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JOHANNESBURG – It's the trans-Jukskei derby again tomorrow, with a place in the Super Rugby playoffs serving as extra motivation.
IOL Sport's rugby scribe Jacques van der Westhuyzen says the Lions will win. His colleague Ockert de Villiers says: Not so fast, the Bulls will win. Here are their views:
Jacques van der Westhuyzen: Why the Lions will win
There are several reasons why Swys de Bruin's team should be the hot favourites going into tomorrow's all-important and crucial final regular-season fixture, the biggest one being that they will probably have to win it to make it into the last eight, and playoff, places.
A draw, and two points banked, might be enough to see them advance, but they are certainly not going to try and play for a draw. There's plenty of pride at stake and let's not forget the Lions have been South Africa's best team in the last three years, reaching the final between 2016 and 2018, and they will be desperate to feature in the quarter-finals again – to at least give themselves a chance of progressing and, who knows, maybe making it four finals in a row?
But there are other factors favouring the Lions. They'll be hurting after copping a bit of a hiding from the Hurricanes at Ellis Park last weekend (41-22) and probably haven't forgotten what the Bulls did to them at home in round three as well (the Pretoria-based team won 30-12). They'll want to make up for those two defeats; so there will be fire in the belly of the Lions players as they look to make things right at this late stage of the campaign.
And they'll look to take advantage of what could be a tired Bulls outfit, who only arrived back in SA late on Sunday following their gruelling trip back from New Zealand, where they faced the Highlanders down in the South Island last Friday. It's never easy – or nice – travelling so far and then having to get oneself pumped up and ready for another big battle. The bodies and minds of the Bulls players may just be a little "off".
While Loftus may be the home ground of the Bulls, the Lions have enjoyed playing in Pretoria in recent times and won on both occasions they last visited Pretoria (49-35 last year and 56-20 in 2016).
Of course, the Lions also have match-winners like Aphiwe Dyantyi and Malcolm Marx in their ranks, and they are both currently in top form. It's game over for the Bulls.
Ockert de Villiers: Why the Bulls will win
Battle-hardened and buoyed by an unbeaten New Zealand tour, the Bulls may have found the momentum they so desperately searched for throughout their 2019 campaign.
Their successful tour of Australasia has given the Bulls a sniff of reaching the Super Rugby playoffs for the first time since 2013. This is bad news for a Lions team still smarting from their comprehensive defeat to the Bulls in their last encounter in April.
The Bulls struck the first psychological blow in their first meeting at Ellis Park where the Pretoria-based side broke the Lions' 14-match unbeaten run against SA opposition.
The Lions still have a historical advantage over the Bulls, winning every match against the team from Loftus since 2016.
But the Bulls class of 2019 boasts a few seasoned campaigners who have found a way to dominate proceedings in the local derbies, winning four of their five matches against fellow SA opposition so far this season.
Granted, the Bulls have not been as dominant as they would have liked when playing at Loftus losing three of their matches at home.
The match will serve as a final goodbye for some Bulls stalwarts, and they will be looking to leave Pretoria on a high note.
The Bulls have been further bolstered by the return of Springbok No 8 Duane Vermeulen who will add some beef and experience to their pack.
At the back, they have added attacking options with Warrick Gelant returning to the last line of defence with Rosko Specman making his return from injury.
While the Bulls will feel some pressure to secure a playoff berth with a victory over their Gauteng rivals, they may only need a losing bonus point to advance. This could give them room to play with some freedom as they showed in their 24-all draw with the Highlanders in Dunedin last weekend.
The Bulls' tactical linchpin Handre Pollard has found a rich vein of form which bodes well for his team's chances of topping the Lions.
Pollard overshadowed his Springbok rival Elton Jantjies the last time they met, and he will be rubbing his hands with glee for another meeting with Lions playmaker.
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Hey Lifehacker, I have a few questions: Can I self-diagnose my eye sight like an optometrist would? And if I do visit an optometrist, who says the test is good enough? Should I get a second opinion to be sure? Thanks, Glasses Half Full
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As the adage goes, there's an app for that! OPSM Eye Check is a free application for iOS and Android devices that performs basic eye tests to assess your vision. It covers near distance, distance (tablet required), constrast sensitivity, astigmatism and colour vision.
While you shouldn't treat it as a substitute for a proper eye test, OPSM Eye Check is an easy and affordable way to keep an "eye" on the basics. You can download the Android and iOS versions here and here, respectively.
There are also numerous Ishihara tests available online which are designed to assess color perception (just do a quick Google search for plenty of examples). These tests involve identifying numbers or shapes inside a pattern of different coloured dots. If you have normal colour vision, the number or shape should be clearly visible. (Just be mindful that your results could be skewed by your monitor, especially if it's low resolution or you are using a weird RGB setting.)
As to getting a professional assessment done, I'd say one optometrist is probably as good as any other. Unlike some physical ailments, it's pretty hard to misdiagnose poor vision — either you can see properly, or you can't. The testing procedure is pretty uniform across the board, so the results are likely to be roughly identical no matter where you go.
If you do have eyesight issues, the important thing to discover is the cause of it. Some visual impairments are highly degenerative without treatment, or may be related to an even worse problem like cancer. For this reason, it's always a good idea to seek the advice of a professional instead of going down the self-diagnosis route. Good luck!
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In what seems to be their year, FC Goa kick starts their campaign away from home against NorthEast United FC.
One of the most promising teams in the ISL, FC Goa went down to the reigning champions Chennaiyin FC in the semifinals last season.
FC Goa finished third with a total of 30 points. The Gaurs are yet to clinch their first title after slipping in the previous seasons.
FC Goa lost to Chennaiyin FC in their maiden final appearance, in what said to be the most controversial final since the inception of the Indian Super League.
FC Goa made it to the semis in 2014 and 2018, however, failed to qualify for the knock-outs in the third edition. The club with the tag '#nowwerise' surely look to clinch the ISL glory for the first time.
The Gaurs went on a pre-season tour to at La Manga Club where they played the likes of Segunda División B division team Cartagena B which the Gaurs won 0-20, before returning to India to play their friendlies against East Bengal and Indian Arrows.
FC Goa's star striker Coro scored the solitary goal to down East Bengal 1-0 while the Gaurs scraped through against Indian Arrows 2-1.
FC Goa built a strong squad this time around as they managed to hold on to their star striker Ferran Corominas who had scored 20 goals last season taking home the Golden Boot, however, they were failed to retain Manuel Lanzarote who had 13 goals last season. Lanzarote will compete in ISL donning the ATK colours.
FC Goa managed to find a suitable replacement for Lanza as they completed the signing of Miguel Palanca who has played for the likes of Real Madrid.
The Gaurs announced their 25-man squad on last week with the new signings like Lenny Rodrigues who returns home and Jakichand Singh who are sure to make an impact this season.
FC Goa, who were condemned for their sloppy defence throughout the 2017-18 season have managed to sign Carlos Pena from Lorca FC, Nirmal Chettri from NorthEast United and Mourtada Fall from Moghreb Tétouan to improve their bid of winning the title.
Goalkeepers: Lalthuammawia Ralte, Laxmikant Kattimani, Mohammad Nawaz.
Defenders: Carlos Pena, Chinglensana Singh, Lalhmangaihsanga, Nirmal Chettri, Saviour Gama, Mourtada Fall, Seriton Fernandes, Mohamed Ali.
Midfielders: Ahmed Jahouh, Brandon Fernandes, Edu Bedia, Imran Khan, Jackichand Singh, Lenny Rodrigues, Hugo Boumous, Miguel Fernandez, Pratesh Shirodkar, Princeton Rebello.
Forwards: Ferran Corominas, Liston Colaco, Manvir Singh.
It won't be wrong to say that FC Goa has seen the best of European football. The Gaurs were previously guided by legendary Zico and his Samba style of play which took them to the final of the second season, however, the club and the coach parted ways as they signed the Spaniard Sergio Lobera in his place.
Sergio impressed the Goan crowd with his tiki-taka style and managed to take the Gaurs to the semi-finals in his first season in charge.
Sergio previously coached UD Las Palmas and Moghreb Tetouan in Morocco and was also part of FC Barcelona's backroom staff during the tenure of Tito Vilanova as the Head Coach of the Catalan side.
Sergio with his unique style of play managed to keep the fans on the edge of their seats as the Gaurs cruised through to the final. As the new season approaches, FC Goa under Lobera will surely aim for the trophy.
Lobera will have Jesus Tato as FC Goa's assistant coach and we sure can expect more of the tiki-taka football.
Tato is not new to ISL as he has played with FC Pune City in ISL 3 and is definitely looking on to take the new challenge.
Probable XI
Though Laxmikant Kattimani went through a rough time last season, he might still be the first choice goalkeeper with the amount of experience he has under the bar.
The defence will be marshalled by Mohamed Ali in the centre-back position. Ali signed a two-year contract with the club and has surely earned the place and will play alongside Nirmal Chhetri and Carlos Peña.
Bruno Pinheiro and Lenny Rodrigues will make an impact in the defensive areas while Edu Bedia who earned laurels for his performance last season will be instrumental with the set pieces and dominating play from the from with Brandon Fernandes who seems to be stronger compared to last season and Miguel Palanca to support him.
Jackichand Singh who transferred on a two-year deal from Kerala Blasters FC has the ability to turn things around from the wing and will be a perfect match for their top scorer Ferran Corominas.
With 20 goals in 2017-18 season, Coro will obviously be the first choice striker in Lobera's formation.
Predictions for FC Goa
It has been long since FC Goa have been trying their level best to make it to the top and clinch the title and every year has proved, not to be theirs.
With the team building, the squad seems to have the depth required to win the Super League, however, their old foes ATK, Chennaiyin FC and Bengaluru FC who have stronger squads will make it difficult to let them reach their goal.
FC Goa was a step away from making it to the finals, the second time, since the inception of the Indian Super League.
The team, crumbled to Chennaiyin FC in the semi-final stages last time around. With a strong squad with depth, FC Goa might actually go on to win the title.
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At the end of a long day of sun worshipping, where better to retire to than the OD Port Portals Sky Bar? Take your pick from the extensive list of premium cocktails or bubbling champagne. Enjoy the stunning sunset views as it sinks behind the magical backdrop of the marina, the mountains and the Mediterranean Sea.
Insider Tip: The Sky Bar is open between 8pm – 12am and the sun usually sets around 9pm, it can fill up fast so be sure to get up there quickly and nab the best spot to catch the Balearic on the brink of twilight.
After recently relocating to the luxury hotel Castell Son Claret, Fernando Perez Arellano and his team were awarded their second Michelin star. Arellano's sought after cuisine celebrates the finest local produce from the Island and the Balearic Sea. With over 170 wines nestled in the hotels expertly stocked wine cellar, diners are spoilt for choice when it comes choosing a tipple to complement their meal. With views into the kitchen, diners can eagerly watch the skilled chefs carefully curate their fine feast.
Insider tip: With some of the highest quality Spanish produce, you will undoubtedly want to order everything on the menu, but The Blackegg, the 'Majorica' oyster and the Burrata Zaranda, are a must.
This trendy little tapas bar has the perfect combination of retro and modern interiors to match your classic Vermouth. With over 20 Vermouths haloing the bar and imports from France and Italy, you're truly spoilt for choice. Tinned fish may not be the number one item for a life of luxury, but you can't visit Vermeteria La Rosa without trying one or two of their delectable tinned fish tapas dishes – you will not regret!
Insider Tip: Vermuteria La Rosa is the hottest new hangout in Palma, so it can get as packed as a tin of sardines pretty quickly! But don't worry if you're not lucky enough to nab a table, grab an aperitif and people watch from the bustling bar.
Enjoy a truly Majorcan gastronomic experience at San Juan market. The market is brimming with over 20 different stalls that boast a colourful array of the finest food and drink, from both local and international vendors. Situated in the picturesque San Juan orchard, the market building was given a new lease of life when it was refurbished in the 90's. When you're not enjoying some of Mallorca's culinary treats and fancy shying away from the sun, take a trip to S'Escorxador's cultural centre where you will find the Cine Ciutat and enjoy an original international film. Although San Juan market celebrates both local and international cuisines, here is the best place to try the Valencian fish dish fideuá. And of course it wouldn't be a trip to Spain without getting your hands on a traditional Spanish omelette – also a must!
Insider tip: Take part in one of Mercado de San Juan's cooking classes and adopt some Spanish culinary skills to impress your friends when you get back home. Mercado de San Juan is open 365 days a year so there's no excuse to miss this gourmet gem!
Oliu is all about local produce, the fish is from the village fisherman and the eggs from a nearby farm. Sitting soundly in the beautiful outdoor heated gardens, Oliu perfectly celebrates a more contemporary rendition of traditional Mediterranean cuisine. With some of the tastiest Tuna and moreish Mahi-Mahi on the island, Oliu is definitely one for the fish lovers. Olive oil is the staple ingredient, with Chef Joan Porcel Balaguer creating and using his very own oil.
Insider Tip: Although the menu changes seasonally, one thing stays the same, a desert named after the restaurant itself, Oliu. Made from dark chocolate, olive oil and vanilla, it is simplicity at its best. Wash it down with a coffee to perfectly end your evening.
OD Port Portals opened in April 2014 and sits closely to the luxurious yacht harbour of Puerto Portals (Portals Nous). The hotel is in a prized location, close to the island's finest restaurants, bars and boutiques.
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After the breakdown, again, of NBA talks Friday to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, Commissioner David Stern announced the cancellation of games through November.
And, he said, in effect, the league and players have lost the shot at getting in a full season.
"It's not practical, possible or prudent to have a full season now," said Stern, who projected several hundred millions of dollars in losses without games in November, on top of the $200 million lost without the preseason.
He said the NBA's "next offer will reflect extraordinary losses that are starting to pile up now, and you can assume that our offer will change to reflect the changed economic circumstances."
Stern also added, "The amount of dollars lost to the owners is
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extraordinary, and the amount of dollars lost to the players under individual contracts is also extraordinary. There will be two severe sets of losses. But that's what happens in a labor dispute where there's a shutdown."
It would have been difficult to play games in November anyway, considering it takes about 30 days from an agreement until the first game. But the loss of an 82-game season is damaging to owners, team employees, players, TV partners, corporate partners and those who make a living on NBA games, such as arena workers and businesses near arenas.
ESPN, which was scheduled to televise 13 games in November, said in a statement: "We're disappointed the start of the season has been further delayed. We remain hopeful this will get resolved soon."
Talks disintegrated when NBA executives and locked-out players
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failed to make progress on the split of basketball-related income (BRI). They also stalled on negotiating the salary cap/luxury tax system and other system issues, which distributes money to players.
Whatever progress that was made earlier in the week was lost when the sides tried to get down to business on BRI.
Union executive director Billy Hunter said Stern "snookered" him into believing the league was "prepared to negotiate over everything," which was what Stern said Thursday. Instead, Hunter said, the league came back Friday with the same 50-50 split on BRI.
Hunter said his staff believed the league was ready to
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move off a 50-50 split to a number that favored players.
"We trusted you one more time and one more time. It's sort of like the serpent and the frog. You've bitten us," Hunter said. "We're not prepared to move. They got to the place where again it was 50-50 take it or leave it. That's what it came down to at the end. … Today we're leaving it like we left it last week.
"We made it clear we couldn't sell a 50-50 to our membership."
Stern, asked why the sides didn't keep talking, said, "Billy left the room."
"Billy Hunter said that he was not willing to go a penny below 52," Stern said, "(and) that he had been getting many calls from agents, and he closed up his book and walked out of the room. And that's where we are."
Asked if there is a scenario in which players accepted 50-50, Hunter said, "Not right now."
Union president and Los Angeles Lakers guard
Derek Fisher is heading back to Los Angeles, which likely means no meetings are imminent.
Owners fixed on a 50-50 split and the union hovered at 52.5%, a difference of about $100 million a season, or $1 billion in a 10-year deal. Players received 57% of BRI last season. Two-and-half percentage points doesn't seem like a huge difference, but it adds up to a considerable amount of money.
Hunter said the league even backed off the even split and hinted it was offering players 47%, which Stern said was "an utter misrepresentation."
Compared to the last CBA, if players went from 57%
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to 50% in BRI, they would be giving up $280 million in the first year of a new CBA. Players believe their offer of 52.5% (about $180 million in concessions in the first year of a new CBA) addresses the owners' financial losses of nearly $350 million in 2009-10 and $300 million last season.
Stern said a 52.5%-47.5% split in favor of players does not achieve profitability but a 50-50 split gets them closer along with "enormous expense cuts in other areas by the league," Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver said.
In a possible sign that not all owners are on the same page, Miami Heat owner Micky Arison had this interesting exchange on Twitter late Friday:
@GreedyNBAstards: "@MickyArison and guess what? Fans provide all the money you're fighting over."
@MickyArison: "Honestly u r barking at the wrong owner."
Arison's tweet was later deleted.
On the system issues, the salary cap/luxury tax system and
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exceptions to the salary cap continue to be stumbling blocks. The NBA has suggested a punitive tax system for tax-paying clubs, more punitive than the dollar tax clubs pay for each dollar exceeding the tax threshold.
The union believed it was too restrictive, acting, in essence, as a hard cap with no club willing to pay that tax, especially if some clubs are contributing more to the league's new revenue-sharing system.
"We've told them we don't want a hard cap," Hunter said. "We don't want a hard cap in any way. Either an obvious cap or a hard cap that may not appear as obvious to most people but we know it works like a hard cap."
Putting tougher restrictions on taxpayers is part of the league's effort to reduce the discrepancy between the high-spending and low-spending clubs. The league also does not want tax-paying clubs to use exceptions to sign free agents, Fisher said. The union does, arguing free agents should not be limited in their options.
"We don't want to take tax-paying teams completely out of the market for other teams' free agents," Fisher said. "We want our midlevel players to be able to have the opportunity to sign wherever they would like to play."
Stern, however, countered and said the league was negotiating a midlevel exception and sign-and-trade agreement for taxpayers.
"We never got to discuss it because of the BRI discussion," Stern said.
Hunter revealed staff members from the sides met Monday but the meeting "did not go well at well."
But the parties were cajoled into meeting Wednesday, which began three consecutive days of bargaining, leading to guarded optimism, which vanished louder than it appeared.
"The fact is this deal, both the system and BRI, has to be one our players for the next 10 years can operate under," Fisher said. "So we didn't want to rush through this today just to build this artificial pressure to close out a deal today that's going to impact our members for the next 10 years."
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Delaware GOP Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell was scheduled to appear on two national Sunday morning talk shows today but canceled at the last minute after a video of her saying in 1999 that she once "dabbled in witchcraft" began making the rounds.
Spurned hosts Chris Wallace of "Fox News Sunday" and Bob Schieffer of CBS's "Face the Nation" both called O'Donnell out for not coming on their shows. Wallace noted with suspicion the fact that her campaign gave the show conflicting answers for canceling:
WALLACE: This is not the program we were planning to bring you. Christine O'Donnell, the surprise winner of the Republican Senate primary in Delaware, agreed to come here live in Washington today to take our questions. However, late Friday night ,her campaign canceled, saying O'Donnell was "exhausted" and had to return to Delaware. Saturday morning, O'Donnell called me and said this: "I got-triple booked. I had been invited to go to church and then a picnic. I have to keep my priorities to Delaware voters."
On CBS, Schieffer said O'Donnell's campaign denied that the reason they backed out was because of the witchcraft video, which aired on Bill Maher's HBO show on Friday night and was first posted by Faiz Shakir of ThinkProgress:
SCHIEFFER: Well, after we became aware of this [witchraft video], we e-mailed the campaign again and asked them if in fact was that the reason that she decided to cancel the appearance. We got back an e-mail that said, "No, that is not the reason. We weren't aware that he had released this tape until yesterday afternoon." As for dabbling in witchcraft -- whatever that is -- her campaign spokesman said, "Campaigns about what she did as a teen is hardly a worry to her or the people of Delaware."
Slate's Dave Weigel cast some doubt on O'Donnell's reasons, writing, "These shows tape in downtown Washington and wrap early in the morning. The picnic is at Dave Wilson's Auction in Lincoln, Delaware, in the northern part of Sussex County. It takes around 2 hours and 20 minutes to drive from D.C. to there, and the picnic doesn't start until 2 p.m. So this isn't really an excuse at all."
The Huffington Post contacted the campaign of O'Donnell's Democratic opponent, Chris Coons, which said that it had also received inquiries about going on the Sunday morning shows this week -- both before and after O'Donnell canceled. Coons, however, was unavailable. "That said, future broadcast and cable appearances have been discussed and some are in the works," said a campaign staffer.
UPDATE: Coons campaign spokesman Daniel F. McElhatton put out a statement on Sunday criticizing O'Donnell for backing out: "Ms. O'Donnell has not yet provided a single solution or idea on how to get our economy back on track. It is clear that she is simply not prepared to defend her positions. The next United States Senator from Delaware will be voting on the very serious challenges facing the nation. Chris Coons looks forward to the time when Delawareans can hear the two of them debate their ideas and their solutions to the challenges facing us."
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Diverting attention inside the banks.
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Banking in India has come into the existence in the 18th century. Financial sector reforms in 1991 have changed the face of Indian banking sector. IT revolution had great impact on the Indian banking system. Computerization of the banking sector had led to introducing the online banking in India. The technological innovations in the services offered to the customers made Indian banks to compete with the global banks.
Compared to earlier traditional banking system, new products were introduced for the convenience of the customers. They are:
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• Credit cards: Credit card is a system of payment used to borrow money for merchandise transactions and cash advances.
• Debit cards: Debit card is a kind of banking instrument and it provides electronic access to your own bank account.
• Mobile banking: Mobile banking is another banking instrument used to perform banking transaction through mobile applications.
Changing incomes, demographics and technologies are empowering customers to demand transparency from the banks. Changing technology not only given the customers greater accessibility to various services and it has also given chance to various frauds. These frauds are more in misuse of savings bank account, credit and debit card and internet banking user ID and passwords.
Phishing is a term which involves internet fraudsters by sending email messages to grab the personnel information of Internet banking, user id, passwords, credit card/debit card numbers and bank account information and other personal information. Responding to those kinds of mails or clicking on the links appearing in those mails may lead to get into those frauds.
II. Tips to protect from phishing
• Never respond to the mails asking for your password and PIN
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• Secure your Internet banking password
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• Never leave your PC unattended when using Internet banking
• Don't forget to logoff your PC, when you've finished Internet Banking
• Never install or run the programmes from unknown source
III. Tips to protect your pin
Never take help of an unknown person at the ATM
• Protect your money
• Count your money and keep it in a safe way before leaving the ATM
• Report immediately when you lose your card
• Keep checking your monthly credit card and bank statements for any frauds.
IV. Tips to protect your savings
• Never write your PIN on ATM envelops
• Always draw a line through unused space on the cheque
• Never leave your cheque book unattended
• Never sign on blank cheques
• Don't forget to cross your cheque whenever applicable
• Don't forget to count the number of cheque leaves, whenever you receive a new cheque book.
V. Mobile banking and tips for safe mobile banking
Mobile banking is a latest tool to perform balance cheques, account transactions, payments and credit applications by using mobile phones. The introduction of mobile banking has discovered new ways of banking. Mobile banking users can be offered with below services:
• Mini statements
• Checking of account history
• Monitoring term deposits
• Access to loan statements
• Access to card statements
• Mutual fund statements
• Insurance policy payments
• Pension plan management
• Status of cheque
• Stop payment on cheque
• Ordering cheque books
• Balance checking in the account
• Recent transactions
• Payment due dates
• Change of PIN through online and reminder
• Blocking of last cards
Safe Mobile Banking Tips:
Never share your mobile banking PIN number with anybody
• Download your bank's mobile app and ensure you are connecting to your bank and not to any fake site
• Download regular updates whenever they are available
• Don't forget to inform your bank authorities about the loss of your mobile and register a new number and link it to your bank account
• Never use a public Wi-Fi for banking transactions for a secure transaction
• Disable the automatic Wi-Fi connect option in the Network Settings of your mobile device
• Ignore the messages and calls from banks, which ask for details through SMS or calls
• Protect your password and Mobile for extra safety
VI. Tips for safe internet banking
Internet banking is very convenient and time saving banking system. Follow the safety banking tips to avoid scams and online frauds.
• Collect the history of the bank and other details form the bank official website
• Make sure about the privacy policy of the bank and also collect a copy of privacy policy from the bank people
• Protect your banking information, credit card numbers, social security numbers and personal data in a safe way
• Never respond to the mails that request information about your account details
• Be particular while choosing a password. Never choose a password with your mother name,
date of birth and last four digits of your phone and others
• Be secure about your password and other related information
• Change your password regularly to avoid scams
• Install the latest security firewalls to your browser
• Have a robust online antivirus solution
• Follow the guidelines of your bank as mentioned in their manual
• Ignore the remember password option for shopping and banking websites
• Make sure that you logout every time when you are using public computers
• Never send your account information and password details through email
VII. Tips to protect credit cards
Give your identity documents to trusted people only
• Make sure that your credit cards and other cards are safe
• Don't forget to inform the concerned bank if you do not receive bank statements in the form of emails or posts
• Do periodical reviews of your bank statements and if you find any wrong information report bank authorities immediately for immediate action.
VIII. Tips for general safe banking
• Don't forget to sign on the cards immediately when you receive it
• Always sign with a ball pen on your card
• Make sure you don't forget your card after swiping at shops or restaurants
• Don't forget to note down the card number and emergency number once you receive it
• Report immediately when you lose your card
• Don't forget to keep a photo copy of a travel card with you
• Never write the PIN number anywhere. Try to remember it for security reasons
• Never borrow your card to anybody. You are responsible for their purchases /withdrawals with your card


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The friendship city in the heartlands lies in the heart of the United States, directly on "Interstate 80", the only coast-to-coast highway from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Omaha was founded by settlers from the neighbouring state of Iowa, when in 1854 they were at last allowed to cross the Missouri and settle on the west bank of the river.
According to a native-American legend, the name Omaha means "higher than all other places along a river". After President Abraham Lincoln had declared Omaha to be the terminus of the first transcontinental railroad, immigrants from Europe, among them many Germans, streamed into the rapidly growing town.
The favourable site, the fertile soil and the waters of the Missouri still form the basis of Nebraska's modern agriculture and industry and influence life in the city of Omaha, with its population of some 360,000.
Relations with Brunswick go back to a 1985 initiative by the German-American Society in Omaha. In the following years youth- and adult exchange programmes were carried out by both cities. School partnerships and contacts between Brunswick's Technical University and the University of Nebraska in Omaha developed and intensified.
After a visit by an official delegation from Omaha in autumn 1991, a friendship agreement was signed in Brunswick six months later, on 22 May 1992. On this occasion Omaha participated in the Harz und Heide Fair. An official delegation from Brunswick returned the visit in the same year.
There followed regular youth- and school exchange programmes, study excursions and cultural events. In May 2000 a choir and a music group from the University of Nebraska visited Brunswick and gave concerts.
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The 2014-2015 football year is over. Ajax was surprised in the last game by degraded FC Dordrecht: 2-1. A goal by Ricky van Haren in extra time was fatal for Ajax.
Ajax ended its tumultuous 2014-2015 season in the Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadium. On the artificial turf of FC Dordrecht, Frank de Boer started with a different squad compared to the team's last competition match. The Ajax coach had already announced a starting spot for Diederik Boer on Friday. The same was true for Kenny Tete. The right back earned a spot again at the expense of his competitor, Ricardo van Rhijn. De Boer also rewarded the youngster for his solid performance in the home game against Cambuur.
Other standouts in De Boer's selection were the defensive duo of Mike van der Hoorn-Jairo Riedewald, as well as Lasse Schöne's role as midfielder. Captain Nicolai Boilesen returnd as left back. Niklas Moisander, Kolbeinn Sigthórsson and Jasper Cillessen were not in the selection and thus had their first day of holidays. Moisander can report directly to his new club, Sampdoria. Reserve keeper Andre Onana warmed the bench.
It was a tough afternoon in Dordrecht. The home team was able to keep up easily with the ousted national champion. The last-place team had clearly decided to leave the Eredivisie with their head held high. The South Holland team was pumped up for one last dance. Without Boer ever really being in trouble, most shots on goal were taken on Ajax's goal before halftime. Ajax also created a few good opportunities. After eight minutes, Anwar El Ghazi sent a header just wide of Filip Kurto's goal. Shortly before halftime, Van der Hoorn sent a ball from a corner over the goal.
Ajax didn't only bid farewell to the 2004-2015 season. The Amsterdam team enjoyed the cozy stadium on the Krommedijk for the last time. For FC Dordrecht, the Eredivisie adventure would be limited to one season. Hopefully for the Dordrecht team, it won't take twenty more years before they face Ajax again in competition play. On February 19, 1995, Ajax played – with Frank de Boer in its ranks – its first and last game against the pride of Dordrecht. Louis van Gaal's Ajax won that day, 1-3. De Boer scored one of the goals. Marc Overmars and Nwankwo Kanu also scored that day.
On October 29, 2009, Ajax did meet Dordrecht in a cup match. That was also a forgettable match. Urby Emanuelson finally lifted Ajax to a win in the final minutes of overtime with his 1-2 goal, leading the team into the next cup round. The frivolous lefty scored both Ajax goals that night. With Dordrecht coach Jan Everse, another Ajax connection could be made on Sunday. The successor of Ernie Brandts, who was fired earlier this season, played in 95 official Ajax matches between 1977 and 1980.
Centre forward Viktor Fischer brought the visitors into the lead in the 57th minute. The Dane at first stumbled on goalie Kurto, who had come far out. After a short scrimmage, Fischer sent the ball into the Dordrecht goal: 0-1. It was the forward's last play of '14-'15. The Dane made way for Arek Milik in the last half hour. Daley Sinkgraven also conceded his spot to Thulani Serero.
Boer made a good save in the final minutes on centre forward Ricky van Haaren. Boer and Ajax had been lucky three minutes earlier when a shot from Giovanni Korte ended up on the post. The miss was typical of Dordrecht this season. The club has played 33 Eredivisie games and only scored 22 goals. The team has had 75 goals against so far this season. Dordrecht will re-join the Jupiler League next season.
Dordrecht redeemed itself in the last minutes of the season. Sean Klaiber provided Dordrecht's last Eredivisie match with some shine. The substitute scored into the near corner: 1-1 Ajax didn't manage much more than a header onto the crossbar by Van der Hoorn. Thus it happened that the Amsterdam team lost to the Dordrecht team in extra time. Van Haaren sent a long-distance ball past Boer in the final minutes: 2-1.
At 16:21, it was all over. The first defeat in the Eredivisie at the hands of Dordrecht was in the books, as well as Ajax's first defeat on artificial turf. Ajax ended the season true to style: without any prizes and with a hangover.


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- What is Thyroid Disorder?
- How Does Pregnancy Affect Thyroid Functions?
- Hyperthyroidism in Pregnancy
- How Does Hyperthyroidism Affect the Mother and Baby?
- Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy
- Can Hypothyroidism Affect Mother and Baby?
- Is it Safe to Consume Thyroid Medications During Pregnancy?
- Diet , Nutrition and Dietary Supplements for Hypothyroidism
- Nutrition and Dietary Supplements for Hypothyroidism
- How to Avoid Complications of Thyroid?
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As soon as your pregnancy is confirmed by your doctor, you will be asked to take a thyroid test. You may also have to take one if you are planning to conceive. Although thyroid during pregnancy is a common condition, there is a possibility of confusing it with other regular pregnancy symptoms due to its similarities. Symptoms like weight gain, feeling tired, getting moody or forgetful and even swelling up are common to pregnancy and thyroid condition.
What is Thyroid Disorder?
The H-shaped thyroid gland is placed at the front of our neck, right below the voice box. It is about two inches long and is almost weightless (less than an ounce). It forms an integral part of the endocrine system which does the vital job of producing hormones for your body. The thyroid gland produces two major hormones, T3 and T4. The hormones created by your thyroid control your body's metabolism and many other vital bodily functions like weight, brain development, breathing functions, body temperature and cholesterol levels. It is important to monitor thyroid levels in pregnancy since it can have a telling impact on the foetus including the neuron intellectual abilities of the baby.
Thyroid problem when pregnant is common when a woman is in her prime childbearing age, but if it is not diagnosed in time, its impact can extend well beyond pregnancy. While hyperthyroidism is caused due to high levels of hormones in the blood, hypothyroidism is caused due to decreased levels of thyroid hormones in the blood.
How Does Pregnancy Affect Thyroid Functions?
During pregnancy, two hormones, oestrogen and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) are responsible for enhancing your thyroid levels. These thyroid hormones play a vital role when you are pregnant, both in the baby's brain and nervous system development and your health.
The placenta makes hCG, which is similar to TSH and stimulates the thyroid to create more hormones. Increase in oestrogen levels produces thyroid-binding globulin, a protein that helps thyroid hormone to travel in blood. In the first trimester, your baby is dependent on you for its thyroid hormone needs, which comes through the placenta. This will go on until the 12th week, after which the baby's thyroid will begin functioning on its own.
It is necessary to conduct thyroid function test to detect any pregnancy problem due to thyroid. However, these hormonal changes may go undetected and can be difficult to interpret despite these tests. The thyroid does increase in size during pregnancy, but this is not enough to be seen in the test. Thyroid related issues may be difficult to diagnose during pregnancy due to mutual signs increased thyroid hormone level, fatigue and increase in the size of the thyroid.
Hyperthyroidism in Pregnancy
When an overactive organ produces thyroid hormone in large quantities, the condition is known as hyperthyroidism.
1. Causes of Hyperthyroidism in Pregnancy
Hyperthyroidism is usually caused by Grave's Disease which is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks its cells and organs instead of protecting it. Toxic Adenomas is also the cause during which nodules that grow in the thyroid gland begin secreting hormones. This disturbs the body's chemical balance.
2. Who Is at Risk?
Women who have been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism before their pregnancy and with a family history of this disorder are most likely to experience this condition during their pregnancy.
3. Symptoms
Fatigue, Nausea, vomiting, fast heart rate, change in appetite and growth of thyroid levels and thyroid size are the typical symptoms of hyperthyroidism. One can also notice changes in appetite and lower tolerance to heat.
4. Diagnosis
By carrying out three major tests to diagnose hyperthyroidism, It is possible to diagnose this condition in pregnant women:
TSH Test
This test is capable of detecting meagre amounts of TSH in the blood and is known to be ultra-sensitive. TSH test is one of the most accurate tests for measuring thyroid activity.
T3 & T4 Test
If the TSH test shows that the levels are low, it is mandatory to carry out T3 & T4 tests. If free T4 (That part of thyroid hormone unattached to thyroid-binding protein) levels are found to be elevated, the diagnosis is confirmed.
TSI Test
TSI test is conducted if a pregnant woman has had radioactive treatment or surgery or has been diagnosed with Graves' disease. This test confirms the presence of TSI antibodies in a pregnant woman's body.
5. Treatment
Treatment is not required for mild hyperthyroidism where TSH levels are low but free T4 is normal. In case of a severe thyroid disorder, the doctor prescribes propylthiouracil (PTU), in low doses during the first trimester. Anti-thyroid medication, methimazole is prescribed after the first trimester if necessary. In rare cases where the patient does not respond to medication, surgery may be suggested to remove a portion of the thyroid. Radioactive iodine treatment is not recommended for pregnant women since it can damage the baby's thyroid gland.
How Does Hyperthyroidism Affect the Mother and Baby?
Mother: Hyperthyroidism can lead to preeclampsia, premature birth, miscarriage and sudden worsening of hyperthyroid symptoms.
Baby: A newborn can suffer from rapid heart rate leading to heart failure, poor weight gain, low birth weight, irritability and enlarged thyroid causing breathlessness.
Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy
The deficiency of thyroxin, the thyroid hormone, which occurs due to an underactive thyroid gland is known as hypothyroidism.
1. Causes of Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy
Low levels of thyroid hormones in the blood are the cause of this condition, where the thyroid gland functions inadequately. Removal of the thyroid, endemic goitre, iodine deficiency, radiation therapy and diseases related to the pituitary gland are its other causes. Hypothyroidism in pregnancy is also caused due to Hashimoto's disease, which is a form of inflammation of the thyroid.
2. Who Is at Risk?
Women who have a past family history of hypothyroidism or have been diagnosed with this condition in the past are at risk of developing this condition during pregnancy.
3. Symptoms
Common symptoms of hypothyroidism include swollen face, fatigue, intolerance to cold, weight gain, lower concentration levels, skin tightening or stretching and abdominal discomfort. Decreased levels of T4 and high TSH levels are indicators of hypothyroidism too.
4. Diagnosis
Your doctor will check if you show any of the abovementioned symptoms and ask for a TSH and T4 test to be conducted to confirm hypothyroidism.
5. Treatment
During pregnancy, Hypothyroidism is treated by starting on thyroxin, a synthetic thyroid hormone. Thyroxin is beneficial for the mother and the child and is safe too. Women who have developed this condition before pregnancy should increase their dosage after speaking to their doctor, to maintain thyroid function.
Can Hypothyroidism Affect Mother and Baby?
Hypothyroidism can cause preeclampsia, anaemia, stillbirth, miscarriage and in rare cases, congestive heart failure. Thyroid hormones are essential for the growth and development of the baby's brain and nervous system. Hypothyroidism can affect this area especially if it occurs in the first trimester.
Is it Safe to Consume Thyroid Medications During Pregnancy?
Yes, it is safe to consume thyroid medications during pregnancy. In fact, it is unsafe to keep hypothyroid or hyperthyroid conditions untreated while one is pregnant. Medication should be taken and should be monitored closely. Levothyroxine is a synthetic form of thyroid hormone that is baby-safe and is commonly used to treat this condition.
Diet , Nutrition and Dietary Supplements for Hypothyroidism
The body demands high amounts of nutrients during pregnancy as it needs to balance the mother and baby's health. During this period, doctors recommend the mother-to-be to follow a balanced diet and derive the necessary nutrients from prenatal vitamins and iodine-based mineral supplements.
Nutrition and Dietary Supplements for Hypothyroidism
Pregnant women diagnosed with hypothyroidism should ensure that they get the recommended dose of iodine through daily food and replacing iodised salt with normal salt is one way of doing it. Eating greens like spinach, fenugreek and lettuce leaves provide magnesium which is necessary for the functioning of the thyroid. Blueberries and strawberries are great for the immune system and contain antioxidants so make sure they are a part of your diet. Include eggs, walnuts, mushrooms and fish like salmon in your diet to get Omega 3 fatty acids and selenium to regulate hormones the natural way. Vitamin B6 is especially beneficial in pregnancy.
How to Avoid Complications of Thyroid?
Your thyroid controls every cell in your body, and without its presence, the body slows down resulting in fatigue, weight gain, hair loss and much more. Here is how you can prevent thyroid and pregnancy complications from affecting your body and the baby:
- Stay away from diets that recommend starvation for long periods. Fasting results in a huge reduction of T3 levels which enhances metabolism.
- The thyroid gland is susceptible to x-rays. Make sure you ask for a thyroid shield whenever you undergo radiation during pregnancy.
- If you are pregnant and have been smoking, it is time to stop. Those with a predisposition for thyroid are at higher risk. A study suggests that smoking increases the risk of hypothyroidism especially for patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
- To reduce the effect of thyroid on pregnancy, women with borderline hypothyroid should begin with a low dose thyroid hormone at the beginning of pregnancy.
It is necessary to keep reviewing the symptoms of hyper and hypothyroidism during pregnancy for which repeated testing of TSH levels is needed. Speak to your doctor if you observe any symptoms so that precautionary measures can be taken. By checking your thyroid levels, you can look forward to a safe and hassle-free pregnancy.
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by Eli Zaretsky
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Cut, no. 26, December 1981, pp. 66-67
One of the keys to understanding our society lies in the corporate industrial transformation that took place between 1890-1920. Within a generation the United States changed from a nation of farmers and petty owners to a nation of workers, immigrants, and housewives. Most accounts of the period center on the reformers — the "Progressives" — who sought to rationalize industry, abolish child labor, and uphold morality in the urban environment. While there have been accounts of immigrants, labor, and feminism in this period, there has never been a synthesis which presented the diverse class forces of modern liberal America in a structured relation to one another. It is evidence of the importance of the movies to understanding twentieth-century United States that social historian Lary May's history of the industry in the epoch of D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille in fact takes an important step toward such a synthesis.
In his well-known article "Style and Medium in the Motion Pictures," art historian Erwin Panofsky argued that
Panofsky stressed, as did Robert Sklar, Liz Ewen, and other historians of the movies, the extent to which U.S. movies emerged out of the needs and values of immigrant Americans in the early twentieth century. At the same time, the movies were also big business almost from the first and few cultural forms have been so rigidly controlled through both money and censorship. The particular value of May's book is in showing how the "folk art" aspect of the movies contributed to, and was ultimately subordinated by, the "social control" aspect.
According to May, a child in a late nineteenth-century U.S. town
This culture, which May calls Victorianism, was a class-based culture but it was transmitted as part of a way-of life in which work, family, and community were more or less integrated. By contrast, the mass culture which developed in the early part of the twentieth century is the culture of a fragmented society. In spite of being more democratic and less elitist, mass culture rests on the fragmented or alienated character of twentieth-century working-class life and on the "serialization" of the audience — the destruction of the primary ties, identifications, and communal sentiments that held small-town culture together. The audience of a mass society may come together to watch a movie, but they do not share a common experience, as the nineteenth-century opera, burlesque, lecture, or circus audience did. May sums up the transformation of rural, Victorian United States with a story from one memoirist, Henry Seidel Canby, who returned home in the 1920s to learn that his opera house had been turned into a movie theatre.
A critical aspect of this transformation was the radical separation of the family from the place of work; the family became the locus of modern personal life. This structural fact had important consequences for both the "folk art" and "social control" perspectives on the movies. From the "folk art" point of view, movies reflected the aspirations of twentieth-century men and women toward freedom and meaning in their personal lives, as well as being one form in which those aspirations were met.
From the "social control" point of view, Progressive reformers, spurred by a fear of ethnic and cultural fragmentation, sought to reestablish common cultural norms such as had existed a generation earlier. Movie censorship, of such great importance to the history of the movies, emerged out of the same "reform" impetus which produced prohibition, the crusades against prostitution, the playground movement, and other efforts to regulate the morality of the young. Such Progressive intellectuals as Edward Ross, Simon Patten, and Hugo Munsterberg — among the founders of U.S. social psychology — saw the efficacy of film as a form of social control. Because of its hypnotic power, because it did not need language, and because it occupied the newly created realm of leisure, film was strategic to the creation of the compensatory pseudo-unification that the "classless realm" of leisure offers. Sociologist Edward Ross was only one of the many intellectuals who saw the power of mass culture to encourage the acquiescence of the working class in the corporate capitalist regime by encouraging a focus on leisure and the family. According to Ross,
Intellectuals such as Ross supplied the underlying rationale for censorship by stressing the power of ideas and communication to bring together a society in danger of fragmentation. Social work journals such as The Survey carried frequent articles on the importance of the movies. One reformer argued that film was "five times more powerful than any other form of communication." Film spoke directly to the subconscious, the nervous system, the realm of instinct and emotion. Its power to stir up emotions, especially sexuality, was equaled by its power to calm the masses and woo them from vice. The movies could function, wrote one reformer, as a "grand social worker," allowing the viewer to go home and "sleep the sleep of the just."
Although May does not argue this point, the early producers were almost all upwardly rising immigrants who shared these values and wanted to make of the movies something acceptable and native-born. Harry Cohn was the son of a German immigrant tailor; Sam Goldwyn was born Goldfish in Warsaw; Jesse Lasky was the son of a poor shoe salesman; Carl Laemmle was the son of a German estate agent; Marcus Loew, the son of an Austrian waiter; Louis Mayer, the son of a Hebrew scholar; Joseph Schenck, an immigrant from Germany; the Warner brothers were sons of poor cobblers. Besides being anxious to make money, these were men who sought to prove themselves in the United States and to create an industry that would win acceptance by the native elite.
By placing movies in this context, centered on the transformation of traditional culture and the family, May is able to show the underlying unity in a series of apparently unrelated phases of film history: especially the work of D.W. Griffith, the films of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, and the work of Cecil B. DeMille. Along the way, he illuminates such related phenomena as the comedies of Mack Sennett, the building of the movie houses during the 1920s, and the development of Hollywood.
In May's perspective, Griffith was able to synthesize the "folk" and "social control" strands that went into the creation of the movies. Griffith was a southern Democrat, a lover of Dickens, a correspondent of Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan; he was a believer in the "little ran" as well as being a visionary believer in the movies. As Griffith wrote:
Earlier films, Griffith believes, supplied mere titillation; he understood that movies must have a social and ethical content. Hence Griffith grasped the importance of narrative, for it is only through telling a story that one can make an ethical point. It was Griffith's desire to have film tell a story, as Dickens had told stories, that led him to his breakthroughs in editing technique, a point May does not make. Griffith believed the masses needed and wanted stories to uplift and educate them, stories that would reward virtue and punish vice. He believed that the movies could make history — the greatest of all stories — and high culture available to the masses. Above all, he appreciated the continued centrality of the family and of women to mass culture and sought to exploit their emotional resonance.
In my view, May overestimates the reactionary or "Victorian" element of the period of Griffith's hegemony. May relates his work to a debate among U.S. historians over whether the Progressives represented the outlook of the "small producers" of the nineteenth century (Griffith) or the "new middle classes" of the twentieth (DeMille). The great value of May's account, however, is that by stressing structural factors, he transcends this merely empirical effort to characterize what were, after all, a narrow stratum of Americans. May strikingly shows the continuity between Griffith's uplifting epics and the adventures and bedroom comedies which followed. The idealization of the family during the Progressive era, evident in Griffith's films, included considerable encouragement for experimentation, sexual liberation, and women's equality, evident in DeMille's films. The new currents of modernism were congruent with the working-class ideal of the family as a "classless realm" of personal freedom and expression.
May's chapter on Fairbanks and Pickford is, for me, the highlight of the book. Fairbanks represented the new man, continually escaping the routine of the office for romantic adventure in the American West, Latin America, or Europe. At a time when American men were being reduced to cogs in an assembly line or bureaucracy, Fairbanks showed that men had a new product to offer — their personalities and, above all, their bodies. Fairbanks was always smiling and was in constant motion. He said:
On the other hand, Mary Pickford represented the new woman. She was spunky and independent, a self-proclaimed working girl. She met a lot of men and she wanted to marry one on a basis of love, mutual respect, and sexual attraction. She held to the new ideal of marriage as a realm of pleasure and consumption rather than as a "way of life" organized around production. Pickford's popularity is akin, in May's interpretation, to Theda Bara's vamp: Bara noted how many letters she received from married women who identified with her rather than with the spurned housewife.
Although May does not develop this point, the enormous popularity of Mary Pickford is especially revealing of the power of the movie industry to absorb and deflect critical tendencies in the society and turn them toward the end of social control. The Progressive era witnessed the final achievement of such reforms as suffrage and protection for working women, for which feminists had struggled for generations. Feminism also inspired a new ideal of marriage to be based on equality between men and women, on intimacy and frankness, and even on sexual pleasure for both sexes. The women's movement, in spite of its puritanical side, had led the way in the late nineteenth-century "repeal of reticence." And small but significant feminist tendencies in Greenwich Village and elsewhere drew on psychoanalysis, as well as feminism, to encourage women's demand for sexual satisfaction within marriage. Of course, the most important reform associated with these ideas was the legitimation of birth control.
Mary Pickford's incredible popularity by the early 1920s reflected the extension of these admittedly new and somewhat elitist ideals to the U.S. working class. As these ideals were extended, they lost their meaning. The difficult goal of equality and sexual love within marriage, with all it demands both of individual personality and social order, was trivialized to become a more or less titillating romance, in which consuming objects and being watched had become the highest forms of excitement.
Pickford was "sweet" like her nineteenth-century predecessors but she was also a "new woman," a working girl. She wrote:
As such, she broke from the Victorian mode of purity. Drawing on her work experience, she was aware of men, aware of sex, and even sometimes aware of social problems, as in her TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY (1914), in which she led a poacher's rebellion against the local sheriff. Above all, however, like Fairbanks she maintained the image of perpetual youth. She wrote:
The triumph of her career, like Fairbanks's, was not in any movie but in their modem marriage and their famous Hollywood estate, Pickfair. In May's description, Pickfair was
As May shows, the identification of modern marriage with consumerism deepened during the twenties with the building of movie houses in which each patron was the star and with the building of a whole city — Los Angeles — in which the fantasies of utopian consumption were lived out in the glare of longed-for publicity. The "ever-youthful personalities" created by the star system, with their "palatial homes and lavish wardrobes containing hundreds of suits and shoes," showed an admiring public that "becoming self-made had taken a new form." The stars owed their success not to intelligence, achievement, or power but simply to their capacity to entertain people and make them happy. In this they were children, their narcissism mirroring and inciting the narcissism of their public, who democratically sought to live out the "lavish lifestyles" of their heroes and heroines. As actress Betty Blythe said when she looked at herself in the mirror in her first elaborate gown:
Needless to say, the new ideal of a perpetually youthful marriage or "lifestyle" represented a defeat of the long nineteenth-century struggle for a meaningful marriage and not its fulfillment. Although this is not the place to make the argument, it is likely that the "sexiness" of the "new woman" of the 1920s with the accompanying coyness and transience of the image also represented a decline in the hopes for passionate sexual relations to be found in the literature of the early twentieth century.
May is not the first historian to see expressed in the movies the compensatory fantasies of the depowered masses. Nor is he the first to understand that the movies were the agent of explicit social control. May's contents on Lillian Gish's Victorianism, Theda Bara's vamp, Mary Pickford's "new woman," and Gloria Swanson's bedroom appeal are not in themselves original. What is original, however, is May's ability to synthesize these and other scattered and sometimes contradictory insights into a coherent and plausible whole, whose central theme is the emergence of the modern working class. True to the conventions of academic history, May is often not explicit about his assumptions and central argument. At points, he confuses the issue by relating his material to the aforementioned debate over Progressivism, which his framework really renders trivial. But these are small faults.
In 1936 Walter Benjamin linked film to the "tremendous shattering of tradition" that occurs with modern capitalist society, and he wrote, with the Nazis in mind,
The problem of the relation of mass culture to the proletarianization and depoliticization of the twentieth-century working class remains as critical today as it was in the 1930s of Benjamin's essay, May's book is an important contribution to this question.
1. "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," in Illuminations (New York: Schocken Books), p. 241.


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1967-1968 Soccer
Another strong season for the Pingry Soccer program saw the 1967 squad record a 10-2-2 slate. The high powered offense racked up eighteen goals in their first four contests alone, and just missed out on their third straight ...
1969-1970 Soccer
The 1969 Soccer team was another great one for the Pingry School. The squad finished with a strong 11-2-4 record with an unbelievable fifteen shutouts, and only lost the Union County championship to Clark on penalty kicks ...
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Pingry's 1968 Soccer team record tallied at 10-1-3 for the regular season and 12-2-3 overall, claiming the Independent Schools Championship with its win over Hun and just missing out on the Union County title due to a hard ...
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State champions. Number one in prep schools. 12-2-3 team record. Undefeated at home in regular season play for the ninth straight year.


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