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Luxury Watches with a History
Pre-owned watches are intriguing thanks to their history. You can often find treasures amongst vintage watches whose values have only increased over time. Moreover, pre-owned models are often significantly less expensive than their new counterparts.
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Pre-owned, yet precious collector's items
Purchasing a used watch no doubt has its charm. On the one hand, it helps you save money on many luxury watches. On the other, scratches or faded bezels or dials add character to a wristwatch. Collecting vintage watches can even become a hobby, especially for Rolex lovers, as there are so many popular and unique Rolex watches for men. Many old watches are so rare that they sell at astronomical prices. A Rolex Daytona Paul Newman from the 1960s or 70s, for example, costs at least 90,000 euros, even though it originally didn't even sell well.
Another rare vintage watch, the Rolex Submariner, has undergone a similar price development. So-called "Big Crown" versions from the 1950s, one of which James Bond wore in the 1962 film Dr. No, cost between 60,000 and 400,000 euros, depending on their condition. This Rolex watch with a big crown and no crown guard can be found via reference number 6538.
Two other variants of the Rolex Submariner are just as rare and sought after: the COMEX and Red Sub models. The Red Sub watches, produced from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, can be identified by a red "Submariner" inscription on the dial. The COMEX models are professional diving watches that Rolex developed for the Compagnie Maritime d'Expertises, who specialize in diving and other deep sea work. The price for a COMEX Submariner ranges between 50,000 euros and 215,000 euros. A Red Sub costs significantly less – between 12,000 and 46,000 euros – making it the perfect introductory timepiece into the world of vintage Rolex watches.
Prices of popular vintage Rolex watches
Model | Price (starting at) | Features |
Rolex Daytona Paul Newman | 90,000 euros | Extremely coveted vintage watch with an incredible increase in value over the past few years |
Rolex "Big Crown" Submariner | 60,000 euros | 1950s diving watch, large crown without crown protection, extremely rare and highly sought after |
Rolex "COMEX" Submariner | 50,000 euros | Very rare vintage watch, predecessor to the Rolex Sea-Dweller |
Rolex "Red Sub" Submariner | 12,000 euros | Red Submariner inscription on the dial, highly coveted and comparatively affordable vintage Rolex |
How much do pre-owned watches cost?
Like new watches, second-hand watches are found in every price class. Prices range from a few hundred euros for a pre-owned Omega women's watch to a few thousand for a pre-owned Rolex to hundreds of thousands of euros for a pre-owned Patek Philippe in very good condition. You can often find good deals on newer models from brands such as Breitling or TAG Heuer which haven't yet made it into the "very desirable" vintage watch category.
With a little luck, you can find a pre-owned Navitimer, one of Breitling's most famous chronographs, with an automatic caliber for around 2,000 euros. A new Navitimer 01 with an in-house caliber costs around 5,000 euros. The legendary TAG Heuer Carrera, originally developed for car racers, is similarly priced. Pre-owned automatic watches without a chronograph function go for less than 1,000 euros; the chronograph version costs at least 1,500 euros. For new versions, you should be prepared to spend about 1,500 euros for a three-hand variant or 2,500 euros for a chronograph.
Another iconic TAG Heuer timepiece is the Autavia, which the company re-released in 2017. There is a small selection of pre-owned Autavia re-releases, but there are many older Autavias in the vintage market. You can purchase a 1970s Autavia starting at 3,800 euros. Rarer models from the 1960s can cost you over 25,000 euros.
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Model | Pre-owned price (starting at) | Features |
Breitling Navitimer | 2,000 euros | Pilot's chronograph with slide rule |
TAG Heuer Carrera | 1,500 euros | Racing chronograph |
Heuer Autavia | 3,800 euros | Racing chronograph |
Omega Speedmaster Professional "Speedy Tuesday" | 8,500 euros (new) | Limited to 2,012 pieces, special edition, will possibly increase in value |
Omega Speedmaster Professional Snoopy Award | 9,500 euros | Limited to 5,441 pieces, special edition, will possibly increase in value |
Omega Seamaster 300 "Spectre" | 7,000 euros | Limited to 7,007 pieces, special edition, will possibly increase in value |
Omega Speedmaster Professional | 2,500 euros | Legendary chronograph, first wristwatch to reach the moon |
Omega Seamaster Diver 300 M | 1,500 euros | Diving watch with unidirectional rotatable bezel and helium escape valve |
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak | 6,000 euros | Legendary sports watch with a 70s design |
Panerai Radiomir | 3,500 euros | Swiss diving watch with an Italian design and 45-mm case |
Panerai Luminor | 3,400 euros | World famous design with crown-protecting bridge and two hands |
Panerai Luminor Marina | 3,600 euros | Luminor with a subsidiary seconds dial at nine o'clock |
IWC Portugieser Chronograph | 3,900 euros | Classic, elegant chronograph |
IWC Classic Pilot Mark XVI | 2,500 euros | Classic pilot's watch with a simple design and excellent legibility |
IWC Ingenieur (Automatic) | 2,500 euros | Sports watch with a technical design |
Cartier Tank | 800 euros | Elegant dress watch with a rectangular case |
Cartier Santos | 800 euros | One of the first pilot's watches ever made |
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso | 2,500 euros | JLC's most famous model, innovative rotatable case to protect the display |
Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin | 3,300 euros | Extra-thin dress watch |
Pre-Owned Watches from Omega
The most famous models from Omega are the Speedmaster Professional, the first watch to reach the moon, and the Seamaster, a diving watch. A quartz Seamaster Diver 300 M with a unidirectional bezel to keep track of your dive time can be found in very good condition for as little as 1,300 euros. The version with an automatic movement costs more, about 1,500 euros. A highly sought-after collector's piece is the limited edition Seamaster 300 Spectre, introduced in celebration of the 2017 Bond film, Spectre. Only 7,007 of these watches were produced, and the original list price in 2015 was 6,200 euros. Currently, however, you should plan on spending at least 7,000 euros for a pre-owned Spectre timepiece and 9,000 euros for a new one.
The Speedmater Professional chronograph, also known as the Moonwatch, is an affordable choice, available for as little as 2,500 euros pre-owned and in very good condition. A beloved collector's piece is the Snoopy (reference number 3578.51.00), which was released in 2005 and limited to 5,441 pieces. This timepiece only costs 9,500 euros pre-owned and in very good condition. The special edition Speedy Tuesday, limited to a run of 2,102, has a list price of 5,400 euros. However, only a few months after its release, the timepiece was selling for 8,500 euros new on Chrono24.
Pre-Owned Watches from Audemars Piguet
Luxury watches made by Audemars Piguet are some of the finest timepieces in the world. The Le Brassus-based manufacturer is in the same league as other world-renowned Swiss manufacturers like Patek Philippe. One of Audemars Piguet's most famous models is the Royal Oak, originally a stainless steel sports watch. Its design has remained unchanged since its introduction in the 1970s, adding to its popularity and appeal.
Pre-owned women's watches with quartz movement are available for an affordable 2,000 euros. However, if you want an automatic watch, you should be prepared to spend at least 3,000 euros. Prices for pre-owned men's watches from this series start at 4,000 euros for quartz versions and 6,000 euros for automatic watches.
Luxury Watches from Panerai
Like Rolex timepieces, Panerai watches have a strong resale value. To earn as much as possible, it's advisable to replace the strap. It's quite easy to do so, especially with the Luminor. However, the Radiomir, Panerai's second-most important model series, is a bit trickier due to the wire loop straps. Often, pre-owned models are only a few hundred euros less expensive than new timepieces.
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Monday, June 21, 2010
One of these blocks is not like the other....!
In the meantime, I've been plugging away at various projects; so I have nothing completed to show you at the present moment. Since I like to play games, I thought we could play one together.
Those of you young enough to remember Sesame Street may be familiar with Cookie Monster's game "One of these things is not like the other." I love Sesame Street. It wasn't around in my early youth, but since I haven't grown up yet... of course I'm familiar with the show! lol
Let's start!
Remember Coney Island, well there's a humility block in there. I didn't notice it until I was almost done with the machine quilting. And, I only noticed it because my quilting movement did not feel like the others. ;o)
If you leave a comment telling me which block is not like the others, I'll put your name in a draw for a prize.
I haven't decided the prize yet, but I will pick something nice. Hum....
Oh.... this is going to be fun!
Deadline for the draw is July 1, 2010. Good luck!
Thanks for playing with me. Have yourself a great week! Cheers!
49 comments:
- Nancy Near Philadelphia said...
Block 1.
- June 21, 2010 at 11:48 AM
- Becky said...
Oops, block 1 has a point turned. I like the quilt, however. No need to point it out to anyone!
- June 21, 2010 at 12:05 PM
- Deb said...
that is funny...block 1 but still it is funny just think of it as a petal falling...
- June 21, 2010 at 1:11 PM
- May Britt said...
LOL Block one has a funny little turn on one point. But why not. You just invented a new block:)
- June 21, 2010 at 1:30 PM
Hard to notice, but block 1 is different that the others.
Anne - June 21, 2010 at 2:13 PM
- PunkiePie (Jen) said...
I agree, hard to notice but block #1 is a little off. I like the down-turned petal though.
- June 21, 2010 at 2:18 PM
- carol fun said...
Such pretty blocks but it appears that Block 1 has its own little quirkiness - it just adds to the the quilt's charm!
- June 21, 2010 at 2:45 PM
- Heathir said...
Block number one is funny.
Would you have had to piece that triangle the other way for it to be "correct"? - June 21, 2010 at 3:16 PM
Block #1 has dark HST turned wrong. You have to look real hard to notice it. I have seen quilts in magazines that have errors in the piecing. I still like it even with your "humility block".
Nancy E - June 21, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Block 1 - but it took me awhile of looking to find it, so I say let's just keep it our little secret....
Erica - June 21, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- julieQ said...
Number one! But don't rip it out or change it! It is just as wonderful as the rest!
- June 21, 2010 at 4:43 PM
- Cardygirl said...
Block one...oh dear...we all do it one time or another...shows you are a busy, creative woman. leave it in...it enriches the quilt & put a note on the back for future quilters...or just let them ponder...why did she do that?
- June 21, 2010 at 5:19 PM
- Sew Create It - Jane said...
Oh No it is block 1 with a twisted half square triangle...Just call it Amish Coney Island and it will be fine :o)
- June 21, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- Elaine Adair said...
Block Number 1 had the turquoise lower triangle turned the wrong way. But it took me a while if that's any consolation. I didn't think about cheating to see what all the others said. 8-)))
- June 21, 2010 at 8:08 PM
Number 1, but I had to look real hard!
- June 21, 2010 at 8:54 PM
- Needled Mom said...
Hmmm...I wrote a really long comment and it disappeared. Must be summer solstice.
Even with block #1 a littl tweaked, it is a fabulous design and one of my favorite blocks. I did one last year all by hand as we took road trips. - June 21, 2010 at 9:43 PM
- Leigh said...
I think the ice cream in block number 1 is melting Carole, lol.
Hmmm, do I recognize the cone fabric in a couple of those block?
You quilt is lovely x - June 22, 2010 at 12:01 AM
- Christina D said...
Hi there, #1 is not like the other not like the others. Your quilt is beautiful.
- June 22, 2010 at 3:03 AM
- Kathy in FL said...
It took me a while, but I found it: Block 1.
- June 22, 2010 at 5:58 AM
- Joyce said...
Number one is not like the others. I feel like I am on Sesame Street! Lol.
- June 22, 2010 at 8:36 AM
- Denise in PA said...
Oops- bottom row of block 1! Probably never would have noticed had you not pointed it out!
- June 22, 2010 at 10:30 AM
- Annie said...
I do believe it is #1. I have lots of humility blocks - they kind of keep me grounded!
- June 22, 2010 at 5:36 PM
- Richelle said...
One of my favorite segments of Sesame Street as a kid. Block #1.
- June 22, 2010 at 5:50 PM
Hi Carole, Number 1 is different. It has a piece turned different. Thanks Sandi
- June 23, 2010 at 7:36 AM
It is Block #1.However none of us are perfect. I have a log cabin baby quilt that has a block turned the wrong way and even the quilter didn't notice the boo boo.
Linda in IN - June 23, 2010 at 7:57 AM
It was hard to find - but block # 1 is a "very Little" off. Love the quilt.
- June 23, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- Amy R said...
Wow, you really, really have o look closely to find it! Good eyes to whomever found it the first time!
- June 23, 2010 at 10:18 AM
- Dee said...
Block one, but it does add character:)
- June 23, 2010 at 12:12 PM
- Pam said...
Hi Carole -- well funny but it took a little while to figure it out but once I saw -- block #1.
Have a great week
Pam - June 23, 2010 at 12:41 PM
- sandra said...
Nr.1 is the one!
- June 23, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- Angie said...
Wow - i had to look very closely to see the ice cream cone dripping in block one.
- June 23, 2010 at 9:43 PM
- Rose and Patrick said...
#1! I was so proud of myself in figuring that out. There's 2 half-square triangles turned differently for the ends of the ice cream!
- June 24, 2010 at 7:31 AM
- Wendy said...
It took a bit to find it but block 1 is not like the others....teehee. Now you have a wonderful memory of this quilt which is different then all the rest. Glad to see you are blogging, say "Thanks" to Stephen for me.
- June 24, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- Laila said...
Block 1 is not like the others.
Have a great week.
Hugs ;-) - June 24, 2010 at 6:20 PM
- slrquilts said...
Love the quilt...block 2 is my favorite. Sue
- June 26, 2010 at 4:03 PM
- slrquilts said...
PS..Block 1 has a slight artistic interpretation.
- June 26, 2010 at 4:10 PM
- Ruth said...
Block one is not like the others!
- June 26, 2010 at 6:16 PM
- Mary said...
Block #1 has the corner turned the opposite way. Hard to figure so I wouldn't give it a second thought. The blocks are really pretty.
Mary - June 27, 2010 at 1:10 AM
Block one is different, but it just brings more movement to your quilt! :o) Ase, Stavanger, Norway
firstname.lastname@example.com - June 27, 2010 at 3:23 AM
- Teresa said...
Block 1 - but they are all so pretty!
- June 27, 2010 at 6:44 AM
- Sherry said...
Block #1 has a point turned the wrong way; however, if that was your design choice then #2 doesn't have any blue in it.
- June 27, 2010 at 11:12 PM
- Thimbleanna said...
Yikes -- it's block 1 -- and I didn't even cheat LOL. I probably wouldn't have noticed though, if you didn't tell me!
- June 28, 2010 at 12:52 PM
Number one. Lovely blocks.
- June 28, 2010 at 1:37 PM
Block 1 looks a little different. But you have to search to tell the difference. Beautiful quilt! Lizzie
- June 28, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Hi Carole ... Your #1 block is different ... but ... you have to look real hard to see it. It was nice to finally meet you last Monday. Thanks for your hospitality. Judy from Ontario
- June 28, 2010 at 8:08 PM
I had to look twice but found it...it's block #1 that is not like the others! I like the vintage look of your blocks and the humility block just adds more charm. Thanks for a chance to win a prize.
email@example.com - June 28, 2010 at 9:21 PM
- AnnieO said...
I didn't peek at the comments, and it took enlarging the photos and studying them before I found that blue triangle turned wrong in Block 1! Very pretty posies tho!
- July 1, 2010 at 12:22 AM
- Red Geranium Cottage said...
I'm almost too late.But I say block 1. Still it's very pretty. lol
- July 1, 2010 at 1:04 AM
- Quilter Kathy said...
How fun! I am way too late for the draw, but I really couldn't figure out which one was different! I had to look at the answers in the comments to find out...and of course, they are right!
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Let's start at the charming, art-filled Greenville home of Vince Bellis, retired professor of biology at East Carolina University, who at his retirement took on Lawson as something of a project. (Vince was responsible for getting photos of all of Lawson's botanical specimens in the Natural History Museum in London online in 2002, just a bit more than 300 years after Lawson's journey.) We talked about the unique ability of our friend Val Green to sort of sniff out an old road, especially the roads that comprised Lawson's route. Val of course is the man who has spent 40 years of his life figuring out where Lawson slept every night, and Val has guided my journey virtually every step. He drove me along a river road in South Carolina once, narrating: "You see here? to our right? that's the plateau; on our left? It slopes down to the river. That area would flood occasionally. That's why the road is here -- it's always been here."
And he was right -- he was teaching me how to see a road, whether it's gone from animal trail to Indian trail to trade path to wagon road to railroad or concrete or asphalt, like the one we drove on, or one that's remained a sand road for pretty much its whole history. Like Tom Magnuson and Dale Loberger, two other finders of the old ways, Val has just developed a nose. Vince and I wondered at it. To Vince, Val once described his pursuit of Lawson as "searching for the Ashes of Mr. Lawson's Campfires," and Vince wrote an unpublished paper about the end of Lawson's journey with that exact title. He gave me a copy, which does a great job of explaining where Lawson "came safe to Mr. Richard Smith's, of Pampticough-River, in North-Carolina; where being well receiv'd by the Inhabitants, and pleas'd with the Goodness of the Country, we all resolv'd to continue."
Agreeing with many before him who have believed that Lawson crossed the Tar River in the neighborhood of Greenville, Vince followed Lawson past "a deep Creek" that was most likely the Grindle Creek. Lawson says he walked about 12 miles before reaching the Smith place, and it is indeed about 12 miles from the eastern edge of Greenville to the east shore of Grindle. What's more, Vince found a land patent granted to Smith in 1706 that describes him already living on "Smith's Neck," which lay between two creeks. Now called Clark's Neck, the land between the Grindle and Tranter Creeks just to the east of Washington answers perfectly. Vince showed me where Smith would likely have lived, and I planned my next day's walk, which it turned out would actually be only a few miles.
And then we talked about how I could recover from the misdirection that had guided my last day or two's hikes.
So when it was time to make my final journeys, I spent time with Val organizing my pencil lines, and then I confidently made my way. And when I sat with Vince, just to talk Lawson and get any final information I could about exactly where Lawson stopped before I made my final day's hike, we discovered I had wandered off. "Val has him walking right through the campus of ECU," Vince mentioned, and I shook my head. "Oh, no," I said. "Val has him walking south of Greenville, through the fields, and then up through Ayden and then north across the Tar, and then southeast into Washington." Or that's what I had on my book.
When I called Val to get to the bottom, Val sided with Vince: I had been somewhat off the exact track, if there is one, for the last couple days. We can't explain why, and we both remember our conversation in which we painstakingly penciled a line from Wilson, NC, to Washington, which is the end of the journey. We cannot for the life of us imagine how it came wrong. But it seems that I must have had an early version of Val's course; he says he's gone through several of those DeLorme books, and people used to believe Lawson had gone as far south as Goldsboro before heading north. So I suspect Val has been iteratively moving Lawson north, and I got version 5.3 instead of 5.5 or 6.0. In any case, when I went back to compare the two routes, with the exception of the river crossing in Greenville, the two routes passed through almost identical territory: flat, broad farms. As Lawson said, "the Country here is very thick of Indian Towns and Plantations." He also mentions how in this area some of his companions, invited by Indians, went to visit their town: "but got nothing extraordinary, except a dozen Miles March out of their Way." You guys, I'm hip.
But I did reach the Tar, if a few miles east of where Lawson probably did. And I did cross it, and then, east of the Grindle Creek, I began casting about. For a half mile or so the terrain is swamp; once it raises up a tad you start to feel a sort of firmness beneath your feet, and you feel it: this is a place people could stay. They could make a home here, clear land, grow food, hunt. This is a good place.
I can't say I found for sure the Smith place, though the little double-track dirt road leading into the bush felt perfect, and when I went to the other side of the creek and found a similarly "homey" place, it turned out to be exactly across the river. And when I walked down Clark's Neck Road, through the land that Smith surely owned, it felt much the same. This was home. This was the Smith land. This is where Lawson stopped. And it was where I stopped too.
For a minute.
Because the active walking part of this trek is over, but lots more remains. For Lawson the next years were about making his way in a new world. He found ways to be helpful to the powerful and the connected. He stayed with the Smiths -- he even evidently took Smith's daughter, Hannah, as his common law wife and had a daughter with her. He co-founded Bath, North Carolina's first incorporated town, and then New Bern, which eventually served as de facto capital. All that land-grabbing and town-founding eventually got him killed, but that's not the point now. The point is after his long walk, Lawson got -- and stayed -- busy.
So will I. My next steps will be to organize the records of my journey, both on this website and as a book. I'll keep the blog posts coming as I do that, sharing information I find, stories (so many!) I have not had time to share as I've walked, and keeping you posted on the development of what will I hope be a book worthy of Lawson's original.
In any case, for now, I'm done walking. I won't miss the blisters, but I'll miss the countryside. I'll miss the people, and the hills, and the farms and fields. I'll miss the rivers and creeks and cypress-tupelo swamps. I'll miss the sound and the coast, the ocean and the sandy pocosins nearby.
And I'll see some of you at 2 pm in Bath on September 26 for the (free!) Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live, for which the Lawson Trek will make a ceremonial canoe into town and tell a story or three.
But for now all I can say is what I presume Lawson said when he first saw the comely Hannah:
I'm home.


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It may not have reached the level of fevered expectation unleashed by that famous handshake between Israeli and Palestinian leaders on the White House lawn in 1993, but the sense of hope inspired by the long-awaited revival of peace talks is both tangible and deeply misplaced.
The talks, which it was agreed this week will begin in earnest in the region in mid-August, are taking place not because either Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, or the Palestnian president, Mahmoud Abbas, believe a deal is in reach. The two sides are talking each to avoid being blamed for embarrassing John Kerry, the US secretary of state.
The mistaken mood of "change is in the air" was illustrated last week by a much-touted poll showing that 55 per cent of Israelis would vote for an agreement if presented with it, with 25 per cent opposed. Overlooked was the fact that many more Israelis – 70 per cent – believe an agreement cannot be reached, while 60 per cent say the reason is that Netanyahu will never partition the land.
Palestinians are no more sanguine. A recent poll revealed a measly 8 per cent had any degree of trust in the US as mediator.
But if ordinary Israelis and Palestinians are either despondent or uninterested, their leaders and many observers are talking up the chances of a breakthrough.
In part, this optimism is underpinned by the European Union's unexpected and largely symbolic decision recently to penalise the settlements. From next year, the EU is supposed to deny funding to Israeli institutions in the occupied territories.
This is a bitter pill for Israel to swallow, and it is already seeking to punish Europe. Last weekend it emerged that the Israeli military was denying EU staff access to Gaza, and blocking European projects in Area C, the nearly two-thirds of the West Bank exclusively controlled by Israel.
But while Europe's move has infuriated Israel, it looks suspiciously like it paved Netanyahu's way to the negotiating table.
Israel and its supporters have long cultivated the idea that strong-arm tactics, such as boycotts and sanctions, only serve to push the Israeli public and politicians further to the right. This has been the US and Europe's rationale for treating Israel with kid gloves since the Oslo process began two decades ago.
And yet the EU's anti-settlement initiative suggests the opposite to be true. Both Netanyahu and Abbas hurried into the talks in the wake of the EU announcement – and for much the same reason.
For Netanyahu, Europe's move was a stick he wielded to frighten into compliance those to his right in the government. He could argue persuasively that continuing Israeli intransigence on talks would only intensify the country's isolation – the substance of his opaque references to "Israel's strategic interests".
Israel has much more to fear from the Palestinians outside the confines of a bogus peace process. There is the threat of the Palestinians building the momentum for further sanctions from bodies like the EU, or of their again taking their case for statehood to the United Nations, or of their referral of Israel to the International Criminal Court at the Hague for war crimes.
For Abbas, the same EU decision was a carrot used to disarm critics who have been warning that the revival of futile negotiations will damage the Palestinian national cause. Claiming the Europeans had forced Israel on to the backfoot, Abbas could argue that the moment had finally arrived to negotiate.
Uncharacteristically, the US has not appeared overly troubled by Israel's patent displeasure at the sudden stiffening of EU resolve. Or as a senior US official told the Israeli media: "The Europeans are giving us the time and allowing us to try and get the talks going."
But while the US, Europe, Netanyahu and even Abbas will gain some breathing space from months of empty talk about peace, there is no sign that the pressure bringing Israel to the table will continue once it is seated.
The most worrying indication that the US is heading down the same failed path is the announcement of Martin Indyk's return as mediator. Indyk, a long-time Israel lobbyist, has been intimately tied to previous diplomatic failures.
In addition, the negotiators themselves are the same compromised figures who have been down this route before. The Palestine Papers, leaked by Al-Jazeera in 2011, revealed that in earlier talks Palestinian negotiatior Saeb Erekat had dared to give away far more than observers had ever imagined possible, while even these generous concessions had failed to satisfy Israel's Tzipi Livni.
There is also something puzzling about a peace process driven by a nine-month timetable rather than the logic of the negotiations. A possible motivation for the White House's desire to drag out the talks was suggested by an official on Wednesday: the US desperately wants to avoid the "train wreck" of the Palestinians returning to the UN.
Another barometer for judging the chances of a breakthrough are the relaxed smiles of Netanyahu's far-right ministers, who are clearly undisturbed by thoughts that the settlements are in imminent jeopardy.
In fact, quite the reverse. Israel has announced it will build 1,000 settler homes over the coming months, in addition to continuing private construction. A train line linking the settlements to Israeli towns, making them even more accessible and attractive, has also been unveiled.
Regarding the peace process, Kerry has previously warned that there is "a year, a year-and-a-half, or two years and it's over". But what would "over" actually entail?
For one thing, someone will have to be blamed and all past evidence suggests that the someone in question will be the Palestinians. For another, Netanyahu will be able to argue that, just as Kerry feared, the peace process is dead. No Palestinian leadership, he will claim, will ever be capable of making peace.
That may prove a tempting moment for Israel to carry out the much-longed-for annexation of Area C, the bulk of the West Bank and the site of the settlements. With as few as 100,000 Palestinians left in Area C after decades of ethnic cleansing, Israel can offer them citizenship without threatening the state's hallowed Jewishness.
Not only would such a move satisfy Netanyahu's hunger for more Palestinian land, but it would solve another problem, this time for Europe and the US. They would no longer have to fret about boycotting the settlements; annexation would mean there were no more settlements to oppose.
Jonathan Cook won the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism. His latest books are "Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East" (Pluto Press) and "Disappearing Palestine: Israel's Experiments in Human Despair" (Zed Books). His new website is www.jonathan-cook.net.
A version of this article first appeared in The National, Abu Dhabi.
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Brazilian media say the local football confederation has decided to drop Luiz Felipe Scolari as Brazil head coach.
Globo TV and other news outlets said early on Monday that Scolari will not remain as coach after the national team's failure to win the World Cup at home.
Scolari said on Saturday after Brazil's 3-0 loss to Holland in the third-place match that he was handing over the team's command and that it would be up to the Brazil confederation to decide whether he would continue. Globo said the confederation's official announcement would be made later on Monday.
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By Kenneth Olausson
In the 1960s motocross in the USA was a real adventure. World champion Torsten Hallman experienced something quite overwhelming when the American cowboys decided to saddle up and ride motocross instead of horses on the rough tracks. Follow the story of Hallman and Husqvarna when they took the US by storm.
The Swedes dominated motocross in the World Championship during the 1960s. Husqvarna more or less had a firm grip on the titles in both the 500 cc and the 250 cc classes. The toughest competition came from riders from Belgium and Great Britain. In reality the sport originated in the 1920s in England when MX was originally called "scramble". But it was ultimately the Americans who made this grueling motorsport famous all over the world.
In 1966 it was Torsten Hallman, a real ambassador for the sport who crossed the Atlantic after his championship series and effectively introduced motocross to the USA. It was his intention to engage in some PR activities for Sweden's weapons factory with which he had a full time contract. Husqvarna had decided to ship 75 machines to the United States and needed publicity in order to sell them quickly.
Torsten Hallman: "I received an approval from the factory three weeks before my flight was due to leave. The media were writing about this trip and there was even television coverage before I left. This only made it more interesting for me. Flying was nothing new to me but I had never before been away from home for so long. This made it a bit strange to be boarding the plane for the Atlantic flight."
"In the United States there was already an importer who lived on the west coast. His name was Edison Dye and he was to meet me at the airport in San Diego in southern California. However, due to the time difference we had made a mistake and I arrived a day early," Torsten remembers. "On top if this, the plane was redirected after bad weather prevented it from landing at the airport. When I got off the plane there were soldiers and machine guns everywhere. I knew that the U.S. was a tough country, but wasn't this a bit overdoing it at an airport? Finally, I found out that we had landed at a military base airport and this explained everything."
After a few days rest it was time for Torsten to make his race debut in the US. His first event was in Jackson in the north of the state of California. It was the first time Hallman had been confronted by the desert and it made a big impression on him even if riding in the sand was nothing new to him. "It felt like being in another world." Hallman recalled. Then just before the start it started to rain heavily. The small ghost town of Jacksonville was soon transformed to a real mud bath.
Torsten: "I thought it was warm and hot in the U.S. and I hadn't brought clothing for wet weather riding. A few T-shirts was all I had and shortly before the start I managed to borrow some clothes from another rider so I wouldn't catch a cold. There were between 200 and 250 riders at the start and when the flag dropped, my engine wouldn't start. This is a nice stunt of PR, I thought. But I kicked it a few times, it fired up and after a while I had passed all the riders except one. It was Dick Mann who was leading the large field and I decided to ride behind this fantastic all-round competitor who had already won most trophies in the country. Then as we approached the finish I went past him big time, since I was beginning to feel cold and didn't want to lose my pace. I won the race with a good margin and Dick was one of those who came to congratulate me."
The importer was of course was delighted with this result and soon there was a close friendship and business relationship between Hallman and Dye. The press were also rather overwhelmed that this unknown blonde Swede had so much success. Despite the fact that he had won the world championship, motocross was still new to this vast continent. But, as many said, one victory could easily be a coincidence and the Americans were already convinced that the next races would be a different story. They soon had to reconsider. Torsten competed in nine events in the US in the autumn of 1966 and sometimes he raced six heats in a single day. The two biggest events during his trip were the Dirt Diggers Grand Prix and Corregeanville Grand Prix. These races would later be known as the Hopetown events and both had riders competing in the 250 and the 500 cc classes. In Corregeanville there were almost 800 riders on the starting line and the first prize was a check for 800 dollars. When everything was calculated at the end of the two-month period, Torsten had contested nine races and a total of 23 heats. He had won them all and the Swede was now well known all over the country. This was naturally a huge positive promotion for the Husqvarna brand. Suddenly everybody was looking for the Swedish winning machine because surely the victories had a lot to do with the excellent performance of this extraordinary bike! But it was above all Torsten Hallman who was the celebrated hero. Now Hallman & Dye were already talking about coming back the following year for another showdown.
Torsten Hallman had competed with "Husky number one" in USA, the very first Swedish motocross motorcycle to be exported to the USA. The machine was absolutely standard and had come straight off the factory assembly line.
"All the time I kept saying my bike was for some reasons not entirely up to standard," Torsten remembers, and one day an MX dealer came to me and asked for a test ride after the event was over. He said he wanted to know whether it would be worthwhile to market Husqvarna in his dealership. During all the races I had been able to take it relatively easy at a decent pace because the competition was not very strong. I was therefore able to 'save' my machine, which was more or less ready for a major overhaul. In Pepperell, Massachusetts I had to race with a faulty front wheel in the final part of the race but I managed to make it to the finish line and won even though I had slowed down in the last stages. The dealer who tried my machine was totally convinced that my Husqvarna was unique but he soon changed his mind after the rear wheel collapsed when he had only finished half a lap on the motocross track. At the same time he also realized that the clutch was slipping. This dealer subsequently became one of Husqvarna's best salesmen in the US market.


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President Trump on Wednesday said that recent data suggest that the United States has made it through the worst of new coronavirus cases, as he seeks to reopen the pandemic-beaten national economy.
"The data suggests that nationwide, we have passed the peak of new cases. Hopefully that will continue, and we will continue to make great progress," Trump said in the White House Rose Garden at the daily coronavirus task force briefing. The task force did not share the data they used to reach that assessment.
Trump said that more than 3 million tests for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, had been completed and that researchers were on the verge of delivering an antibody test to determine whether a person has previously been infected with the virus.
He also said he would announce his path to reopening some states ahead of May 1. "These developments have put us in a strong position to finalize guidelines for states reopening," he said.
Trump's optimistic remarks come on the heels of a contentious week between the president and state governors, following an erroneous declaration earlier this week that he had ability to unilaterally decide when states would ease coronavirus restrictions.
"When somebody's the president of the United States, the authority is total," Trump said Monday. By Tuesday, he had reversed, saying he would guide the governors but allow them to decide when and how to re-open.
Wednesday's briefing comes after an Easter weekend of COVID-19 fatalities that launched the U.S. death toll to the highest in the world. Still, experts say that efforts to contain the virus seem to be having a positive effect, crediting social distancing measures for helping to slow the disease's spread.
Dr. Deborah Birx, coronavirus response coordinator on the White House task force, said that there have been declines in the number of cases across the country for nearly the past week.
She said there are nine states with fewer than 1,000 cases total and fewer than 30 new cases per day.
She credited states like California, Washington and Oregon, early hotbeds for COVID-19, for avoiding a serious peak in the virus by quickly implementing procedures suppress the spread of the virus.
As a result of the virus easing its grip in some places, Trump said he will be speaking to governors, as well as a panel of experts, to discuss how best to move forward on returning the country to a level of normalcy.
"They'll be safe, they'll be strong, but we want to get our country back," Trump said of coordinating with states to roll back coronavirus regulations.
"We'll be the comeback kid, all of us."
The coronavirus epidemic has devastated the national economy, with some 17 million Americans seeking unemployment benefits in recent weeks.
Trump has said he wants to reopen the nation's economy as soon as possible and has announced a group of industry leaders dedicated to reigniting the country's business prospects.
Taking a dig at lawmakers during the Wednesday news conference, Trump criticized the Senate for stalling approval for a number of his nominees.
"It's a scam what they do," he said, calling for the Congress to end its "phony pro forma sessions" — brief Senate meetings in which no votes are held — so that he could make recess appointments for various positions.
If not, he threatened to use what he described as his constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers.
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Over the summer, biologists from the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco returned from an expedition to the Philippines with some very rare and diminutive guests, a mating pair of pygmy seahorses. The two tiny fish, each shorter than an inch and bright orange, were collected as part of a larger study of the stunning biodiversity found in the "Twilight Zone" of the ocean. It's a relatively unexplored environment located at depths where the bright tropical sunlight barely penetrates.
Pygmy seahorses live their entire adult lives attached to a type of coral called a Gorgonian sea fan. The seahorses use their long tails to grab on to the delicately branched sea fans. But what's really amazing is their ability to match the coral's bright color and knobby texture. They blend in so perfectly that they are barely visible, even to a trained eye.
More people have walked on the moon than have seen a juvenile land on a sea fan.
Pygmy seahorses are nearly impossible to raise in captivity. More people have walked on the moon than have seen a juvenile land on a sea fan. Until recently, there was no record of the seahorses ever living long enough to breed in an aquarium. As a result, very little is known about them, making them extremely attractive to researchers eager to learn about the mysterious species.
One of the biggest hurdles is keeping the host sea fans alive, since the pygmy sea horses cannot live without them. Biologists Matt Wandell and Rich Ross knew this would be tough, but they had been preparing since 2011 when Bart Shepherd, Director of the Steinhart Aquarium, issued them a challenge. They were tasked with keeping the sea fans alive for three years before they could even attempt bring back the seahorses. (more…)
Originally from Science Today at the California Academy of Sciences
Academy researchers are among the first to study tiny, fascinating pygmy seahorses that live exclusively on coral in the Philippines.
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Today at City Hall, the TTC announced its intentions loud and clear: If Toronto is going to become the greenest and most sustainable city in North America, it begins and starts with our transit system. [ click on the map to see a larger version ]
The "Toronto Transit City — Light Rail Plan" put forth today by TTC Chair Adam Giambrone and Mayor David Miller envisions a vast network of above-ground LRTs (like the streetcars in the rendering below) that stretch out into the far-reaches of this city. In order to bring reliable and effective transit to these communities, rapid-transit vehicles in their own dedicated lanes are being proposed on the following streets and traffic corridors:
- Etobicoke-Finch West LRT (17.9 km): from Humber College in the west, to the Finch bus/subway station at Yonge (there is no indication in the plan for the LRT to run along the hydro corridor, as hypothisized yesterday in the Star);
- Sheppard East LRT (13.6 km): connecting Don Mills subway station to Scarborough Town Centre and its RT station, and to the proposed Scarborough-Malvern LRT (see below). The line would operate underground for a short distance when leaving/approaching Don Mills station;
- Jane Street LRT (16.5 km): terminating at the Jane subway station at Bloor in the south and the Steeles West subway station that will be a part of the University-Spadina subway extension;
- Eglinton-Crosstown LRT (30.8 km): this line will cross the entire city starting at the airport, connecting to Mississauga Transit's busway, and stretching across to Kennedy subway/RT station in Scarborough. Of note, the line would operate underground from Keele in the west to Laird in the east, avoiding the tight corridors of midtown Toronto;
- Scarborough-Malvern LRT (15 km): running northeast out of Kennedy station, and then north along Malvern and Morningside;
- Don Mills LRT (17.6 km): terminating at a Bloor-Danforth subway station (not specified) in the south, and Steeles Avenue in the north (with possible connection to York Region's VIVA network);
- Waterfront West LRT (11 km): Starting at Long Branch in the west, connecting to the CNE stop near Dufferin and terminating at Union station in the east. The line would runs along the Gardiner Expressway/GO Transit corridor between the CNE and the Queensway and Lake Shore streetcar lines.
The plan also outlines the current ridership numbers (almost all have bus routes) and the estimated LRT ridership in 2021:
Etobicoke-Finch West LRT
current: 11.3 million trips/yr
in 2021: 24.6 million trips/yr -
Sheppard East LRT
current: 10 million trips/yr
in 2021: 16.5 million trips/yr -
Jane Street LRT
current: 11.9 million trips/yr
in 2021: 24 million trips/yr -
Eglinton-Crosstown LRT
current: 19.0 million trips/yr
in 2021: 52.8 million trips/yr -
Scarborough-Malvern LRT
current: 9.6 million trips/yr
in 2021: 14.1 million trips/yr -
Don Mills LRT
current: 13.7 million trips/yr
in 2021: 21.2 million trips/yr -
Waterfront West LRT
current: 5.2 million trips/yr
in 2021: 20.8 million trips/yr
Also attached to the Transit City plan were a number of projects already approved or in the Environmental Assessment (EA) process. These include:
- St. Clair ROW, under construction
- Harbourfront East LRT, in the EA process
- University-Spadina subway extension
- Extending the Scarborough RT to connect with Sheppard East LRT
- Yonge Street busway from Finch to Steeles to connect to York Region's VIVA bus routes, in EA process
Spacing, along with other transit advocates like Steve Munro, has been very vocal about how the TTC needs to fully embrace the LRT option if it wants to increase its ridership without sucking every penny out of the TTC's constrained budget. Transit City incorporates the TTC's own Ridership Growth Strategy [2.3mb PDF], Building a Transit City report [2.9mb PDF], the mayor's own political platform from the 2006 municipal election, and adheres to the City's own Official Plan.
As many of our readers mentioned in yesterday's comment section ("Is Toronto about to become a Transit City?"), this is just a plan. While most of us may be excited to see such a smart outlook on how to make our transit system more effective for a variety of regions in the city, there's no way we can build this system without permanent funding from the two higher levels of government. It is no coincidence that the One Cent Now campaign was launched a month ago, then the National Transit Strategy by the Big City Mayors' Caucus was announced a few weeks later, and now this — all in time for the upcoming federal and provincial budgets. It is a clear strategy on the mayor's part to force the province and the federal governments to pay attention to Toronto's most dire needs. Since we could find ourselves going to polls to elect federal MPs within weeks, and a provincial election coming in October, Miller and company want Toronto voters to make public transit one of the most important issues when choosing which political party you vote for.
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Despite trading away valuable veterans at the deadline, the Yankees remain in the wildcard race and have a chance to at least make these last few weeks interesting. Are they the front-runners for the second wildcard spot? No. But they're within striking distance, and as long as they're close, they should continue to push for a postseason spot. If you're not going to do that, what's the point?
The Yankees are an obviously flawed team that is now at least fun to watch. They were pretty boring for most of the season. All of the recent call-ups have made things way more interesting, and I'm pretty sure they've made the Yankees an overall better team too. There are still ways to get better, and the Yankees can still make upgrades through waivers trades in the coming weeks.
A really quick crash course on trade waivers: every player on the 40-man roster has to go through trade waivers to be traded after the deadline. If the player goes unclaimed, he can be traded anywhere. If he is claimed, he can only be traded to the claiming team. Trade waivers are completely revocable, so if a player is claimed, he can be pulled back. Pretty much every player is placed on trade waivers this month. By putting everyone on waivers, teams mask the guys they actually want to trade.
Players must be in the organization by 11:59pm ET on August 31st to be eligible for the postseason roster and that's a hard deadline. There are no loopholes around that one. Obviously if you make a waiver trade, you want to be able to take that player into October. But the Yankees aren't in position to think that far ahead yet. They have to get to the postseason first, and if that means making a trade after August 31st, so be it.
The Yankees are committed to this transition and playing the kids, as they should be. There are still ways to upgrade the roster around them and improve the team's chances of contention, and the Yankees should look to do that in the coming weeks. Here are the obvious spots Brian Cashman & Co. could look to upgrade for the stretch drive, plus some potential targets on teams out of the race.
The Sixth Starter
The last turn through the rotation has gone well thanks to Chad Green and Luis Cessa, who are replacing the injured Nathan Eovaldi and the ineffective Luis Severino. Severino is the sixth starter by default right now, which isn't great because he has some things to work on in Triple-A. There's always room for more pitching, though right now, the pickin's are slim. Unless you want to pay big for someone like Jeremy Hellickson, that is. One veteran candidate stands out as a possible trade target.
Jorge De La Rosa, Rockies: The Rockies were three games back of a wildcard spot as recent as August 4th, though they've struggled of late and have slipped to seven games back. De La Rosa, an impending free agent, has a 5.07 ERA (5.19 FIP) in 110 total innings this season, though that doesn't tell the whole story. He started the year in the rotation, pitched terribly, got demoted to the bullpen, then eventually rejoined the rotation.
De La Rosa made his first start back in the rotation against the Yankees and held them scoreless over five innings, as you may remember. Since rejoining the rotation the 35-year-old southpaw has a 3.56 ERA (5.00 FIP) in 78.1 total innings. The Yankees have been connected to De La Rosa before, both as a free agent and in trades, so there may be lingering interest. You could do a lot worse than a guy with a history of missing bats, getting grounders, and experience pitching in a harsh home ballpark for your sixth starter.
The Extra Reliever
No, they're not Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman, but Adam Warren and Tyler Clippard have done a fine job in the seventh and eighth inning since the trade deadline. The middle relief is still a bit sketchy — Tommy Layne and Blake Parker haven't done much to solve things — and besides, there's always room for another quality reliever. Reliever prices have been pretty high, though there's a chance they may come down as rebuilding teams look to unload impending free agents rather than lose them for nothing after the season. Here are some potential bullpen targets.
Jim Johnson, Braves: The Braves have been signing and flipping scrap heap arms for prospects all year. They did it with Bud Norris, Jhoulys Chacin, Jason Grilli, and Lucas Harrell. Johnson has a 3.50 ERA (3.32 FIP) in 46.1 innings thanks to an improved strikeout rate (24.2%) and his typically excellent ground ball rate (56.6%). He's been closing the last few weeks, ever since Arodys Vizcaino landed on the DL with an oblique problem. Johnson's on a cheap one-year contract.
Boone Logan, Rockies: The Yankees went from having two of the three best lefty relievers in baseball to no reliable southpaws at the trade deadline. Miller and Chapman are gone, leaving guys like Layne, Chasen Shreve, and Richard Bleier to pick up the slack. It hasn't gone too well. Logan is having a phenomenal contract year, pitching to a 2.65 ERA (2.42 FIP) in 37.1 innings. More importantly, he's held left-handed batters to a .148/.213/.253 batting line with a 32.6% strikeout rate and a 62.5% ground ball rate. He's been a shutout left-on-left matchup guy.
Carlos Torres, Brewers: Don't ask me why, but I've been an irrational Carlos Torres fan for a few years now. He's have a strong season in Milwaukee (2.86 ERA and 3.78 FIP) and he's a rubber-armed swingman, someone who can throw two or three innings at a time and pitch back-to-back-to-back days with no problem. As an added bonus, Torres would remain under team control as an arbitration-eligible player through 2018. The Yankees don't have a long man at the moment and Torres would fill that void well.
The Big Bench Bat
Pitching is pitching and teams always need it. These next two positions are September specialties. Only once rosters expand does it make sense to dedicate a spot to an extra lefty bench bat, something the Yankees lack right now. (Their current bench is Mark Teixeira, Aaron Hicks, Ronald Torreyes, and Austin Romine.) Expanded rosters give teams the flexibility to carry a dedicated pinch-hitting specialist, which can come in handy. Here are two candidates.
Ryan Howard, Phillies: Go ahead and laugh. After all, Howard is hitting .198/.252/.445 (78 wRC+) on the season and he's been a punchline for three or four years now. He hasn't even hit righties this year (.206/.268/.472). So why target him? Because Howard is a short porch friendly left-handed hitter who can still hit a baseball to the moon …
Justin Morneau, White Sox: The Howard logic applies to Morneau, though Morneau is at least hitting a respectable .275/.312/.480 (108 wRC+) in limited time with the White Sox this year. They signed him at midseason following offseason elbow surgery and the club has since fallen out of the race, so there's not much point in keeping him. As with Howard, Morneau could be a strategic September pinch-hitter as long as he comes super cheap.
The Pinch-Runner Specialist
Designated pinch-runners have become a September staple. The Yankees don't have a true burner in Triple-A, and in fact their best pinch-runner option may be Jorge Mateo, who will have to be added to the 40-man roster for Rule 5 Draft protection after the season anyway. Is it worth calling him and starting his service time clock for that? Maybe. There are other candidates around the league though.
Emilio Bonifacio, Braves: Bonifacio never has been able to carve out as a role as a super utility guy, but he can still run, and he currently leads the Triple-A International league with 37 steals (in 42 attempts). He's always been a bit reckless on the bases, which isn't necessarily a good thing, but at least he won't hesitate to run. Bonifacio is mighty aggressive.
Michael Bourn, Diamondbacks: Bourn's days as an elite base-stealer are over because he's old by speed guy standards (33), but he can still run a little and is 12-for-17 in steal attempts this year. I also think there's something to be said for his base-stealing experience and knowing pitchers (and their moves) around the league.
Darin Mastroianni, Twins: A sexy name? Nope. But neither was Rico Noel last year, and Rico did the job well. Mastroianni has been up-and-down and hurt this year, so he hasn't played much and only has ten steals (in 13 attempts). This is a guy who went 56-for-67 (84%) in steal attempts from 2013-15 though. Remember, the September pinch-runner only has to run. He doesn't have to hit or even field. Just run. Mastroianni can run.
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The important thing here is expanding rosters. There's no sense in acquiring someone like Howard or Mastroianni right now. They're guys you acquire on August 31st and activate on September 1st, once rosters expand so you don't have to cut someone loose. The Yankees can still commit to playing the kids while upgrading the margins of their roster, either with some extra arms or bench players. And as long as they're in the postseason race, even minor league upgrades are moves worth making.


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Leadership And Uncertainty: Embracing The Unknown
- Where Do New Leaders Come From?
- Task Skills and People Skills
- The Leader Is In Control
- The Leader Empowers
- Learning Leadership
- Embracing the Unknown
This article is derived from Relax, It's Only Uncertainty: Lead the Way When the Way Is Challenging (Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2001, ISBN: 0273652419).
Effective leadership is about finding the fit between behavior, context, and organizational need. There is no one right way to lead, no all-explaining theory. Historically, the most useful question you could ask about leaders and leadership was: "Where did the leader come from?" When leaders were rare and unusual beasts, many of them were chosen for leadership roles because of their background. So asking where they came from told you a lot more than asking questions about their skills, behavior, or personality.
Even today, there are some frequent suppliers of leaderscertain families, universities, etc. But it would be wrong to suggest that the assumption that leaders are born remains strong. There are three main differences in our assumptions about leaders and leadership:
Today, leaders can and do come from anywhere.
Today, everybody feels that they could be a leader, whereas in earlier times most people felt excluded, irrespective of their talent, skills, or aptitude.
Today, defining leadership is a complex matter. Before, it was simple. Leadership was what leaders did. It might have been positive or negative, kind or cruel, but leadership was what the leader did.
Where Do New Leaders Come From?
It is arguable whether there was a single moment when we dramatically shifted from choosing leaders because of their background to choosing leaders because of their skills, behaviors, and competencies. However, we would identify the Second World War as one of the most significant turning points in the progression of leadership understanding and development. Prior to that time there was little research or structured work done on selecting leaders for their skills and competencies.
But during the Second World War, competing organizations needed to rapidly identify and understand what effective leaders did and then work out how to select them. Each side had to tackle the same problem. Where do we find new people who can be commanders who don't come from the traditional sources? Each approached the problem in remarkably similar ways. They developed various versions of what we now would call the assessment center. They analyzed the activities, behaviors, and attributes necessary to be an effective commander in the military forces and then sought to find ways of identifying people who had those skills or that particular potential. Assessment techniques such as the paper-and-pencil test, the psychological inventory, the structured interview, and so on were all developed around this time. The War Office Selection Board, or WOSB, in the UK and the Office of Strategic Services, or OSS, in the US are examples of organizations that used assessment center technology that would go on to have a major influence in leader selection.


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Step 1: Smile as enthusiastically as possible at every moment to show you're really, really happy to be there. It shows you're a fun time kinda person, approachable or maybe on some pills. Either way, it's a winner - unless you have teeth like Shane MacGowan...then you might as well go home now.
Step 2: Make like your extremely interested in anything your crush has to say. You may use my patented techinque - the bottom lip bite. Good, isn't it?Step 3: Hypnotise your prey. That's easy for me to say with my baby blues but even those less blessed can manage it. Persistance is the key. Don't get too carried away though or it'll turn into some weird stare down and you'll have to leave.
Step 4: Joke time! You gotta make them laugh but with you not at you. An inoffensive anecdote will work well. You can recycle my 'Got arrested for stealing Speedos' story but you might want to scratch the Speedos part - I do.
Step 5: Going well? Of course it is! Now you can really test the water. Try a quick quip. Make it confident, maybe even slightly arrogant. Here I'm saying, "Can you see Uranus tonight? Can I?"
Step 6: Now you might want to try the 'Too Cool for School' vibe. No one likes the whiff of desperation so step back and act like you have somewhere else you have to be. Like the Jarhead premiere - actually, that line might not work for you.
Step 7: It's time to close the deal. I recommend the coy, 'Look, I don't usually do this but...would you like to come back to my house/hotel room/alley?". Badda bing!
Now students, use these tactics very wisely. I can't have thousands of folks running around, stealing my game all the time! Okay, you've cramped my style enough now, get outta here.


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Darwinian principles can be applied as much to automotive design and manufacturing as they have been to evolutionary biology. "Survival of the fittest" has been the recipe of enduring success for a number of car marques but it has also seen the extinction of many more.
From the very first cars – certain marques have driven down developmental cul-de-sacs whilst others have, through inspired progressive improvement, survived to the present day.
As one of the most successful surviving marques – it's interesting to analyse some of the factors and earlier designs that assured Porsche's initial establishment, success and ultimate longevity as a manufacturer of road and race cars.


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With all of the care and consideration that can go into deciding if a home is the right fit, it can add a wrench to the mix to realize that you may not have a lot of time to put in an offer. It's certainly important to weigh all of the factors of buying a home before deciding to put yourself in the ring, but here is why you'll want to come to a conclusion quickly when it comes to a home you love.
It's An Ideal Home, For You And Many Others
If you've finally found a home that you can see yourself and your family in, and you're seriously considering putting in an offer, there's a good chance that there are many other people who might also be quite interested in it. While you'll need to determine whether it's the right neighborhood, size and price before putting in an offer, you'll want to consider these decisions relatively quickly so that someone doesn't beat you to the punch.
A Quick Decision Means You're Serious
Most home sellers are interested in getting an offer that is quite close to their asking price, but like anyone, they can have intuitions about potential buyers and may be more comfortable with someone who is reliable. By posing an offer to the seller in short order, you will make them aware of your keenness and interest, and – at the end of the day – this may actually inspire more trust in them. If they need to sell the home quickly or are planning a move of their own soon, this can make a considerable difference.
The Prices Are Always Rising
If you've been perusing the market for a while, deciding to make an offer on a home you can really see yourself in may end up being a money saver. According to Zillow, the average rental price in the United States has risen by 14% since 2011 to $1400 per month, and home prices are also beginning to increase. This means that it's becoming an even better investment to put money into property instead of rent, so that you can make up the difference in your finances in the present and the future.
It's important to make an educated decision when deciding to purchase a home, but by deciding quickly if a home works for you and making your interest known you may have more success.


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I write all this not to sway anyone's opinion one way or another. If you agree with me and want to join in, I'll see you on Saturday. If you disagree, I hope that this post helps you understand my actions.
Do public protests work? Ask the Tea Party, who fueled a Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives. |
- Tea Party protests fueled a change in control of Congress and helped heal a fractured political party.
- The "Occupy" movement of protests helped reshape the public dialogue on the discussion of class in America.
- In the world of professional sports, the "Millen Man March" was a contributing factor in focusing public pressure on the inept management of the Detroit Lions by Matt Millen.
- Closer to the NHL, Montreal fans are raising cain over the lack of their beloved French language by Les Habitants.
Now let's be honest: Protesting over the way a form of entertainment is being delivered to us - in a world where there are much meatier and weightier issues to warrant virulent protest - is kind of silly. But taking that to its extreme, that also makes the time and attention that I (and my compadres, but I do not wish to drag them into this particular post) put into this blog seem silly, too. Sure, it's bread and circuses, but I've planted my emotional flag with the Blue Jackets. So if I'm going to get out and protest, it might as well be something I care about.
And I do care.
I care about the fact that the McConnell family and their partners are trying to do something good for the City of Columbus and the State of Ohio.
I care about the fact that despite their opening the organizational wallet further than it's ever gone in the history of the franchise, their efforts yielded some of the worst results in the history of the franchise.
I genuinely feel bad for McConnell et al. The owners are doing their part, but their hockey operations hires are failing them. Miserably.
And as a Franklin County taxpayer, I want to see my new investment of a hockey arena yield the highest possible return for the people of Franklin County. This whole "professional hockey team in Columbus" thing no longer is a strictly private venture. We're all in this mess now, so we'd best face up to our obligations.
I care about viable, successful elite-level professional hockey in Columbus. As you can tell from the last few posts, everything after that is fungible. I root for the logo on the front, not the names on the backs...or on the desk nameplates.
I do not see this particular protest as the ideal vehicle to advance the cause of a sea change in executive leadership of the Columbus Blue Jackets. I agree largely with the sentiments of Matt Wagner at The Cannon, who suggests that protests at the owners' places of work would be more likely to grab the attention of the people who need to be swayed. Protesting in front of the arena offers symbolism but not much more.
Despite my misgivings, I recall Voltaire's saying, "Perfect is the enemy of the good". In a diverse society like ours, I doubt the perfect protest ever will happen - but that's not a good reason to not protest if you believe in the cause. That there are people of like mind with me, gathering to advance an issue with which I agree...well, that's enough. I should join in.
So I will stand with those who care like I do. Hopefully, our efforts will contribute toward positive change with the hockey team about which I care so much.


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More than 100 children killed and injured as violence intensifies in Ituri, DRC
At least 83 children have been killed in the northern province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of Congo between April and July. Save the Children is horrified by the recent escalation of extreme violence, in which also at least 17 children were injured and 12 were sexually abused.
In the same period, around sixty schools were attacked, and 17 health facilities – two of which were supported but the charity.
"The situation for children is getting worse by the day, in a conflict they should not have a part in. We need to ensure children can return to school, that they and their families can go to health facilities if they need to, and that they are protected", said Malik Allaouna, Save the Children country director in DRC.
"We need more resources, and call upon the international community and the Government of DRC to help alleviate the suffering of these children. We are asking all involved parties to grant unhindered access to humanitarian workers, so they can support those who are most in need."
Since January 2020, the situation in Ituri has deteriorated significantly in the Djugu, Irumu and Mahagi territories. At least 1,315 people were killed, including 165 children. An estimated 300,000 people have been displaced since January, adding pressure to the situation in Ituri, which already hosted over 1.2 million Internal displaced people in 2019.
"Children who had to flee from the violence told us they had to leave everything behind because militias came into the area of Djugu. Suddenly, they found themselves homeless and without any food, having to sleep in schools", said Dr Macky Manseka, Humanitarian Health and Nutrition Programme Manager at Save the Children.
Save the Children, which has been responding to this crisis for over a year, warns that displaced populations do not have access to enough food. Communities are also lacking health and nutrition services, clean and safe water and hygiene materials, as areas become increasingly cut off by violence and resources are in low supply.
"For example, there were more than 235 new cases of severe acute malnutrition in July 2020", Dr. Manseka continued. "But because of the violence, we can't follow-up properly on sick or malnourished children. As a consequence, their treatment is disrupted, which might lead to relapses or even deaths."
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Save the Children supports 17 health facilities, and runs programmes in support of survivors of sexual and gender based violence. It has a strong presence in the field of nutrition, and water, hygiene and sanitation. The organisation is also running education programmes in Ituri, and working to improve access to education for girls.
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