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Never before have cultural journals been in the centre of the debate in Swedish media.
After the decision of the State Cultural Committee (Kulturutskottet) to cut the budget of the cultural journals with nearly 80%, the debate has been roaring.
Everyone: Cultural critics, journalists, writers; politicians from left to right (yes, even colleagues to Chair of the Committee, Per Bill, in the Conservative party have raised furious voices); professional organizations and interest groups, are writing articles, debating and arguing.
The decision has still not been changed to save the cultural journals.
But the Culture Minister who after the new election in March 2015 decides to reintroduce or even raise the support for the journals can only win. For a very small sum of money, this minister will gain respect and will be remembered as the one who saved the public critical dialogue and debate in Sweden.
For just a few of the articles, read (in Swedish) here, here, here, here, and here.
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16 december, 2014
"A whole segment of critical debate is erased (…)" describes editor and critic Kim West in an article in Kunstkritikk where he writes about the outrage that hit Sweden on Friday (December 12th).
The coalition of Liberal-Conservatives is cutting the support for the rich variety of cultural journals in Sweden by around 80%. This means a whole art form is being closed down and killed. In one stroke of the red pen. No other European country has done the same.
This is possible due to the dramatic development in Swedish politics the last few weeks where the Sweden Democrats decided to vote for the opposition party's budget, instead of the ruling left-wing coalition's budget. This meant that the government's budget didn't win the election in parliament and therefore has to rule on the opposition party's budget in waiting for the new election on March 22 2015.
And apparently the coalition of Liberal and Conservatives now take the chance to fulfil cuts of 365 million SEK in the cultural budget. 15 million SEK of these are being cut in one area specifically: cultural journals. The support for this area is 19 million SEK in total today, cutting 15 million SEK of these leaves 4 million SEK left.
This means that a whole sector is sentenced to a sure death.
Cultural journals are already living on the economic edge. Editors, writers, and critics are getting very low payment for their articles. These people are magicians who have dedicated their time to make sure that critical journalism and quality texts are still produced. The wide variety of critical and intensifying perspectives have been a pride in Swedish democracy. The Liberal-Conservatives showed on Friday how easily this could be ruined.
This is also done in a time when the media crisis is being discussed (just lately in three articles in the daily Göteborgs-Posten), newspapers are closing down their cultural pages, and critical and culture journalism is being severely threatened.
These times calls for action!
Sign this petition just to start with: Rädda Kulturtidskriftsstödet (Save the support for cultural journals).
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14 december, 2014
The final semester of the two-year International Culture Project Management Training Program, Kulturverkstan, youdo an internship at an cultural och social organization, or run your own project. The internship is prepared thoroughly with planning classes and where you decide a theme or question you would like to look into during the internship.
This adds up to a public presentation in the end of the semester with invited guests, discussion partners and (or) opponents. This year's addition of the presentations held the same high quality as last year, with interesting topics such as Cultural Heritage and Digitization; Food Trucks' introduction to Göteborg; Art, status, and conditions; The concept
of class – is this still relevant?; Alternative forms of exhibitions; and many more (read more here).
The last thing to do is Wednseday's graduation party and then we will meet 35 new excellent Cultural Project Managers out there!
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26 maj, 2014
In the middle of the roaring debate on the future of Lagerhuset, the Warehouse, a building in central Göteborg housing small-scale independent cultural organizations, publishers, and cultural journals, the digital journal Alba and Tidskriftsverkstan i Väst arranged a debate on cultural policy in the House of Literature (located in Lagerhuset).
It couldn't be better timing.
But let's start from the beginning. The old warehouse built in beginning of 1900 was for a long time a toll free warehouse for goods stored waiting for taxation to continue into the city. The building was then empty for a long time but in 1999 a group of small-scale publishers moved in together with Nätverkstan, Tidskriftsverkstan i Väst, the journals Ord&Bild, Glänta, and Paletten.
Other small businesses moved in, such as photographers, psychologists, architects, and editors.
In 2013 Frilagret started its cultural space for young people with dialogue processes and an active group of young cultural-interested people setting the agenda, an organization owned by the municipality. In October the same year the House of Literature opened its doors for readings, discussions on literature, space for writing, debates and discussions with authors, another of the municipality owned activities in the building.
And in March 2014 it was clear that the landlord, another part of the municipality, their own real-estate company Higab is chock-raising the rent for those in the house negotiating their contracts. One publishing house is leaving already in June.
The cluster of small-scale cultural organizations and entrepreneurs has taking long to create. And it can be destroyed in a second. No one can afford 30-35% higher rent.
With one hand the municipality is investing in a cultural house, while the other is pulling the rug under the feet of all the cultural organizations already in the building.
Of all the seminars, conferences, public debates and discussions on the cultural and creative city over the last ten years, Higab must have missed them all.
And they missed yesterday's debate as well. Where are they? Are they at all concerned of the context and society they work in?
See former post here and download the debate article (in Swedish) here: Befria Lagerhuset från Higab.pdf.
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1 april, 2014
When Judy Ogana takes the floor to welcome us all, the warmth and pride shines in her face. In the audience are friends, colleagues and partners from East Africa and abroad gathered to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the GoDown Arts Centre in Nairobi together with her, Joy Mboya, and the rest of the staff.
The story of the Godown is impressive, and as Joy Mboya takes us through the vision, steps, ideas, persistence, you realize that this is what running a cultural organization is about: the awareness of the context and society you are part of and your role in it; the dedication for building a strong, vivid, interesting cultural scene; empowerment with capacity-building on the grass-root level; participation, sharing, and networking.
Joy Mboya lifts a few aspects that has been especially important in the GoDown success, which she describes as "some steps of victory and some steps of challenges":
1. Getting a space; a multidisciplinary center for the local art and cultural scene in the local community
2. The regional linkages with colleagues in East Africa
3. The strategic plan 2005-2007 as a tool which also set the aim to create a public, innovative, dynamic, and vibrant space
4. Training and development, mobility, exchange, and exposure
5. A strong community orientation
6. Being a mirror of society. The post-election violence in 2007 was a starting-point where the exhibition Kenya Burnings was important. The need for artists to look back and reflect on what's happening in society.
7. Sustainability and capacity-building focus on artist livelihood
8. Discourse and research
9. The role of cultural spaces in urban living
10. The Creative Entrepreneurship Programme
After the celebrations and the outline of the GoDown Arts Centre's history and important steps, the East Africa Arts Summit continued discussions with focus on how networking, sharing knowledge, and building a strong art and cultural scene on a regional level could be enhanced.
Artists shown in the photos: Visual artist Mary Ogembo, visual artist Michael Soi, visual artist Patrick Mukabi, the xyz puppetry satire show, musician Makadem, singer Neema.
Nätverkstan and the GoDown Arts Center have been cooperating on capacity-building since 2009, support has been mainly from the Swedish Institute Creative Force programme.
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23 november, 2013
Today the Scene for Literature opened, or the Literature House, as Madeleine Bergmark put it in her opening speech of the inauguration in Lagerhuset (Warehouse).
The road to a new literary scene in Göteborg has been bumpy and particularly around where it should be located. Should a new house be built or is it a better idea to let it rest among already existing initiatives? And if so, with which existing scene? Glances were sent to Norway, where an ambitious new House for Literature in Oslo was opened in 2007.
In 2011 Ingrid Elam, a well-known literature critic in Sweden, got the assignment from the Administration of Culture in the City of Göteborg to investigate the possibilities of establishing a House for Literature in Göteborg.
The reason was that the conditions for literature are changing in a rapid pace and establishing a scene for literature seemed like a proper cultural policy action (also on state level this was done in 2012, a public investigation called Läsandets kultur, Culture of Reading).
Ingrid Elam came to four different suggestions, where two of them was weighing pros and cons of building a new house or building on already existing initiatives with focus on the independent and small-scale literary scene.
Lagerhuset (Warehouse), an old warehouse in central Göteborg right by the canal, for many felt like the natural location for a scene for literature. The building is already part of a vivid small-scale and independent cultural and literary scene housing several cultural journals and small publishing houses; a larger membership-based production space for journals; the Poetry Festival; education; and in the ground floor the scene for young creators, Frilagret. It's a house that since 1999 host small cultural organizations with focus on cultural journals and literature.
It was also one of Ingrid Elam's four suggestions, although not the main proposal. The Cultural Committee decided to place the House for Literature in an already existing structure: Lagerhuset. The House is organizationally under the City Library, they got two trial years and 1 million SEK (approximately 116000 euro) per year. Then the idea is that the independent scene in Göteborg takes over.
Read the two investigations here: LasandetsKultur.pdf and here: Litteraturhus i Goteborg.pdf.
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2 oktober, 2013
Göteborg is the host city of one of the biggest book fairs in Northern Europe. The latest years, the need of finding another positioning has evolved and to meet this need Mediadagarna – The Media Days fires off for the second year in a row.
Nätverkstan and Kulturchock, who work vividly with different ideas and initiatives to meet up the needs of the cultural journals, see this platform as one way of putting the Swedish cultural journals on the map.
We are already convinced of the multi-dimensional spread in content as well as subjects presented in the printed cultural journals and their role in Swedish democracy. What we had not digged deeper into before was the sound of them. What would they sound like if it was sound? We decided to build a sound installation in order to make them "speak" in a new way.
From an old portable typewriter you hear the sound of typings from laptops as well as manual key buttons in a mxi with lead pencils writing on paper. "Typings" is a 7`48"tape recording played in a loop.
From the headphones attached to the installation play a variation of sound samples from cultural magazines that work with additional formats as sound. Some do radio, talking magazines or present sound art works along with their releases. For this special occasion we also did a special recording of a young girl reading poetry from the arty, literary, and philosophic edition of OEI.
Text and photo: Helena Persson
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16 mars, 2013
The new year and our new cultural strategic assignment kick started with a seminar at Vara Concert Hall, focused on the topic of streamed culture, last Thursday. The Swedish government has marked digitalization as an important way for culture to reach a wider audience (read here). Vara Concert Hall celebrates their 10th anniversary this fall and together with Nätverkstan they are now in the process of implementing technology and procedures to start live streaming their events. Their aim is completely in line with the thoughts from the Swedish government – especially to reach people not able to come to the cultural events, in places such as prisons, homes for the old and hospitals.
The first action in our mutual project was to identify and invite the most prominent organizations in the field to a hearing. Our aim has always been to support the small and independent organizations and we are glad that Vara Concert Hall shares this belief. Together, we also believe that sharing knowledge and solutions strengthens the efforts made, and that this is especially true in the complex field of digitalizations where new technology is introduced almost on a daily basis. The procurement of digital services is an intricate matter and smaller organizations often make mistakes in the process – which in turn means that tax money is wrongly spent on expensive and short lived solutions.
The keynote speakers were Urban Ward from Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Ulrik Flood from Digital Live Arena, Peo Thyrén from STIMand Johannes Nebel from Play Kultur. In the audience were representatives from the Swedish Arts Council, Kultur i Väst, Kultursekretariatet i Västra Götaland as well as people from cinemas and smaller cultural organizations. Moderator for the hearing (and project manager for Vara Live Stream) was Leif Eriksson from Nätverkstan.
Magnus Lemark from the Swedish Arts Council remarked that this hearing is a running start for them, as they have just been handed the assignment from the Swedish Government, to help the Swedish cultural sector over the digital threshold. And Johannes Nebel agreed that this kind of meetings to share knowledge is the best way to get knowledge and tackle new complex investments. He also said that the main problem for digital material is distribution, and that Sweden lacks the kind of marketplaces that focus solely on culture. Play Kultur was started with exactly this in mind, to become the first portal for live streamed and archived material on performing arts.
We hope that Johannes last words from the hearing gives echo and they will certainly work inspiring for our own efforts: "Västra Götaland now has the chance to be the first region in Sweden to show how coordination of digital efforts works."
Our cooperation with Vara Concert Hall continues, and knowledge produced within the project will be made public in a conference later this fall. But we are also open to smaller hearings in the region and we especially look forward to the 20th of May, when GSO and Play Kultur are hosting a seminar in Gothenburg. Cooperation makes us stronger!
By Carl Forsberg, Head of Medialab and Technique at Nätverkstan
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22 januari, 2013
It's almost unbearable to read.
Belarus writer Svetlana Aleksijevitj's book with Swedish title Kriget har inget kvinnligt ansikte (The war doesn't have a female face, my translation) is a remarkable project that took her years to finish. She has interviewed women all around Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, has loads of cassette tapes where these now elderly women tell their horrifying stories of joining the army at ages 16–18 years and the hardships and terrifying work as snipers, nurses, pilots, military seargents, soldiers, engineers, and as members of the partisans and resistance movement.
Women's role in the military during the Second World War in Russia has never been highlighted. They continued their life after the war, bearing their sorrows, trying to forget while the victory of the war has been contributed men. Aleksijevitj wants to let them be heard, wants to tell their stories, the choices they had to make, their everyday struggles in the war, in life, as daughters, wives, mothers, and soldiers.
At points I have to put it aside, but then I pick it up again. I'm obliged to listen to these women and what they went through during the war and nine hundred days of siege of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by the nazists during 1941-1944. Swedish journalist Ulrika Knutson writes in her resumé in Expressen last week that if you only read one book this year, this should be the one.
I read it as I am on my way to St Petersburg to speak on a seminar about women creativity. I am shaken.
Nätverkstan has been invited to St Petersburg to speak in connection to the opening of the exhibition Creative Women on October 23, exhibiting Inventions from Swedish women.
The exhibition is an initiative by Tekniska Museet (The Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology) where Museum Director Ann Follin realized when looking through the 55.000 objects in their collection that only 100 of these were made by women. It also showed when looking deeper that of all patent applications in Sweden only five percent came from women.
This raised questions of whether women are less inventive than men? Or perhaps less creative?
They didn't believe this to be true and put together the exhibition of women inventors, an exhibition that in cooperation with Swedish Institute has toured to around ten different countries raising questions of the role of women in innovation.
The St Petersburg-based organisation Social and Economic Institute arranges the seminar inviting a Swedish and a Russian speaker. Olga Gracheva gave a very interesting contribution of the NGO Kaykino Creative Projects she just started two years ago with the aim of promoting and develop interest for the rural area around St Petersburg. An amazing initiative.
The women in the book are with me.
The only connection between these two things is that it's about women and their hidden voices. Women in 1940s and women in 2012.
Swedish Institute supports the seminar and project, host organization in St Petersburg (run by two charismatic women) is the Social and Economic Institute, an institute focussing on educational initiatives, projects, conferences, and exchanges of experiences between women in the world. The exhibition is shown at the Water Museum, a museum examining the role of water with both an educational and interactive part for children and an open part for the public.
Svetlana Aleksijevit's book "Kriget har inget kvinnligt ansikte" is translated by Kajsa Öberg Lindsten (Ersatz 2012).
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25 oktober, 2012
One of the success stories of Stanford University, with it's premises in Silicon Valley outside San Francisco (US), is, it's said, to be its close relation to the businesses in Silicon Valley. It's a symbiotic relationship. They nurture each other and many success business stories have started at Stanford; Google, Facebook, Instagram, Apple, Hewlett-Packard.
Leland Stanford, a Republican governor in the late 1800s and who made a fortune from Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, and his wife decided to found a University in their late son's name. Stanford University opened its doors in 1891 and the device was that the University should not become an ivory tower, but "qualify students for personal success, and direct usefulness in life". From the start, the close relationship to private funding, corporate research funds, and venture capital for start-ups, first for innovations in radio and broadcast media to todays digital technology, has been a base for the University.
The story can be read in The New Yorker (April 30, 2012) and gives an interesting light on the success story behind business ideas developed at Stanford and the philosophy behind it. But also the dangers of such a focus on success and making money.
The campus life and the atmosphere at Stanford is described as open to ideas, easy going, "people are willing to try things", risk-taking, access to venture and risk capital, creative. But there are also questions raised if Stanford has the right balance between commerce and learning, between getting skills to make it and intellectual discovery for its own sake? Is corporate money stearing research priorities?
David Kennedy, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, who has also taught for many years at Stanford, express his worries that students uncritically incorporate the possibilities of Silicon Valley, but it's a lack of students devoted to the liberal arts and the idea of pure learning. The one and simple question stearing choices is: What will I get out of it?
The philosophy now promoted at Stanford is the "interdisciplinary education" and getting students to become "T-shaped", that is they have depth in a particular field of study and breadth across multiple disciplines. Social skills are put forward and an effort is to put together students with different majors (engineering, business, medicine, science, design) to together solve real or abstract problems.
David Kelley, the founder of design firm IDEO, is also director of Institute fo Design at Stanford (d.school), and is driven by the mission to lift empathy in his students. He wants the students to learn to see the human side of the challenges posed in class and that way provoke creativity.
Still, fewer students get into liberal arts and humanities and many become, as said by a senior Miles Unterreiner, "slaves to the dictates of a hoped-for future". Students become instrumental and only get majors in subjects that lead to jobs, something also supported by Universities.
It's an interesting development. Reading Steve Jobs story and listening to many of his talks, he puts two processes next to each other as crucial for his success: The development of technology and the liberal arts.
The post is based on the article in The New Yorker (April 30, 2012) "Annals of higher education. Get rich U.There are no walls between Stanford and Silicon Valley. Should there be?" by Ken Auletta. The photo is from a TED talk on the web.
Read more from posts on IDEO, San Francisco, and the Arts from our visit in 2008 here and posts on other interesting US visits here. Read also here the report from Svenskt Näringsliv which last year promoted less money to humanity education in Sweden, a very criticized report.
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25 juni, 2012
Under the crystal chandeliers in Stora Teatern, a theatre built 1859 in centre of Göteborg and with walls whispering of wonderful operas, musicals and ballets during its golden days as the musical scene in Göteborg, Italian Economist Pier Luigi Sacco and Director Christer Gustafsson talked about the role of art and culture for society development on Saturday (25th of February).
It is madness, Pier Luigi Sacco stated, what many European leaders are doing at the moment cutting cultural budgets. Art and culture is the main raw material for innovation, well-being, health and development. And he backs his arguments with research and cross-testing inquiries in different matrices. It shows for example that going to a classical concert may well have give you a longer more healthy life.
His main argument is "active cultural participation" and he shows the innovation index shown on this page (18th of February) and puts it next to another ranking: Active cultural participation Eurobarometer. In both rankings Sweden is ranked number one. When putting these two independently done rankings next to each other, it could mean that active cultural participation has an effect on a country's ability for innovation. If you argue for putting public money to boost innovation, make sure to also invest money in local theatre groups, music training, or different dance centres from young age and up.
Pier Luigi Sacco has a system-based method of understanding and analysis a city or region. This has been done in many places, among them he was a consultant for Vancouver (Canada) in forming a cultural strategy: The Power of Arts in Vancouver. Creating a Great City.
Christer Gustafsson is now working with the same method in the region of Halland, a region in between the two large regions Region Västra Götaland and Skåne. The placement might feel a bit squeezed at times, but this system-based and culture-led way of development is new for Sweden, Halland, and Kulturmiljö Halland, is in the forefront of these discussions. It's about culture-led regional economic and social development.
Culture and art is the core. It's the "soft-ware". The major raw material to build on.
Download the presentation of Pier Luigi Sacco (English) here: Sacco, Halmstad-Goteborg.pdf. Christer Gustafsson presentation (Swedish) can be found here:Stora teatern, Göteborg, 25 februari 2012.pdf .
Pier Luigi Sacco also visited the Conference arranged by Generator last year. And listen to an interview on youtube here done by the European network Encatc. You find another blogpost on the seminar (Swedish) here.
The seminar was an arrangement by Västra Götaland, the think tank Kombinator, in cooperation with Kulturmiljö Halland and Nätverkstan.
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26 februari, 2012
The Encatc 19th Annual Conference in Helsinki was focusing on the future this year.
"A wind of change is blowing over our societies and reshaping our political, social and cultural paradigms. Increased urbanization, uneven social redistribution, a digital shift and an array of new audiences accessible mainly with the use of new technological tools – these are motors of change which provide as many challenges as they do opportunities."
In a mix of key note speakers such as Saara L. Tallas, IKEA Professor in Business Studies in School of Business and Design, Linnaeus University (Sweden); Katri Halonen, acting head of degree program in Cultural management at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences; and Lidia Varbanonva, consultant, researcher and lecturer was mixed with intense group discussions on different topics. Encatc thematic areas had workshops within their specific themes as well as room for young researchers and research presentations.
Although the financial crisis hovered above like an evil cloud, optimistic thoughts were exchanged on the future of culture and its possibilities.
Read more of the conference here.
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15 oktober, 2011
Steve Jobs giving a speech at Stanford University on June 12, 2005, on his life lessons. Three stories from his life; the story of connecting the dots, love and loss, and about death.
Have a look at Steve Jobs speech here.
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7 oktober, 2011
On Saturday the 20:th of august Carl Forsberg and Olav Fumarola Unsgaard had a public talk at the city festival of Malmö. The topic was about digital publishing. Our analysis is that we are entering a more complex ecosystem of texts. The traditional printed media is going to be complemented by at least four different types of digital texts:
• The digital book (today usually an E-pug file read in an E-reader)
• The text as an pdf-file
• Texts on the internet (homepages and blogs at the www)
• Applications (small programs read on a smartphone or a tablet computer)
Nätverkstans aim is to help, guide and provide the Swedish journals with guidance and solutions for this complex ecosystem of texts. Our latest project is to develop an iPhone application for the journal Ord&Bild. It is now available for downloading at Apples iTune store: http://itunes.apple.com/se/app/tidskriften-ord-bild/id447773438?mt=8.
The aim of creating this application is that the journals need an application based on their needs and economical conditions. Programming an application is still quite costly and no single Swedish cultural journal has the budget doing it themselves. Our idea is that Nätverkstan can lower the cost for the journals by doing a great part of the development work (if you are interested, please contact: firstname.lastname@example.com). The event was visited by 40 persons with quite different knowledge of digital publishing. Some where publishers and some saw an iPad for the first time.
Nätverkstans other work at the festival was mainly concerned about promotion of the different journals. We where present at the café Cacaofoni and at St Petri.
Text: Olav Fumarola Unsgaard
Photo: Helena Persson
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23 augusti, 2011
With a first-quarter GDP in US showing an increase of only 1.8 percent (less than expected 3 percent), declining housing prices, less consumption, an unemployment rate on 9.1 percent (in May only 54.000 new jobs were created), Rana Foroohar argues in Time (June 20 2011) it is time to kill the five most destructive myths of the US Economy:
1) This is a temporary blip, and then it's full steam ahead
2) We can buy our way out of all this
3) The private sector will make it all better
4) We'll pack up and move for new jobs
5) Entrepreneurs are the foundation of the economy
Both Republicans and Democrats are pursuing these myths of how the economy will recover, she writes. Instead a different path of growth has to be established rather than continue to believe in these five points.
Under the last myth the point is made that a good system of technical colleges are needed which will require a "frank conversation" about the four-year liberal arts degree that may well leave the graduates overleveraged and underemployed.
A few thoughts come to mind.
The cultural field is highly entrepreneurial, cultural practitioners are entrepreneurs. In Europe many believe that it is in the creative industries where new jobs will be created. Maybe it is a bit hopeful; the sector is still a comparably small field. But it is growing.
If you read formal reports on unemployment rate within the art field, it does look depressing. But these figures need always to be read and analyzed together with other formal reports from other areas. Many studies show figures pointing at the cultural field as a growing field. Not in comparison with the large car industries as we use to know them, or perhaps the telecom industry. Yet important. The easy conclusion is that artists are over-represented in society. But reports and statistics are pointing in opposing directions (read more here).
Reading another report by the well-known Italian economist Pier Luigi Sacco, another interesting association is put forward to bear in mind. He puts two ranking tables next to each other: One ranking innovation in EU15 countries (2008) and one ranking Active Artistic Participation (EU15 2007).
And he notes:
"It is interesting to notice that the association is established between innovative capacity at the country level and active cultural participation at the same level. This is of course a preliminary piece of evidence, but it seems to suggests that the mechanisms discussed above seem to mirror into data more clearly than one could expect."
It looks as if active participation in art has a correlation with the innovative capacity of a country. If this is right, we need a large flow of well-educated and professional artists from liberal arts Universities as well as easy access to practice art from a young age. Specifically, that is, if a country wants to ensure high innovation capacity.
Download Pier Luigi Sacco's report here: pl-sacco-culture-3-0-ccis-local-and-regional-development-2.pdf.
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25 juni, 2011
Do you know the price of oil? Could you tell the eight Millenium goals set in 2000?
Venu Dhupa, Director Creative Development at Creative Scotland, starts with a quiz with the audience. We live in a globalized world and as leaders of cultural institutions it is necessary with a global perspective.
"Institutionally we are out of touch" and the question Venu Dhupa asks is: "Are you looking for people just managing things or are you looking for leaders?"
Other skills are important for leaders such as ability to deal with uncertainty, question and reflection, perspective, a sense of place in the world and sense of value,
A series of two seminars took place recently, the first at Kulturhuset in Stockholm led by Sune Nordgren, and the second at Hanaholmen – Hanasaari kulturcentrum in Helsinki, to discuss leadership within cultural institutions and small organizations with guest speaker Venu Dhupa.
The seminars were arranged in cooperation between Kulturhuset Stockholm, Hanaholmen – Hanasaari Kulturcentrum, Kulturfonden för Sverige och Finland, Cultural Leadership Award in Sweden and Nätverkstan.
Download invitation here (in Swedish): seminarleadership.pdf. Read more related posts here and here.
Categories: Education Entrepreneurship Innovation International Leadership Seminar
Etiketter:Creativity, Development, Education, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Flexibility, Globalization, Innovation, International exchange, Leadership, Renewal
1 juni, 2011
Nätverkstan has for some time worked on a Eurozine application for iPhone and iPad. For this project we have developed a cooperation with partners in Bangalore, a newly formed company which, inspired by our profile, decided to name their enterprise Namnätverkstan.
The 23rd conference of the Eurozine network, 13-16 of May in Linz, Austria, was organized under the theme Changing media – Media in change. For this conference, representatives of both Nätverkstan (David Karlsson and myself) and Namnätverkstan (Anand Varadaraj) were invited to present our results so far. We were given the opportunity to take part in a panel discussion with Simon Worthington, editor of Mute magazine, and moderated by the editor in chief of Eurozine, Carl Henrik Fredriksson. It felt really rewarding to present the audience, some of Europe's most distinguished editors of culture journals, with a fully working iOS application that could be viewed both through simulator on a large projector screen and hands on, on our devices. We also gave a quick overview on how to work our online backend with wysiwyg editor. It became very apparent that many of the journals were interested in the project.
However, even if the presentation was a major milestone for us who have been involved in the project, our workshop was only a small part of the immensly interesting conference programme. The opening speech by Khaled Hroub, on one of the mega stories of 2011: The arab spring, really set the tone for the rest of the days. His reflections on the demographic and social changes in the arab countries for the last decades and his thoughts on the impact of both Al-Jazeera and social media in the current situation were also complemented the following day by the statement:
"The Facebook revolution or the WikiLeaks revolution is a colonial fantasy, a narcissit projection of the West".
This viewpoint was certainly not left uncontested in the vivid talks the were held in and around the seminars.
And so we discussed, debated and dined through three days of conference – professionally organzied by the Eurozine administration, generously hosted by the Lentos art museum and Linz municipality. It is hard to imagine a better crowd to give response to our endeveours in the publishing field. We have strong hopes for a continued fruitful cooperation.
Text: Carl Forsberg, manager of Mediaverkstäderna (Medialabs) at Nätverkstan.
Read a note in the Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet about the app development at Nätverkstan here.
Categories: Artistic practice Creative Industries Creative spaces Cultural Journals Digitization Innovation Seminar
Etiketter:Artist, Artistic practice, Creative Industries, Creativity, Cultural Journal, Cultural Project, Development, Digitization, Distribution, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Literature
18 maj, 2011
It may sound like a futuristic, or even slightly crazy project, to travel from Gothenburg to Bangalore in search of a developer that could build a framework iPhone application, a white label, for Swedish cultural journals. But we did it anyway.
Nätverkstan has been providing services like accounting and distribution to cultural journals for over a decade. We were among the first organizations in the cultural sector in Sweden to host our own web server and we have always tried to use new technology to empower the small-scale publisher. It is about time we find a way to get the cultural journals their own applications. And we need to find the right solutions, cheap but still meaningful and user friendly.
Why Bangalore? Are there really no able developers in Sweden? Of course there are, and we have talked to some of them. And we have learnt a lot, especially by hosting our own online bookstore, Samlade skrifter. But through Västra Götaland's strategic cooperation with the Karnataka region, we have been able to assist in the development of our first international subsidiary company, NamNätverkstan, based in Bangalore. It is our aspiration that the project to develop applications for Swedish cultural magazines could be our first cooperation. Our colleague in Bangalore, Anand Varadaraj, has been immensely helpful in setting up meetings.
And it was in Bangalore that the IT-revolution really started in the 80s. Try googling Infosys, if you haven't already heard of them. In every nook and corner of Bangalore, young engineers, many of whom started their career at Infosys, now emerge as entrepreneurs of their own. Many of them work in the explosive mobile sector. For an organization looking to learn more of mobile applications and to develop for their clients, like us, it feels like coming home.
After an early morning arrival, some hours of sleep and a late breakfast, we set of to our first meeting with a company, Mobisy. From what we could learn from their website they had developed a really interesting platform called Mobitop, enabling them to port standard web development script languages to all the major mobile platforms. Impressive indeed! We were equally impressed with their young CEO Lalit, who immediately understood our needs and raised a few interesting questions of usage and further development.
To be continued…
Text: Carl Forsberg, Nätverkstan
Categories: Creative spaces Digitization Distribution India Innovation International
Etiketter:Bangalore, Business idea, Digitization, Distribution, New economy, Self-employment, Technology, Transformation
25 januari, 2011
It looks like the politics on creative industries started by the New Labour in 1997 has come to an end. The incentives started in the late 90s were new and has contributed to create a market for small-scale cultural businesses, models that have been exported in Europe, all the way to Shanghai in Far East. UK has long been seen as the cradle of creative industries.
When Chris Smith was appointed by Tony Blair in 1997 to be Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sports, he could continue a process started in the 80s centred around Greater London Council (GLC). GLC described the cultural scene in London as the new "industry" being important for creativity, social inclusion and economy. It was an attempt to describe cultural initiatives as the new industry and redefine a term first used by the two critical theorists Horkheimer and Adorno. The two were upon their arrival to the US in the 1940s chocked by how popular culture was produced in almost a factory way producing standardized culture goods. It was like an industry, they said in disgust.
The Greater London Council changed the understanding of cultural industries in the 90s, to instead describe the small-scale, cooking, multi-skilled cultural life with a potential and importance for the economy in London. Chris Smith could pick up and continue on this road, creative industries have grown and has become an important part of society and, many reports have confirmed, contribute in a substantial way to economy.
This is an epoch now being buried. Tomorrow (Wednesday, Oct 20) is Axe Wednesday, as it has been called in UK, where the government will announce massive cuts in all sectors of society. TV-news is showing expected figures of 500.000 public jobs being lost. Culture is expecting around 40% cuts in funding.
Two large factors have completely reshaped the scene: The financial crisis and the Conservative government.
The present government is reinterpreting creative industries to mainly concern media, dismantling what most understand as the large contribution of cultural industries; social inclusion, regional development, and labour market.
Several effects are expected in the cultural field, such as a total dismantling of cultural policy where for example the Film Commission has seen its last days, a complete dismantling of the regional level, a probable redefining and change of creative industries, cuts on most cultural development agencies, enormous cuts in the universities which means more focus on employability and less money on research and long-term learning.
Will this mean that we see the end of creative industries?
Interviews done in London, 18-19 October 2010, a project commissioned by Region Västra Götaland (Sweden) to do a small knowledge and research survey. Interviewed were Paul Owens at Burns Owens Partnership, Tom Fleming at Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy, Sian Prime, Director of MA Creative and Cultural Entrepreneursip at Goldsmiths University, and Gerald Lidstone, Director of Institute of Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths University.
Categories: Art Blogg Creative Industries Creative spaces Cultural Policy Democracy Economy Innovation International UK University
Etiketter:Creative Industries, Creativity, Cultural economy, Cultural Policy, Economy, Employment, Finance, International exchange, New economy, UK, Västra Götaland
19 oktober, 2010
When we first talked about inviting Google to a seminar in Göteborg, people, not the least from the publishing houses, saw red. Why in the world would we invite someone who is ruthlessly digitizing literature without proper concern of the public domain?
Santiago de la Mora, Head of books and libraries at Google in Europe, had his message clear. It's the user who decides the need for Google and its products. There are today 1,8 billion Internet users, he says, where Google want to reach more readers, more revenue and engagement in Internet. Reading habits have changed since the introduction of the web, from the printed newspaper reading from cover to cover to more individual articles on specific topics. It's a browsing mentality and more scattered reading. The user has a choice, the representative from the absolute biggest search engine on Internet emphasizes. You can choose other search engines if you would like. For Google the foremost goal is the user experience and for example the thought that you should be able to read books anywhere at anytime. "It's an enabler, not something instead of", says de la Mora.
The informal motto for the company is "don't be evil", which implies that they could be evil but decide not to, moderator Mikael Löfgren pointed out with the question: "What is it that you are not doing that could be evil?" Answering this question as for others of that caliber, Santiago de la Mora was vague. That was neither surprising, nor the most important with the afternoon.
The five-headed panel of experts from the fields of publishing, journalism, library, European cultural journals, and archives, reflected on the presentation by Google, making several interesting points and posed some crucial questions:
"The dichotomy is not between digitization or printed texts, it's about how to finance quality content in the future?"
"The state and the public domain have not taken their responsibilities in dealing with digitization. This has left the floor free for other innovative solutions like Google"
"Make a national all-inclusive cultural policy for digital times. We have to stop talk about preventing or compensating."
"What do an open democratic society want to promote concerning digitization?"
Perhaps it was not a surprise that publishers were not present in the audience. Also politicians were glowing with their non-presence, except for two parties (m) and (fp). But it was a mistake. It's obvious that the politicians have to lift the discussion to include the democratic and public domain view into digitization discussions, not only copyright laws, something it seems to be little awareness of. And the publishers have to dare to look this new threat to their traditional business models in the eye and start thinking of new ways to continue publish books. This seminar provided that opportunity.
The seminar was arranged by Göteborg Book Fair and Nätverkstan, together with Stampen, Göteborg&Co, Västra Götaland and Stiftelsen Framtidens kultur. It's part of two conferences on this theme, the other one can be found here. Mikael Löfgren has written a report to introduce the topic (in Swedish) found at samladeskrifter.se.
Categories: Artistic practice Blogg Creative Industries Creative spaces Cultural Journals Democracy Digitization Economy Entrepreneurship Innovation Seminar
Etiketter:Books, Creative Industries, Cultural Journal, Democracy, Development, Digitization, Globalization, Innovation
23 september, 2010
Lotta Lekvall
Director of Nätverkstan, a Cultural Organisation in Sweden. Nätverkstan provides services …
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Rahat Scheme Punjab – Pay Lump Sum Annual Tax
In a bid to provide relief to small traders, Government of Punjab has launched Punjab Small Traders Rahat Scheme for small traders since 2014. It offers them hassle-free tax structure and they just have to pay lump sum annual tax.
- He/she is a retailer
- He doesn't have any business in any Class-1 municipal town or corporation of the state
- His taxable turnover in a financial year is up to ₹ 1 crore
- He doesn't run any inter-state sale or purchase
Lump Sum tax to be paid
Following tax structure applies for the tax to be levied on specified turn over.
|Turn Over
|Lump Sum Tax
|up to ₹ 25 lakh
|₹ 5000
|₹ 25 lakh – ₹ 50 lakh
|₹ 10,000
|₹ 50 lakh – ₹ 75 lakh
|₹ 15,000
|₹ 75 lakh – ₹ 1 crore
₹ 20,000
How to avail benefits of the Rahat scheme?
Any trader who opts to avail benefits of the scheme will have to apply for it in a prescribed form to the designated officer. The designated officer will scrutinize the application and if accepted, will issue a registration certificate.
The tax is to be paid in four quarterly installments. If anyone opts for the scheme in-between a quarter, then the tax is to be paid is on pro-rata basis.
Benefits of the scheme
A business person who has opted for this scheme can't be inspected without prior permission of Exercise and Taxation Commissioner. If done so, then the person can file a complaint against it through phone or email. The matter will be looked into and the final decision will be taken by authorities.
General Conditions under Rahat Scheme
- Any trader, who is paying lump sum tax under this scheme, won't get any input tax credit. If any input credit is available earlier, it will be reduced to zero.
- He can't issue any VAT notice.
- If any fraudulent tax evasion is found, proceedings against him will take place according to the provisions of Punjab Value Added Tax Act.
- If any trader who has VAT/TOT number and opts for this scheme, then his VAT/TOT number gets automatically canceled from the day the scheme has been adopted.
Rahat Scheme Punjab literally provides relief to small traders in the state. There are several benefits to be enjoyed under the scheme and by just paying lump-sum tax to save them from various tax-related proceedings.
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It may be a bit of an obvious platitude but it is one that's difficult to avoid when describing popstar-in-the-making, Florrie Arnold: she's the whole package. Consider the evidence - an accomplished drummer, guitarist, singer-songwriter and model, she looks the part, sounds the part and acts the part. On stage she's an electrifying performer - you can't take your eyes off her and you can't stop your feet from tapping along to her above-par songs.
At merely 25, Florrie has already worked with some of pop's most prominent names including Pet Shop Boys, Kylie Minogue and Girls Aloud as hit factory, Xenomania's in-house drummer. Separately, she's released four EPs of her own material and enough songs to fill two long-players. At the same time she's also undertaken a modelling contract, which included a lucrative spot fronting fashion powerhouse, Nina Ricci's campaign for its Nina L'Elixir perfume (she performs a cover version of Blondie's 'Sunday Girl' in the advert).
It's no wonder, therefore, that it's taken Florrie a while to complete her first full-length album but complete it she has and now she finds herself in the privileged position of being signed to a major label (Sony) and having to narrow down an almost 20-strong collection of album contenders to about two thirds of that for release some time in the - hopefully - near future. With there being practically no stinkers in her already extensive discography, we're predicting her looming debut to be a pop magnum opus.
The 405 catches Florrie in the midst of her rehearsals for a headlining gig at Oxford Street's 100 Club. The show is scheduled in support of her just-released fourth EP, Sirens, and Florrie is decidedly excited about the new songs, which she'd been itching to release to a patient fan-base.
We begin by talking about her first foray into music, at the tender age of 7. "I was on a family holiday and saw a drummer in a little cafe we went to one evening and I was completely sold on it from that moment," she says. "I nagged my parents for a drum kit for about the next year and that's how I got into music. My dad plays guitar and was in bands when he was younger, so he was really encouraging and we would jam together."
She then started a band, FiFi Saloon (originally named The Custard Creams), in secondary school with two other girls. "It was a kind of girl rock-pop band", she says with a chuckle. "We'd write songs and do covers of Avril Lavigne, like really trash, punky girl rock-pop. I then left school at 17 and moved up to London with another band, Self Service, and we ended up signing a development deal with Guy Chambers - this was as a drummer - and I then spent 18 months just gigging every other night but also nannying. It was quite weird looking after little babies in the daytime and then playing these grungy pubs at night."
Things with Self Service didn't work out and Florrie ended up leaving the band. "Two weeks later I got a call from a manager whom I'd randomly met at a lawyers' office when I'd signed the development deal. He remembered me from that time and said he had a friend - [Xenomania's] Brian Higgins - who was looking for an in-house drummer down at his studios in Kent. So I met Brian a week later, went down to the audition on the Friday and then started on the Monday as the drummer."
At Xenomania headquarters Florrie also met pop masterminds Miranda Cooper, Annie Strand and Fred Falke and got involved in some exciting projects from the off. She says: "I spent a lot of time drumming on the records they were making like Girls Aloud's 'The Promise' and the Out of Control album and also Pet Shop Boys and Kylie. It was a bit of a mad whirlwind but it was amazing. I was also getting into the song-writing side of things and writing lyrics for other artists. Fred and I would work on songs together and he later also remixed some of my tracks.
At first I was mainly writing for other artists and demoing the tracks but, essentially, as I've sung all my life and done backing vocals as a drummer, when I was writing these songs at Xenomania I thought to myself, hmmm I'd really like to do my own songs."
Her first solo release was a free single titled 'Call 911'. "I just chucked that one up online with a still photo," she says. "There wasn't a grand plan. I was writing a lot of stuff and wanted to see what people thought of it and it made sense to just put things online and get people's feedback. I was very lucky in that a lot of people got into 'Call 911' and I then decided to do an EP. I never really looked beyond three or four months forward. I knew that I wanted to do something but I'd seen several artists sign to major labels and get that backing and then things would go wrong for different reasons. So I wanted to get my music out, build the fan-base and go and play lots of shows and perfect my art. That was really important to me. My first EP was free for that reason, to get people into what I was doing."
That first EP, Introduction, was a whopper of a calling card. It had the hallmarks of a Xenomania classic with the finesse of a seasoned production. The immediate standouts on this no-filler debut were the drumboat/dreamboat exhilarator, 'Give Me Your Love', and dance-ballad 'Left Too Late', which takes Girls Aloud's monster hit, 'Call The Shots', as its sonic inspiration and injects it with an extra layer of heartache.
"To have had that time and freedom to get everything to where I wanted to be, rather than rushing things, was really important."
Introduction was followed by a second EP, Experiments, which had six more attention-grabbers to add to the Florrie repertoire. On Experiments (which borrowed its name from a track titled 'Experimenting With Rugs') the sound was richer and much more varied than Florrie's earlier tracks. You could still hear the Higgins & Co. blueprint embedded in there but, true to its name, the EP experimented with other facets of pop and nominated Florrie as the obvious next big thing from Xenomania's hothouse of hits. Shortly after this release in June 2011, there were a couple of offers for recording contracts from labels both here and in the U.S. but Florrie decided to take her time and wait. "I thought I should keep doing my own thing for a while," she says, "keep releasing material, keep building the fan-base and get people on my side. I was experimenting with a lot of different sounding stuff and I really wanted to feel ready to step it up."
Was she not tempted to grab the opportunity of signing a record deal there and then? "I felt that there were more things I wanted to learn before I did that, like how to do the live shows better and work on my song-writing. I think I just wanted to put out the work that I was doing and the stuff that I was writing as it was happening. I wanted to put out the best of what I had. I didn't necessarily look beyond each EP and I was also really lucky to have the Nina Ricci campaign and the modelling contract, which allowed me to spend money on my music. It obviously costs money to do gigs and promo and also to go into the studio. So I was really lucky in that sense."
Fast forward to 2014 and, on the other side of a hectic few months in the studio, it seems as though all the hard work is about to pay off. "My album is now finished and I am so happy with it," she says with delight. "So to have had that time and freedom to get everything to where I wanted to be, rather than rushing things, was really important."
But Sony is not quite ready to launch the album campaign just yet. Before that happens there's Sirens to promote and - seeing as its release comes almost two years after Florrie's last EP, Late, back in May 2012 - there is the matter of re-acquainting people with what she's capable of. "With this EP, I just really wanted to get something out there because there has been a gap since my last release. You know, I have spent a lot of time in the studio finishing the album and that is something I really wanted to do by the time I started putting stuff out, so that I have the time to keep it going and there wouldn't be any more gaps. So the next thing I release will be a single and then probably another couple of singles but this will be my last EP.
So, in a sense, I guess it's the start of the album campaign." I ask whether she is likely to revive any of her older tracks on the album. "I'd really like to," she says. "There are songs like 'Give Me Your Love' and 'Left Too Late' that I still play live. I love playing them and people really love them as well so it makes sense. But I have narrowed it all down to 18 potential album tracks and that's including a few from the previous EPs, which I have re-done. Well, the first EP was about four years ago so I have done a new vocal on a few of them and I'm excited for people to hear the new versions."
We turn to Sirens, which is somewhat of a departure from Florrie's previous EPs. It is, perhaps, a little bit less immediate than past releases but it also expands the musical popscape which she explores. Lyrically, it is a much simpler, more minimal affair than the songs EPs 1-3 offered but, notably, when we see Florrie play live at 100 Club, the new cuts really come to their own and gain an additional zest.
The EP opener, 'Seashells', would not be out of place on drama school syllabi, filed under Tongue Twisters. "He sells the sea-shells you say no," Florrie chants the incantation and the middle-eastern beats sweep you in an instant.
"That was quite a happy accident," she says. "I was singing along over this crazy backing track which was very simple and started with that beat. There was something about it which was so different and that I really loved. That whole guitary feel just hooked me. I'd never done anything like it before and it felt right to start the EP with it. I love mixing the electronic with the live drums when we perform it live."
Despite 'Seashells' having a repetitive structure and very little lyrical variety, it is credited as having been written and composed by about seven different writers. When I mention this to Florrie she chuckles and explains: "I think it's difficult to understand it when you're not behind the scenes or at the studio but there are, often, a lot of people in the studio who I work with, including also the guys in my band. Sometimes I write on my own or sometimes I write with Annie who plays keys in my band and then sometimes we'll do a jam session, where there are a lot of people in the room. If you contribute to the track in any way then it's only fair that you are credited as a writer on it. A lot of people don't work like that but I think it is the fair way to do it, because the point is that the track would be completely different if that person wasn't there. So I know it looks baffling but it's not just about the lyrics - it's also the music and the production. I work with one of the engineers in the studio, Toby, and we'll just lay down millions of different ideas, guitar bits, synths, overdubs and then one of those might end up going on the track in the end, so a lot of love, time and attention is spent on it. I'm sure there'll be a track one day with about 15 writers on it," she laughs.
I ask whether she thinks this way of working is a result of her collaboration with Brian Higgins and Miranda Cooper, who are well known for their collage-like way of writing songs. "Yeah, I do think so," she says. "When I arrived at Xenomania at 18 or 19 that was a whole new thing for me, because before that I had just written songs on a guitar with a top line and a lyric at the same time but suddenly this whole new way of writing opened up and it was amazing because you can get everything out creatively and then go back and pick the best bits. It's difficult to explain but there are so many different sections to a track, which can be written weeks apart. Some of them come together really quickly but with other ones I can spend five or six weeks just getting a verse or a lyric. It's a nice way of joining everything up together in the end."
Another track on the EP is 'Free Falling', which was one of the quickest songs to write. "The hook is that bassline which has a real bounce about it," she says. "For me, that was one where I just put the bassline and the beat on a loop and wrote over it for ten minutes and that was it - all the other parts came from that part and the whole thing was finished in about four or five days, so that was a quick one. I worked with Owen Parker [who plays keyboards on and programmes many of Xenomania's productions], who comes down to the studio a couple of times a week and he is the most incredible keys player and guitarist. Sometimes I write with him and we would jam together or he'll come up with notes that no one else would think of but somehow work [she laughs] and that's what we did on 'Free Falling'."
With a major label's financial backing this time round, Florrie has been able to create visuals for three of the tracks on the EP and the videos have emerged one by one over the past few weeks, with the latest, 'Wanna Control Myself' being Florrie's favourite. "We shot it over two days, one in London and one in the country side", she recalls. "I got to drive around in a car, which was exciting as I'd only just passed my driving test, so it was a novelty. I guess that video was also me having a go at acting at the same time rather than just doing a band-based performance. It has an actual storyline."
In closing, I ask Florrie whether we are likely to get the album this year and she thinks about this for a short while. "I hope that it will be out towards the end of this year... but you never know," she says and laughs. "I have actually picked the first three singles but we are just thinking about the order of releasing them at the moment. Not sure which one to do first. It's funny being signed to Sony now - it's like a whole other world has opened up in terms of things I never even thought about before - suddenly learning about how to market myself a bit more and being able to put a bit more money into putting my music out there, which is really good."
Based on what we've heard from Florrie so far, we reckon it would be impossible for her to release anything other than one of 2014's (or, let's be honest here, it's more likely to be 2015's) best pop albums. And it's strange - certain artists are described as having that elusive je ne sais quoi - a phrase which is difficult to define yet you know it when you see it or hear it. Either way, we think Florrie is a quintessential embodiment of it.
Sirens is out now on Sony Music.


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Nature Takes its Place
MONTREAL – Small treasures are hiding in the streets of Plateau Mont-Royal. Agency tours in Montreal begins to unravel these unsung green gems.
During the weekends of June, Ivan Drouin will discover some curious alleys green with the City of Montreal and its citizens.
"It's an exploration that begins with the history of the urban metropolis. I explain to people how the development of gardens and alleyways has changed since the French colonial houses, the English country houses, and homes of the industrial era," Drouin spreads.
From this small back alleys of the explorers learn how over time, the alley, which was used by various services such as delivery drivers and sellers of coal in rags, will lose its practical nature. Neglected by the workers, the alley was somewhat deserted during the year.
Snowball effect
However, since the 1970s, some citizens decided to break down the fences of their backyard, but still extends to the alley. Thus, it is a community movement that was born and has snowballed into the neighborhoods.
"When people see a beautiful green lane, the desire to beautify their takes to turn the public space. Obviously, we need people precursors, ready to lead the movement because it is a lot of work, "says Drouin.
This is indeed the sweat of their brow as private citizens undertake to transform their driveway. For the district is involved, it often takes only two owners offer the project through their eco-neighborhood. The district may request a signed agreement from 60% to 90% of owners of buildings in the alley in question.
"We have a management plan, a timeline, a section of concrete. The process takes at least two years. And once all this is done, it's not over, it is necessary that a committee Lane takes care of its maintenance," said Drouin.
Social networks have facilitated the process, however, since a simple click on Facebook now allows members of these groups to know when will the next big semaison or watering periods. It is with trial and error that they have sometimes turned into their driveway concreted true way to blush with envy the Irish valleys.
Better quality of life
Beyond aesthetics, these managed lanes appear to improve the quality of life for residents.
"When they are clean and greened, motorists are less likely to pass through the narrow streets, reducing traffic and noise. In addition, there is less crime, fewer people use drugs at night, because they see that residents monitor and hold to their small passage, "says Drouin.
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Haverthwaite, with its stone cottages, sits beside the river Leven. Its a terminus for the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway, originally built as a part of the Furness line in 1869 to connect with the steamers on Windermere. Steam and diesel locomotives still ply a 3½ mile run to Lakeside from the station during tourist season.
Arthur Ransome spent his last days in the village at Hill Top cottage (not to be confused with Beatrix Potters home of the same name.)
In 1849 a gunpowder works, Low Wood, was established in the village. The river was used to transport the finished product. The former buildings now house craft and artisan shops.
The village church, St Annes, with its light and bright plain interior and square parapeted tower was constructed in the 1820s.
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By Joyce C. Lock
Our Daily Chores
When one has a larger family (in order to keep peace, harmony, and sanity), structure and self-discipline become almost mandatory for all parties therein. In addition, having come from an abusive past, dissention of any kind threw mom into a tailspin. Perhaps as a result, she was always teaching about what love is and anything less was never going to be acceptable. Though, her plan of defense accomplished multiple purposes at the same time; keeping both house and home together for however the Lord might call upon our family next.
And being that mom also had the gift of teaching, one always knew there was purpose and benefit in her rules. The lessons that constituted our daily chores went something like this ...
People tend to be polite, not only to others they do not like but even to those that actually make them angry. They'll even work at it, as to how to remove themselves from a situation in which they really feel like exploding. And, most generally, that is considered to be a good thing, to maintain one's composure amidst adversity. However, they tend to take those bottled up frustrations home with them, then take it out on ones they love the most; which makes no sense. Why would you work harder toward giving a right response to people you don't even care about than you do when upset with those you love? And, why would you want to keep hurting the people you really love and need?
Family is to stick together, to love each other, and to be there for each other. When you make family your enemy, you will always eventually lose. Besides, you may need them to be there for you, some day.
It is never ever ok to hurt the people you love. Acts of unkindness would be responded to with penalty and fighting met with even further resistance; no exceptions.
1.) Part of being a valuable member to society is to take responsibility for your own actions, instead of leaving whatever mistake or mess you make for others to have to deal with. And, not only is it not very loving to expect mom to be your maid but, in the real world, there will be no one to fix your messes or mistakes.
So, a good place to begin learning accountability is this ... if you make a mess, it is yours to clean up. In fact, this doesn't even count as a chore. This is your responsibility as a person, in addition to chores.
2.) Laziness is an ugly spirit, void of love; exemplary of one's lack of wanting to be a participant of the whole. Not only is it unkind and sometimes hurtful to neglect at other's expense, but it is also dirty, unsanitary, and thoughtless of anyone besides themselves. Therefore, it will not be tolerated.
Every child is to have one age appropriate chore assignment per day, at least week days (whether that assignment includes more than one chore or not); excluding the kitchen.
Then, if an additional family project is needed, it might be taken up on a weekend (everyone pitching in); wherein mom made working together fun and the job got done faster, too.
Being a part of a family is not something you can opt out of, just because you don't feel like it. Parents don't even get to take a day off from being a parent when they're sick. So, a child's lack of initiative is not be a viable excuse. If said chore is not done on the given day, unless otherwise pardoned, that child could be gotten out of bed at mid-night, if need be, to get it done.
Note: the daily chore should be lighter provided item #3 is also implemented.
3.) Learning to work as a team is a necessary tool for life.
Upon age of ability to learn, every child would have a part in the preparation of meals and or clean up of the kitchen; without complaint.
Those who participate in the preparation of a given family meal may or may not be excused from cleanup, depending upon fairness and necessity.
Children may have the option of choosing their particular kitchen chore(s), provided that works toward the benefit of the whole; final decision is up to adult(s), which decision may or may not alter daily and may also depend upon an individual child's need to learn a new task.
No one is excused from kitchen detail, unless otherwise pardoned, until the entire project is complete. Therefore, it is to the benefit of the whole to help each other toward completing needed tasks. And, it goes much more smoothly when everyone makes up their mind to get along.
4.) If children have such excessive penned up energy but what they can't seem to stop picking on each other or a general running off of the mouth which seems to be controlling them, these precious angels must have a serious physical problem they need our help with.
Therefore, except a stronger response is deemed necessary, each and every verbal and physical unkindness will be met with an additional chore that is to commence being accomplished from the moment so assigned. Of course, this law of consequences is only offered as a means to help them work off some of that penned up energy.
In such event, the first chore is to be minute. Then, if the behavioral issue is not immediately resolved, kindly let them know they can complete another chore when they get that one done. This procedure is to be continued, slightly increasing the degree of pressure, with each offense, until a task can be completed (from start to finish) without sounding off or otherwise having acted out.
The remarkable thing is that most children catch on really fast. And, you thought it couldn't be done.
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Joey D: Checking in from New Orleans...
The course is in great shape, the field looks good and there's a buzz in the air with the "fifth major" coming up two weeks from now in Jacksonville. This is a nice run - Augusta, Hilton Head, New Orleans, Charlotte and then Jacksonville. I'm out for all five and the PLAYERS will be a great way to wrap up five solid weeks.
I saw Ian Poulter this morning and he was in good spirits on the range. Talked to Charlie Wi for a few. Attitude is still great and he was working with the Vokey folks, tweaking his wedges. Yet to catch up with Jason Dufner, Tom Pernice Jr. or last minute entry, Jason Gore. We'll report back on those guys in the coming days.
Pat Perez is off this week, but will be back for next week's event in North Carolina and Ryuji Imada pulled out of this week's event due to a wrist injury sustained at the Masters. He wants another week of active rest before Quail Hollow and then Sawgrass, the largest purse in all of golf. Smart play by Ryuji, being mentally aware that he shouldn't push it this week as it really is all about the PLAYERS this time of year.
This afternoon we'll start our standard biomechanics preparations for the week. Everyone will get by the trailer either for some stretching or a full session, depending on how they're feeling. From there, the week will be underway.
The Zurich is a great event. You have a great field and a great city. Jazz Fest is going on this week. PGA Tour players doing what they do. Great food. Culturally diverse. You definitely feel the flavor of the city with this event. In most cases, Tour events don't end up in such an energetic place. They're usually much more off the beaten path. The Zurich gets everybody together, mixing it up.
"Commitment" is a word I want to focus on today. I'm looking at my guys in this week's event, the decisions they're making, the overall effort and a commitment to success. Dufner is back this week after a nice T26th finish last week. He's working through some pain, but he's committed to working hard, making cuts and trying to win golf tournaments.
Pernice is back this week after a missed cut and some weekend sessions in the trailer, even though he wasn't playing. Again, the commitment to get biomechanically right where it needs to be and good thing are around the corner.
Tee times will be announced in a bit and I'll check back in later this week from New Orleans. We'll have a new Q&A tomorrow and I'll let you know how my guys are looking for Thursday.
Joey D.


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Oh yes we are. Quite clearly bonkers – because today was our garden club's spring show, and I was out in the garden in wooly hat, quilted jacket, thick socks, jim-jams and light snow at 7.30 this morning. Before breakfast. Before even a cup of tea. The primroses I picked last evening, you see, weren't quite perfect after their night in the house, so they had to be replaced.
And, as I learned from talking to other exhibitors, I was not alone (well, I was in one sense – fortunately the neighbours were still in bed, otherwise the men in the white coats would have been summoned). But I was not alone amongst garden club members; at least two other people had been doing the dawn patrol in sleet. Think Fargo, with daffodils.
Oh, all right, I'm exaggerating the snowiness – but the sudden chill was enough to chap my poor amaryllis in the short journeys between house and car and car and hall. Even though I did try and protect it. When I got it into place I was rather embarrassed to see it had a Big Brother. I told it not to look but it did, and then it too sat there looking rather embarrassed which it continued to do throughout, especially when BB inevitably came first in the group:
I was one of two stewards, which I found absolutely fascinating. Listening to the judge's comments taught me an enormous amount, not least about the importance of removing anything that isn't absolutely perfect. I think I'd have have been placed in the tulips if I'd removed the two leaves that were a bit damaged, though of course I kept my mouth shut at the time (and resisted the impulse to distract the judge and pull them off).
As it was, I got a couple of firsts, one for my small cup daffodils. My Poet's Eye narcissus surprised me enormously by suddenly flowering, even if I did have to bring one of the blooms out by putting the vase by the wood burner last night.
Also warmed by the stove were my multi-flowered daffs, and I got a first there too – plus a third for another small cup. No joy anywhere else – even with the second attempt at finding the perfect primrose – but I was pleased. The standard is very high, particularly with the hellebores and camellias, and I was very lucky last year to get a second in the camellias. In fact the standard was so high this year that two judges worked together to establish the winners.
It was a great spring show, in short, despite the vagaries of the weather. Here's a montage, starting with my own preparations – just click on an image for a slideshow.


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If RBI has its way, you can soon opt for bank account portability
RBI deputy governor S S Mundra has batted for the introduction of bank account portability. The deputy governor stated that the concept which was considered abstract a couple of years back has now come become possible with technological advancements.
The governor also stated that as in the telecom sector, portability will allow a customer to transfer his account to another bank.
The governor also stated that RBI will soon come up with guidelines that will limit customer liability in case of a fraud.
Various technological advancements in recent times:
- • Advancements in the field of payment systems such as UPI
- • Massive enrolment under Aadhar (covered around 90 percent of the population) and its linkage to individual bank accounts
Challenges to bank account portability:
- The banks need to make changes to their core banking solutions to implement portability
- Another challenge will be use of multiple account number formats across banks. For example, while ICICI bank account number consist of 12 digits, HDFC account number consists of 14 digits
- Uniformity of account number format is a must to achieve portability
Protecting customers by limiting their liability in case of a bank fraud:
- RBI has issued a notification in August which stated that if a fraud is reported within four to seven working days, the liability of the customer will be capped at 5000 rupees
- It has also asked banks to strengthen their IT systems and take steps that help safeguard customer liability
Complains made to the banking ombudsman:
- The number of complaints made to the banking ombudsman exceeded one lakh last year
- Percentage of complaints that relate to non-adherence to the banking codes and standards board of India code has significantly increased in recent times
- This could be attributed to the lack of understanding of the code among frontline staff
- Earlier the minimum standards for customer service has been codified
- Bank statements at present are cryptic despite guidelines from the RBI that mandate recording of intelligible particulars
- The quality of cheque leaves that enable printing of fake cheques is a matter of grave concern


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Exchange & Win No. 17
composed by Carl'Alberto Magri, 2001
South is declarer in five no-trumps. What is the winning exchange?
What sequence of counter-exchanges follows?
This is a demonstration problem. Instead of inviting you to send me a solution, I allow you to see the solution, along with explanations, by following links:
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Date last modified: 11 March, 2017


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UPDATED 6:04 AM PST — Thurs. Nov. 8, 2018
At least 12 people and an alleged gunman are dead following a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California.
The incident began around 11:20 PM local time Wednesday at the Borderline Bar and Grill during a college country night celebration, which was open to students 18-years and older.
When authorities entered the bar they found the gunman actively shooting. The suspect then opened fire on authorities and fatally shot Sheriff Sergeant Ron Helus.
The bodies of 11 victims and the suspect were later discovered inside the bar. More than a dozen others are also reported to be injured and have been transported to local hospitals.
Witnesses initially described the gunman as a male of Middle Eastern decent, wearing glasses, a black trench coat, and wielding a single handgun.
One witness described the incident.
"I was at the front door and I was talking to my stepdad. I just started hearing these big pops. Pop, pop, pop. There was probably three or four, I hit the ground. I look up — the security guard is dead. Well, I don't want to say he was dead, but he was shot. He was down. The gunman was throwing smoke grenades all over the place. I saw him point to the back of the cash register and he just kept firing. I ran out the front door." — John Hedge, witness
An investigation into the incident is ongoing, but officials believe it was a planned attack as the suspect allegedly set off smoke devices.
President Trump has been fully briefed on the shooting.
In a tweet Thursday morning, he said great bravery was shown by police and the California Highway Patrol was on the scene within three minutes. He went on to say, "God bless all the victims and their families" and thanked law enforcement.


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Operating since July 2011, EFC TANZANIA M.F.C LIMITED provides financial services to micro, small and medium size enterprises (MSMEs) and is the first deposit taking microfinance institution to be licenced and regulated under the Bank of Tanzania's Microfinance Company Charter.
The purpose of the Entrepreneurs Financial Centre (EFC) is to provide increased access to specialized financial services for entrepreneurs while contributing to wealth creation, improvement of living conditions and development of the Tanzanian private sector. Owned by international and local investors, EFC Tanzania is distinctive in its emphasis on local development through a collective ownership scheme.
EFC Tanzania through its expansion program and in an effort to serve its client better, is looking to fill the following positions in Dar es Salaam:
Qualification & Requirements (i.e. education, skills and experience)
The HR Assistant should absolutely have good practical knowledge of HRM in the financial services sector and the foresight to see how the intricate day-to-day HR related activities link with and support the achievement of the mission and vision of the EFC. In this regard, specific qualifications and requirements include:
· A minimum of a Bachelor Degree in Human Resources Management or equivalent qualification;
· At least two years of experience in human resources management;
· A practical knowledge in recruitment process;
· Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines;
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English;
· Knowledge of Tanzania Labour Laws;
· Attention to detail and accuracy;
· Effective team player;
· Excellent problem solving skills;
· Strong computer skills (Word, Excel, Power Point, Spread sheet, etc.).
EFC Tanzania seeks to hire qualified and experienced candidate who are strongly oriented towards personal and professional development for career advancement and can actively participate in a fast paced and constantly changing environment.
Interested candidates are requested to submit a letter of interest explaining their motivation for the position applied for together with their Curriculum Vitae.
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Hey Gorgies,
Cream eyeshadows are definitely a lazy girl's best friends as they are super easy to use and carry around. I am a big fan of the Maybelline Color tattoos and hoarded almost every color from the family. In India, you do not have many options.
I have 2 shades with me – Rose Gold and Deep Indigo.
Price: Rs. 450 each.
Availability: Oriflame products are now available online from their site.
Rose Gold is a light golden beige with a hint of rose. It is a fantastic highlighter for Indian skin. It can also be used as an eyeshadow base to make your powder colors pop.
Deep Indigo is a lovely dark blue that is absolutely gorgeous for all occasions. It reminds me of MAC Deep Truth eyeshadow.
Both the shades have a very light weight smooth texture. The pigmentation is great and you really need a little so one tub is gonna stay with you for a long time.
They come in cute plastic jars that are very travel friendly.
Staying power:
While the texture and pigmentation are great, they did crease a little on my oily lids without a primer. I highly suggest you to use an eyeshadow base before applying these.
Rating: 4/5
Overall Thoughts:
Oriflame The One Color Impact Eyeshadows are great for the price, the colors are beautiful, have a very smooth texture. Just make sure you take very little else it will crease on the lids. These are perfect for people on the go.


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Mr. Kiwanuka Paul
Mr Kiwanuka Paul joined AICAD in February, 2015 as a driver. Before joining AICAD he worked with a number of organizations like Total E&P Uganda, Europcar Uganda, Uganda Telecom as a driver and BVS Construction, Forward International and Caltex Service Station as a technician.Paul has a certificate in Motor Vehicle Mechanics and also he has several certificates in Defensive driving, Driving competence and Good conduct. At AICAD he is responsible for driving staff, maintaining vehicles in good working sound and performing other day today duties as assigned to him.