egizio has been given a complete makeover in 2015 and so it's now grander and more spectacular than ever. If it's not the size of the collection (30,000 items) to speak of its importance, it's the variety that is really without compare; here you will find the whole history of ancient Egypt represented, from the very beginnings till Cleopatra. We stood in complete awe in front of the display of the funeral collection of Pharaoh's architect Kha and his wife Merit; these objects included original clothes in stunning condition, recognisable foods and even an incredibly preserved wig. It felt unreal to think that all these items were almost 3,500 years old! I am not exaggerating when I say that the Museo Egizio alone is a great reason to visit Turin…
And to think that the Savoy's passion for Egypt started with a mistake: in 1630 King Carlo Emanuele became fascinated by an object - a marble altar table - that he thought was from ancient Egypt. He was so enthralled by this artefact that he sent an envoy to Africa to buy more of the same antiquities - those that now form the nucleus of the museum's collection. What the king did not imagine is that the much revered altar table was actually a Roman imitation. Nice - yes, but not Egyptian… Oops…
Food, glorious food. And drinks!!!
In 1946, Pietro Ferrero invented a cream of hazelnuts and cocoa - his son Michele relaunched his father's recipe as Nutella in 1964 and the rest is history. Today Ferrero is one of Piedmont's most iconic brands. But it's not just Nutella, Rocher and Kinder Surprise. Turin and its region gave the world some of the most iconic food and drinks. Let's start with alcohol - shall we mention Vermouths like Cinzano or Martini? The history of these beverages is as old and fascinating as the Savoy city itself: during our stay we took part in a fun and informative Vermouth Experience, organised by Jo-In Tour Operator and Esperienza Vermouth. Our fantastic hosts also took us for a drive around the Langhe region, just south of Turin, where superb world-famous wines like Barolo, Barbera, Barbaresco e Nebbiolo are produced. Of course, there was plenty of sampling and a hearty lunch too! And lunch must be followed by a coffee - Italians are pretty much crazy about their brew - the caffè ritual is sacred from north to south, but two of the most iconic brands of coffee come from Turin, Lavazza and Vergnano. And talking of brews, the Torinese way of doing coffee is called 'bicerin'; that is a layer of hot chocolate, a layer of espresso and a layer of cream - in a small glass. Yum!
When you're in Turin and Piedmont more widely, you get the feeling that good food and wine is taken as seriously as religion: let's not forget that ever-expanding chain Eataly started right here, evangelising the culture of 'slow food'. In fact it's pretty much impossible not to eat and drink well in Turin. But don't think that it comes at a cost: most restaurants are reasonably priced and we found ourselves eating in a traditional Torinese piola, a tiny osteria serving delicious local wine by the carafe and gorgeous little dishes, like Tomini (soft cheese) and cold cuts. Think tapas - but Torinese style!.
And if you're travelling in the summer and feeling hot, you may want to pop into a Grom ice cream store: from one single shop, this Torinese company that has now expanded to such far corners of the world as New York, Dubai, LA and Paris. In fact, why just have gelato in summer?
It's more gay than you might imagine
Turin's LGBT scene may be relatively small, but don't be put off by that. There are very popular long-running events, such as the Bananamia, which is held at the Centralino Club every Friday. Another regular, for the past 16 years is Les Folies Scandal, which is held in various clubs on Saturdays. There is also a number of very well established gay venues, including two saunas. Check out the Gaytway Guide to Turin for more details.
It's fair to say that Turin is very LGBT-friendly and it's rare that one is made to feel unwelcome across the City, but especially in the very trendy area of San Salvario, where the choice of restaurants, bars and music venues is simply amazing, particularly at weekends. Recently the city has a new local administration that has put LGBT rights top of the city's agenda, which is encouraging in a country often so influenced by religion. That Turin is at the forefront when it comes to LGBT rights is not new to many gay Italians: it was here that in 1971 the Fuori! LGBT action group was founded, the first in the country.
Today the city continues to organise a successful and well attended Gay Pride in mid-June, but it also features a very important cultural event, the Turin Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, which is now in its 32nd year and is one of the most important of its kind in the world.
Getting here & about
Turin has an international airport (Caselle) that serves many European cities, but it's also very easy to get to thanks to the high-speed Frecciarossa and Italo trains. We travelled on the former from Rome and it was a breeze to get to the very centre of the city in just about 4 hours. Milan and its two airports (150 Km away) is only 45 minutes away by fast train.


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The 4 Inflection Points of Social Marketing: Accelerating the Sales Funnel
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Consulting is always about the sales funnel. If you need a jolt of perspective, an outside opinion and handful of ideas, that's where a consultant can help. As a business catalyst, I am not familiar with your business model, yet. And this momentary lack of understanding can give me some insight into what's working and what's not working, even before I hear your request and requirements. Bringing a new/fresh perspective to your business model is my job. For me personally, it's about digital marketing (online) rather than advertising or offline marketing.
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The first three inflection points are known as the purchase path. What can we do to make that path easier? Sometimes we talk about reducing the friction along the path. How can we make the buying decision and process "frictionless?"
And finally, after the sale, can we build an advocate from our satisfied customer?
Looking at the funnel is part of the 30,000 foot view: STRATEGY. And all of the programs and activities we can look at are TACTICS.
As a consultant my job is to come in and evaluate your inflection points and improve the performance of your funnel. And then I help set up the programs (strategy – supported by tactics) so that you can run them yourselves. I start every consulting engagement planning to eliminate my role as we set up your team to take over.
Start with the end in mind, and make sure your inflection points are as frictionless as possible. That's what I do as a social media consultant.
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Well, we decided that maybe building an entire house before winter was a tad ambitious... and so we've decided to wait until spring to start the actual construction. We didn't want all that wood sitting out over the winter, if indeed we couldn't finish before the snow got too deep to work. The good thing, though, is that we've already put in the footings, so we won't have to wait for the ground to thaw out.
Feeling disappointed, we decided to go ahead and build a chicken coop to help lift our sprits and feel like we were doing something to move the homestead forward.
On the eve of the first work day, with frozen fingers, sore shoulders and drops of rain streaming down my glasses, I sat back to take stock of the small amount of work we had accomplished. Exhausted and frustrated by the weather and turn of events, I watched a flock of geese overhead. I admired how they were able to flow and work together gracefully. Each creature knowing exactly what it was supposed to do... until they didn't. All at once, the birds scattered, twisting and turning haphazardly, almost as if they were falling out of the sky. Jake said they just hit a gust of wind and got thrown out of formation, it happens all the time. In a few minutes, they'll be back on track. He was right, of course.
p.s. In case you're wondering about photo details... The floor, siding and trim are from the playhouse and deck we took apart. The skylight window was free from a friend. The bricks, screws and plywood were leftovers from a previous project here at home. The only things we had to buy were 2x4's, tar paper, and steel roofing panels. We did find some free panels on craigslist, but decided the hour drive to pick them up wasn't worth it. We rented a generator for the electric drill and circular saw, as we thought it would make work go faster. We're not sold on power tools, except the nail gun. We all really liked the air nailer. By the third day, we ditched the electric tools for hand tools. For us, they're faster and more accurate. See that pile of wood in front of my feet? That was all we had for scraps! We learned from a lot of mistakes, and our motto of the day became: "We'll fix that right up with some trim!" With the last moments of light, we boarded up the front with scrap plywood until spring, chatted with a neighbor, and took a moment to remember that it's all about the journey.


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Controller: The controller is acts as bridge between services and views, and responsible for defining methods and properties that the view can bind toand interact.
Directive: directive extend behaviour of Html elementand allow to create custom,reusable elements that encapsulate behaviour.
Service: Services provide functionality to an AngularJS application and extend controllers and make them more globally accessible.
What are directives in AngularJS?
Directives are the AngularJS elements in Html tag that extend behaviour of Html element. All AngularJS directives start with the word "ng".
What are the different types of directive in AngularJS?
In Angular, types of directives depending on their implementation on HTML tag.
What is controller in AngularJS?
Controller is acting between the view and the services, whereas it is responsible for consuming data from services, processing data for display in the view, and transmitting data back to services for logic processing.
What is data binding in AngularJS?
Data binding is the finest feature of theAngularJS, It is the automatic synchronization of the data between the model and view components. Whereas the view is a projection of the modelthat change withmodel changes, and vice versa.
What are services in AngularJS?
AngularJS Services are the singleton functions or objects and used forprovide some functionality to the application. Services are prefixed with $ symbol and available globally to the entire application.
Ex.$http service is used forserver-side communication, $resource serviceused for support RESTful web services
What is scope in AngularJS?
Scope is a JavaScript object which synchronize controller with the views.
What is templateand view in AngularJS?
HTML element that contains Angular-specific attributes and directives called template in AngularJS.Whereas a view is the HTML after template has been through the AngularJS compilation process
Explain what are AngularJS routes does?
AngularJS routes enable you to create different URLs for different content in your application page without reloading the entire application. Different URLs for different content enables user to bookmark URLs to specific content. In AngularJS each such bookmarkable URL is called a route.
What are expressions in AngularJS?
Expressions are the code snippets that resolves to a value and used tobind application data to html. AngularJS expressions are placed inside {{expression}}.
What is the difference between AngularJS expressions and JavaScript expressions?
The main difference between the JavaScript expressions and Angular expressions are:
• TheJavaScript expressions are evaluated against the global window object, whereas in Angular the expressions are evaluatedagainst a scope object.
• In JavaScript, undefined properties produces ReferenceError or TypeError, while In Angular expression evaluation is forgiving to undefined and null.
• AngularJS expression doesn't support loop, condition and exception, while java script do.
• In AngularJS, filters can be used with expression to format data before displaying it but in JavaScript we can't.
What is the use of filter in AngularJS?
A filter is used to format the value of expression to display the formatted output. AngularJS enables us to write our own filter.
How to validate form data in AngularJS?
AngularJS has enriches client-side form filling validation. It support HTML 5 validations and also allow to creationof custom validation to validate data.
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text: 05.24.23 Delta Biofuel Announces $100 Million Final Investment Decision for Renewable Fuel Facility in Jeanerette Iberia Parish facility will convert sugarcane waste to fuel pellets JEANERETTE, La. – Delta Biofuel has announced a $100 million final investment decision for the construction and start up of a full-scale renewable fuel production facility in Iberia Parish that will convert sugarcane waste into feedstock for low-emissions energy generation. The company is expected to create 126 new direct jobs with an average salary of $62,500. Louisiana Economic Development estimates the project will result in an additional 149 indirect jobs, for a total 275 new jobs in the Acadiana region. "Louisiana has emerged as a leader in renewable energy through continued investment and innovation," said Gov. John Bel Edwards. "As one of the nation's top producers of sugarcane, producing more than 2 million tons of raw sugar in 2022, it is only fitting that our state will lead the way in the production and export of this new renewable fuel source. Once again we see how the transition to cleaner energy creates investment, jobs and a diverse range of opportunities across multiple economic sectors and regions of our state." The facility will be the first of its kind in North America for its use of bagasse, a byproduct of sugarcane production, to manufacture biomass fuel pellets on a commercial scale that offer a lower-cost and stronger greenhouse gas reduction profile versus other biomass fuels, such as wood pellets, used in power generation. The total capital expenditure is 43% higher than the $70 million investment that was anticipated when the project was first proposed in 2021. The higher level of capital expenditure is reflective of increased labor and equipment cost, as well as Delta's decision to increase the facility's production capacity. WHAT'S NEXT: Delta Biofuel expects to break ground in late June. When complete, the facility will have the ability to produce 340,000 metric tons of biomass fuel pellets annually. Delta Biofuel has secured exclusive long-term agreements to acquire supplies of feedstock bagasse from five sugar mills in surrounding parishes. The company has long-term contracts primarily with power utility companies across Europe for the sale of more than 1.8 million tons of pellets over the next several years. To secure the project, the state of Louisiana offered Delta Biofuel a competitive incentive package that includes the comprehensive workforce development solutions of LED FastStart and a $1 million performance-based grant for infrastructure improvements. The company has been approved for the state's Industrial Tax Exemption program and has applied for the Quality Jobs program. STAKEHOLDER QUOTES: Phil Keating, CEO, Delta Biofuel: "Delta is thrilled to reach this milestone and begin construction. We look forward to putting waste bagasse to good use, solving a serious problem for the sugar industry and reducing GHG emissions. I'd like to thank Iberia Parish, One Acadiana and LED for helping us get this project off the ground. Of course, we could not have done this without the coordination and support from our sugar mill partners." Mike Tarantino, President and CEO, Iberia Industrial Development Foundation: "We are excited that this project has reached this significant milestone. Delta Biofuel's investment in Iberia Parish is another indication that our parish is growing and we look forward to welcoming them to our community." Troy Wayman, President and CEO, One Acadiana: "We are thrilled about Delta Biofuel's commitment to place their production facility in Iberia Parish, and we welcome them to Acadiana's rich agribusiness and energy landscape. Their plan to source from nearby sugar mills in Iberia, St. Mary and St. Martin parishes is the perfect collaboration to create alternative fuel from previously unneeded bagasse. Congratulations to our partners in Iberia Parish on this project, which will have a great impact on the future of energy in our region." M. Larry Richard, Iberia Parish President: "Iberia Parish is poised for growth and we are excited to hear that Delta Biofuels has reached this project milestone. We look forward to continuing progress with the project, the jobs it will create and the investment it will bring." ADDITIONAL INFO: Societe Generale acted as lead arranger to the debt financing for the facility. Additional financing was provided by IFM Investors. Both will support construction and ongoing operations. Read the 2021 Delta Biofuel project announcement. About LED


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The 2015 Tour of Algarve will start tomorrow on Wednesday the 18th of February and conclude in Vilamoura on Sunday the 22nd. The stages are:
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- Fri 20th – Vila do Bispo to Cape St. Vincent 18.2 kms
- Sat 21st – Taveira to Malhão – 212 kms
- Sunday – Almodovar to Vilamoura 178 kms
Unfortunately the official website isn't live yet so we can't show the actual course or the expected finish timing in Vilamoura. Last year the finish line was by the petrol station at 3pm with access by cars blocked off for the afternoon. Expect a huge turn out and traffic confusion but a great spectacle for all!
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Bradbury begins by tracing the origins and evolution of the narrow views of intellectualism that are common in the United States today. Then, applying a more inclusive and egalitarian definition of intellectualism, she examines the literacy and learning practices of three nonelite sites of adult public education in the United States: the nineteenth-century lyceum, a twentieth-century labor college, and a twenty-first-century GED writing workshop. Bradbury argues that together these three case studies teach us much about literacy, learning, and intellectualism in the United States over time and place. She concludes the book with a reflection on her own efforts to aid students in recognizing and resisting the rhetoric of anti-intellectualism that surrounds them and that influences their attitudes and actions.
Drawing on case studies as well as Bradbury's own experiences with students, Reimagining Popular Notions of American Intellectualism demonstrates that Americans have engaged and do engage in the process and exercise of intellectual inquiry, contrary to what many people believe. Addressing a topic often overlooked by rhetoric, composition, and literacy studies scholars, it offers methods for helping students reimagine what it means to be intellectual in the twenty-first century.


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Jews in the News: Ausmus Gets His Aliyah on the Major League Bima
It was announced over the weekend that the Detroit Tigers, former home of Hank Greenberg, decided to up their JQ and hire former bat-less wonder Brad Ausmus as their new manager.
And what were Ausmus qualifications to be the new Tiger top man?
Well....he, ummm, played baseball. And he managed the Israeli National Baseball team for a few months. And people tend to think of him as a good catcher (which, per Bill James, only proves that Ausmus could not hit).
And that's about it, actually.
Thus continues a long baseball tradition of hiring people based on a sole qualification (a professional playing career) that only reinforces the candidates lack of quantifiable qualities.
In the NFL, the currently most respected head coach is Bill Belichick. He never played professionally. The head coach of the (at this writing) undefeated NFL Chiefs is Andy Reid. He never played in the NFL, either.
In the NBA, the two managers from last year's finals were Erik Spoelstra and Greg Popovich. Number of professional basketball games between them? Zero.
And while there are certainly plenty of former pros managing teams (the Super Harbaugh Bros, recent Stanley Cup winning coach Joel Quenneville, zen master Phil Jackson) all of them spent time in the ranks as either assistants or college coaches (or both) before being brought up to manage the major league club.
In MLB? Nah. That guy's got grit.
So are we happy that a Jewish guy (and a proud one at that) got hired to manage the Tigers? Sure.
But as baseball fans, honestly, we'd rather they'd have picked another goy who actually might be able to do the job competently (unlike, say, Robin Ventura, Ron Washington, Joe Girardi, Dusty Baker...)
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RIP Lou Reed
Lou Reed passed away today. He was 71.
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What's Your Fitness Influence?by Kate Kasel on Feb 27, 2015 • 2:10 pm No Comments
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Artist Statement
The year was 1940, the movie was Gone with the Wind, and the role was Mammy. Hattie McDaniel broke down barriers when she became the first African American person to be awarded an Academy Award in any category.
In this quilt honoring McDaniel, the spotlight is not only on her, but on the roles that she so frequently portrayed: that of a slave and maid. Hattie is wearing a suit in lavender, a color which represents something special or unique, and her hair is adorned with the same white gardenia that she wore when she accepted the prestigious award. In the background Aya, an Adinkra symbol that resembles the fern, has been quilted.
The fern, like Hattie, sometimes grows in harsh and difficult terrain, but still flourishes and survives. McDaniel had to endure tremendous prejudice and judgement throughout her career, and even after her death. Because she was a pillar of strength, she paved the way for people of color to be accepted and recognized in the radio, television and film industry.
Woman's Groundbreaking Accomplishment
Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win an Academy Award, (Best Supporting Actress), for her role as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind.
Raw-edge and fused appliqué, hand drawn and painted images, machine and free motion quilting.
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Rural community that grew around
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