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I love a mystery, don't you? Doesn't everybody? Carolyn Greenberg, student of Latin and devotee of murder mysteries, certainly did. My late wife left shelves of detective stories, mainly English, on the downstairs bookshelves, lined up like Beefeaters at the Tower of London.
Among her favorites were the quartet of donnish novels by the (alas) late Sarah Caudwell, the British barrister who was called to the chancery bar before going over to Lloyds Bank -- to do tax planning, naturally. For the rise of the Inland Revenue has mirrored the decline of no longer Great Britain. There's an inverse ratio between taxation and greatness; it's a pattern amply illustrated by the history of every empire at least since Rome's.
Ms. Caudwell began the first of her Hilary Tamar quartet of detective novels, "Thus Was Adonis Murdered," with a few words about the fate of the scholar at the modern university. She knew something about the subject, having done her undergraduate work in classics at Aberdeen and read law at St. Anne's College at Oxford. The law, they say, narrows the mind by sharpening it. Counselor Caudwell seems to have been the exception to that rule, to judge by the opening lines of her book:
"Scholarship asks, thank God, no recompense but Truth. It is not for the sake of material reward that she (Scholarship) pursues her (Truth) through the undergrowth of Ignorance, shining on Obscurity the bright torch of Reason and clearing aside the tangled thorns of Error with the keen secateurs of Intellect. Nor is it for the sake of public glory and the applause of the multitude: the scholar is indifferent to vulgar acclaim. Nor is it even in the hope that those few intimate friends who have observed at first hand the labor of the chase will mark with a word or two of discerning congratulation its eventual achievement. Which is very fortunate, because they don't."
These days the scholar gets even shorter shrift at prestigious universities across the country -- as opposed to the academic climber who winds up either in administration or warming an endowed chair to no clear purpose.
The latest institution of higher learning seeking to lower it is the University of Arkansas, which is out to attract more students to its campus at Fayetteville in the beautiful northwestern corner of the state. And what better way than to whittle way at the core of the core curriculum it once offered -- indeed, demanded -- of those who studied there? Never mind how much or just what those students may learn; the important thing is the number of students handed a diploma, whether they can read it or not. Gosh, are university diplomas still in Latin? It scarcely matters; English may be equally indecipherable to some of today's graduates.
Scholarship is scarcely the highest priority of this state's public universities. That minor detail comes pretty far down -- if it makes the list at all. A list usually headed by football, the established religion in these parts no matter what the First Amendment says, and followed at a respectful distance by the kind of coveted research grants that have some industrial or commercial application. Or just promise a lifetime stipend.
These days the biggest concern at this state's four-year universities is their low graduation rates. It seems many are called to these schools, but only 38 percent are chosen to graduate within six years. That statistic -- statistics are very big in higher ed -- made the front page of the paper a few weeks back: "Arkansas' university graduation rate 38 percent." The graduation rate at two-year community colleges is even lower -- 17 percent.
But some of us are less concerned about the number of graduates from Arkansas' colleges and universities than whether they're learning much while they're there. I live for the day when the front-page headlines are about how little a college degree means in these grade-inflated days -- rather than about how many are being handed out.
Citizens are supposed to be shocked, alarmed and moved to action by the low number of entering freshmen who manage to become graduating seniors in this state. But what else would you expect when you consider how poorly the kids are being prepared for college?
Last time I checked, more than half the graduates of the state's high schools (54.6 percent last year) needed to take remedial courses in math, English or reading to learn what they should have learned in high school.
The reaction of the state's educators has been pretty much what you'd expect: Churn out more graduates by lowering standards even further. (I say educators because scholars seem to have been largely replaced by educators, just as learning has been replaced by expertise, teachers by facilitators, and education by educanto.) For sad example, the chancellor of the university's Fayetteville campus -- G. David Gearhart -- has announced that its Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences is going to be requiring a lot less art and science.
The university's core curriculum is to be reduced from the current 66 to 35 credit hours. "What we're trying to do in the state," explains the chancellor, "is get more students with baccalaureate degrees. Anything we can do to make it seamless and make it an easier transfer (from smaller colleges) to the university is good." And he may mean anything.
To quote Jim Purcell, who directs the state's Department of Higher Education: "We're in a state where we're really trying to increase our graduates." It's the number of graduates that count, you see, not whether they're being educated. Franz Kafka would understand.
Arkansas' new Act 182, which was supposed to establish some statewide standards for student transfers, is being used to rationalize this dilution of the university's standards. Sue Madison, a state senator from Fayetteville who voted for the act, sounded surprised: "It never entered (our) minds to dumb down the curriculum." But that's just what happens when graduating students becomes more important than educating them.
After all, why should a scientist know something of Shakespeare, or a student of foreign languages take geometry? Why study a foreign tongue at all when everybody in the world now speaks English, or should? Why should a degree of familiarity with the King James Bible be expected of any but pre-ministerial students? Or a course in genetics be of any interest to students in the humanities? Such notions are so ... classical.
A broad liberal education is the antithesis of a technical, specialized education, which is what results when each department of the university decides for itself what general education courses it will require for its specialty.
Education, like modern society itself, is now to be broken down into specializations. What are Athens and Jerusalem to us, or to anyone not majoring in history or religion? For this is the oh-so-advanced 21st century, not somewhere back in benighted B.C. Or even back in the 19th century with the Victorians. Why, we know so much more now than they did then! Forget that it is precisely they -- their thought, their experience, their discoveries, their poetry and wisdom -- that we know, or should.
But now we know that the important thing is to make a good living, not how to lead the good life. Economic development is what counts, right? Even at the cost of any other kind. No wonder the highest desideratum in a thoroughly modern university president is not that he be a great scholar but a great fundraiser.
Why should not all students, whether in physics or phys ed, be required to have much the same core curriculum, or liberal education? They're all going to be citizens and voters, aren't they? Lest we forget, the term liberal education derives from the concept of an education suitable for the free -- those who enjoy liberty. Rather than being enslaved by their own ignorance.
If there is any consolation in having lost a Sarah Caudwell, scholar and barrister, writer and logician, it is this: If she lamented the low estate in which scholarship was held in her time, at least she didn't live to see what we're doing to education now. Its corpus can usually be found sprawled on the floor of a university administrative office, and it's no mystery whodunit. The culprits may be found at the top levels of every once great American university.


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Court awards financial settlement to creationist who was fired for challenging evolution
A creationist was awarded a six-digit financial settlement from California State University Northridge (CSUN) after he was allegedly fired for publishing his findings on the discovery of soft tissue on a triceratops horn.
In 2012, Mark Armitage discovered the triceratops horn at a dinosaur dig in Hell Creek Formation, Montana. He found that the horn contained soft fiber and bone tissues that were stretchy, The College Fix reported.
His findings were published in the November 2012 issue of American Laboratory magazine and in the online peer-reviewed journal Acta Histochemica in February 2013.
Armitage's lawsuit alleged that the publication of his findings led to his termination. Some of the professors allegedly went on a "witchhunt" against him and one of them reportedly stormed into his office shouting, "We are not going to tolerate your religion in this department!"
Campus officials told Armitage that his position was only temporary and cited the lack of funding as the reason for his termination.
Armitage's attorney, Alan Reinach, maintained that the creationist was fired because the university did not want to be associated with Armitage's article. He noted that the termination took place just a few weeks after his findings were published.
"To have CSUN associated with the creation heresy — that was the capital offense," Reinach told The College Fix.
Reinach, who is also the executive director of the Church State Council, stated that Armitage's article did not go into detail about the implications of the discovery.
According to Nature, Armitage did not publish his views about the age of the fossil and simply reported that it was found in Hell Creek.
The attorney did not state the exact amount he received but according to The College Fix, he said that it was "a substantial settlement representing about 15 times his annual part-time salary."
CSUN still maintained that Armitage had been fired due to a lack of funding and claimed that it only settled the case to avoid a costly legal battle.
Reinach acknowledged that there was no admission of guilt in the settlement but he believed that the university would not pay a large amount if it did not think it would lose the case.
"The evidence was quite clear," he added. "The stated reasons for saying they fired him were simply not true. There were lies and contradictions abounding from several of the key witnesse," Reinach continued.
He said evidence against the campus officials was seen in an email suggesting that Armitage could be eased out of the job by making his position full-time.
"Not only did it not support the notion that there was budgetary concerns, but in fact suggested to the contrary," said Reinach.

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This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine's daily What to Watch listings.
With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it's easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new "prestige drama" you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the VCR… however it is you roll.
This week, you'll find 14 series return from winter break (including The Good Doctor, Supernatural and This Is Us), six season premieres (including grown-ish, The Magicians and Sex Education), a dozen debuts (including Stephen King adaptation The Outsider) and so much more.
Sunday, January 12
7 pm Critics' Choice Awards hosted by Taye Diggs (The CW)
9 pm The Outsider series premiere (HBO; two episodes)
9 pm Sanditon series premiere (PBS; two episodes)
9 pm The Trumpet Awards (Bounce TV)
10 pm Bob's Burgers returns (Fox; special time)
10:30 pm Bless the Harts Season 1 finale (Fox; special time)
Monday, January 13
3 am The Healing Powers of Dude series premiere (Netflix; all episodes)
9 pm The New Pope (fka The Young Pope) premiere (HBO)
10 pm The Good Doctor returns (ABC)
Tuesday, January 14
3 am Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts series premiere (Netflix; all episodes)
3 am Leslie Jones: Time Machine comedy special premiere (Netflix)
8 pm Arrow/"Crisis on Infinite Earths" Part 4 of 5 (The CW)
8 pm Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time continues (ABC; also Wednesday and Thursday if needed)
9 pm Legends of Tomorrow/"Crisis on Infinite Earths" finale (The CW)
9 pm This Is Us returns (NBC)
10 pm New Amsterdam returns (NBC; get "threenewal" news!)
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3 am Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez docuseries premiere (Netflix; all episodes)
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8 pm The Goldbergs returns (ABC)
8:30 pm Schooled returns (ABC)
9 pm Nancy Drew returns (The CW)
10 pm 68 Whiskey series premiere (Paramount Network)
10 pm Good Trouble Season 2B premiere (Freeform)
10 pm The Magicians Season 5 premiere (Syfy)
10 pm S.W.A.T. returns (CBS)
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8 pm grown-ish Season 3 premiere (Freeform)
8 pm Supernatural returns (The CW)
8:30 pm Everything's Gonna Be Okay series premiere (Freeform; 90 minutes)
9 pm Legacies returns (The CW)
9 pm The Last Days of Richard Pryor ABC News special (ABC)
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3 am Ares series premiere (Netflix; all episodes)
3 am Diary of a Future President series premiere (Disney+)
3 am Endlings series premiere (Hulu; all episodes)
3 am Hip Hop Evolution Season 4 premiere (Netflix; all episodes)
3 am Little America series premiere (Apple TV+; all episodes)
3 am Rob Delaney: Jackie comedy special premiere (Amazon Prime)
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3 am Servant Season 1 finale (Apple TV+)
3 am Sex Education Season 2 premiere (Netflix; all episodes)
8 pm American Housewife returns (ABC)
8 pm America's Most Musical Family Season 1 finale (Nickelodeon; special time)
8 pm Charmed returns (The CW)
8:30 pm Fresh Off the Boat returns (ABC)
9 pm Dynasty returns (The CW)
10 pm Real Time With Bill Maher Season 18 premiere (HBO)
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8 pm NBA Saturday Primetime Season 5 premiere (ABC)
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Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who derided India and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in a private 1971 conversation with President Nixon, expressed regret in an interview aired Friday and insisted the comments be viewed in the context of Cold War politics.
Kissinger told the New Delhi Television channel that Nixon's reference to Gandhi as an "old witch" — a comment revealed earlier this week in transcripts of Oval Office tapes and newly declassified documents — was "Nixon language."
"This was not a formal conversation. This was somebody letting off steam at the end of a meeting in which both President Nixon and I were emphasizing that we had gone out of our way to treat Mrs. Gandhi very cordially," Kissinger, 82, told NDTV. "There was disappointment at the results of the meeting. The language was Nixon language."
Kissinger's comments came after an Associated Press story on the transcripts became front-page news across India. But it barely created a ripple in U.S.-Indian ties, which have improved dramatically in recent years.
'Slobbered over the old witch'
Kissinger said the Nov. 5, 1971, conversation had to be viewed as a reflection of the Cold War, during which India leaned toward the Soviet Union. At the time, Gandhi was also seen as keen for a military conflict with Pakistan that the United States was trying to avoid. The war did take place a month later, leading to the creation of the new nation of Bangladesh.
The transcript of the Nixon conversation in the Oval Office was declassified last week.
"We really slobbered over the old witch," Nixon told Kissinger a day after the president met Gandhi. Kissinger was then the national security adviser.
"The Indians are bastards anyway," Kissinger responded. "They are starting a war there ... While she was a bitch, we got what we wanted too. She will not be able to go home and say that the United States didn't give her a warm reception and therefore in despair she's got to go to war."
Regret expressed
On Thursday, Kissinger, who was interviewed in person, apparently at his home in New York, said the remarks did not reflect U.S. policy of the day.
"I regret that these words were used. I have extremely high regard for Mrs. Gandhi as a statesman," Kissinger said. "The fact that we were at cross purposes at that time was inherent in the situation but she was a great leader who did great things for her country."
Relations between India and the United States have changed radically since Kissinger's days. The two are allies with swiftly growing trade and military ties. Increasing U.S. influence is also seen as having influenced Pakistan to act against separatist Islamic militants who have waged attacks in India's Kashmir region since 1989.
"The U.S. recognizes that India is a global power, that it is a strategic partner of the U.S. on the big issues," Kissinger said. He said that both countries' experiences with terrorism had helped bring them together.
'Unbecoming,' says Indian politician
Still, the remarks by Nixon and Kissinger, captured by a taping system Nixon had secretly installed in the Oval office, stirred anger in India.
"It is shocking that the head of state of a country and his principal adviser chose to use such intemperate language against a popularly elected prime minister of another country," said Anand Sharma, spokesman of the Congress party, which leads the ruling coalition.
"The remarks were not only distasteful, they were unbecoming of any head of state. The damning of the entire people of India is unacceptable in any civilized dialogue between countries and people," Sharma said. "These words have no relevance today ... We hope the present U. S. leader also rejects these remarks, which were definitely in very poor taste."


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Wow! What a week it has been! I can honestly say that since we've been back from holiday, my head's been in a wonderful foglike cross between holiday mode, jetlag mode and work mode and no it has not been pretty lol.
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Announcement of Newly Established GHIT Fund at the World Health Assembly
Dr. Slingsby announced the establishment of the GHIT Fund at the WHA event.
World Health Organization Assembly (WHA) was held during May 20th and 28th, 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. B.T.
Slingsby, CEO of the GHIT Fund participated as a panelists on the WHA event titled "Innovative Financing for Global Health R&D: Global Health Experts Comment on Japan's First Public-Private Partnership to Advance Global Health R&D"
"Six out of ten of the world's poorest people are affected by HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis and NTDs every year. Yet half of these deaths are preventable. We can save millions of lives leveraging Japanese technology, innovation and insights with partnering with global community toward eliminating these infectious diseases. The GHIT Fund aims to utilize the innovation and technologies found throughout the country's pharmaceutical companies, universities, and its world-class research institutions", Dr. Slingsby explained in his opening remarks.
The GHIT Fund is the first fund of its kind in which a group of pharmaceutical companies are joining efforts with national government and an international foundation to advance the discovery and development of new global health technologies.
A new financing mechanism for global health R&D by GHIT Fund to fight against diseases that disproportionately affect the poorest of the poor drew significant attention from government officials attending WHA as well as non-governmental organizations and professionals in the global health space.
Dr. Slingsby was joined by Dr. Mitsuhiro Ushio (Assistant Minister for Global Health, Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare, Japan), Dr. Bernard Pecoul (Executive Director of Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative) and Dr. David Reddy (CEO of Medicine For Malaria Venture). The panelists voiced their expectations towards the GHIT Fund highlighting that it is a novel model to fund global health R&D with the potential to accelerate the creation of a sustainable pipeline of new tools to tackle infectious diseases prevalent in developing world. The panel culminated with a consensus on need for similar mechanisms in other countries that can better bring the public and private sectors together.


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No Ordinary Messby Roza Sinaysky | 13.02.14
Oh my, can I please start this post by saying how sorry I am for not posting for so long??! It's been a crazy few weeks of traveling and I am finally starting to catch my breath. I know it's in a little delay but as they say, it's better late then never right? So here goes my post about Robert Zlotnik's brilliant new collection, and a quick chit chat with the designer about the mysterious location for his new campaign.
Roza Sinaysky: Tell me about this collection and how it was born?
Robert Zlotnik: I started working on this collection during a trip to Paris, most of the conceptual work has been done there. It was a great opportunity for me to combine between my current main theme, which is the geometry in nature, and the vibe in one of my favourite places in the world (Paris that is). Eventually the inspiration for this collection was a place called Giverny – the botanic gardens of the painter Monet. After spending a whole day there, it hit me. I realized that the writing was on the wall from the beginning, the place was surreal, pastoral in a melancholic way, geometry everywhere, it was it.
The collection is all about the combination between opposite elements: femininity and masculinity, strong geometrical lines combined with pleats and ruffles, big volume silhouettes, made of stiff but very soft fabric. My idea was to use the geometrical cutting lines in a garment, as a fundamental base, which constructs and holds the shape of a big volume silhouette that made of a soft fabric. There is something organic and raw about this. I compare it to the retaining walls of a building.
RS: I like how unexpected and different it (the collection) is, nothing like it in Israel, what do you think makes you a unique designer?
RZ: First of all thank you, you know, uniqueness is a meter of perspective, for me what I do is what I know. My design and my inspirations reflect on my world, it is my interpretation of things and my point of view on fashion and on the world in general.
My work mostly based on my instincts and intuition, that's why I consider myself as a citizen of the world, and not necessarily of a particular country. I prefer to look at the big picture, because I believe that fashion is an international language, and a place like Israel, which contains so many different cultures, feels like a great platform for me.
My agenda is, that the most important thing, is to create with love, and to love what I create. It is the only way, if its made with love, inspiration and vision, it will find the right costumer, or the opposite. I always try to keep the balance between my ideas and what my costumer would want to wear, sometimes I become this costumer, in order to understand it better. In every collection, I combine a few garments which are limited, and a few costume-made pieces, I love to work with personal clients. Most of the garments have a personal touch, for example the black and white box dress has a pleated skirt, that has been attached by draping (by hand). So each dress is a bit different and one of a kind. During the season, I usually change the fabrics of the collection garments, in order to keep it fresh, so the number of each garment made of the original fabric is limited. My aim is to create a certain signature. I also believe in high quality, it is something I would never sell myself short for.
RS: Tell me about this shoot, the location looks very mysterious, what is this place?
RZ: The location is an old store room, when I tolled about the idea of the collection to the talented Shahaf Margalit, who is the photographer of this shoot (who is also a very close friend of mine) and understands my aesthetics very well, she came up with the idea. The location represents the diversity and the versatility of the collection, you can wear it as a casual and as an evening wear at the same time, depends on your style, so a storeroom is kind of a tribute to the fact that you can wear it any time, at any place. Its symbolise the order and the esthetics within the mess. It is also brings up the subject of the beauty definition, and symbolise the objectivity in it, as well as the question what is pretty and what is ugly?
RS: How have you grown as a designer from your last collection? What has changed?
RZ: I always try to reinvent my self, but to keep my language and my signature at the same time. I think that for a self taught designer, each collection brings huge development. With every collection you learn more, you understand better how things work, how fabrics react to certain manipulations, who is your client and what is the massage that you deliver though your work.
If I look at the time line of my work, I can clearly see the change i've been through, from inspiration to esthetics, influences and the elements within the garments, which ends up with my current esthetics- minimalism and the elements from the couture world such as a big volume siluettes, big pleats and ruffles. At this point, I challenge myself more than ever, to take out all the unnecessary elements in each sketch i make, in order to find the design essence of the garment.
RS: How is the Israeli press and fashion circle excepting your designs?
RZ: Although I design since I can remember myself, my brand is quite new, it exists for about two years and since the beginning my work caught an attention of stylists and photographers from Israel and abroad who used my designs for shootings and fashion figures who also worn my garments to fashion events most of them became close friends of mine. Resonantly Razili offered me to collaborate with them and it's been a success and a good opportunity for me to expend my circle of clients and to expose my work on a new platform. I enjoy it very much its a wonderful experience. I'm excited each time when someone likes my clothes, wether its costumers,celebrity, stylists or people from the fashion circle, its always nice to know that i'm not the only one who likes what I do!
RS: What are your feature plans?
RZ: These days I'm working on several projects like my summer collection an evening collection and a collaboration project with a very talented artist/photographer/filmmaker Ella Manor. In the long run, I'm planing to open a show-room studio, which will also function as a workshop and as a platform for young artists to exhibit and sell their works, thats incase I won't move somewhere in Europe, nothing personal, I'm just a winter person!
Photography, hair & make up : Shahaf Margalit, model : Coral Etzioni


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Russian report: Americans did not fire the main objects of the base
Russian journalists who were the first to enter the air base targeted by American cruise missiles late last week say that the "Americans did not fire the main objects of the base". In what appears to be another confusing turn of events in an equally confusing and complicated event, this leads one to question whether US forces failed to completely destroy the base or if this was how it was planned.
Having investigated the air field, the Russian journalists reported: "Undamaged aircraft and ammunition in hangars and open areas, the most important management structures on the territory of the airfield are intact."
It was also mentioned that the air base was used to conduct regular air strikes against the Islamic State. The report said: "So it turns out that Washington with its actions supported the fanatics of the pseudo-Caliphate." It's already known that this air base was used to protect a large are that included Christian towns.
Why would Trump fire at an air base used by the Syrian military to target ISIS? And even more interestingly, why are the "main objects" of the air base still intact?
With the main runways fully operational, and major elements safe from the US missiles, the air base is already back in business. The Syrian military has re-started its assaults against ISIS.
What is interesting to note is that while Russia was told in advance of the air strike by the US, it did not use its S-300 ad S-400 weapons in place in Syria to take down the missiles. If Russia did not take down the missiles, and if the air base is still mainly intact, what really is the truth behind this event?
On the one hand, the US President has come out and said he conducted the air strikes as a response to alleged claims that Syria used chemical weapons attacks against its own people. On the other hand, there are major discrepancies in this series of events: why did Trump spectacularly go back against his word of reviving US isolationism? Why would he attack an air base used to target ISIS and protect Christians? Why does it look more and more like this event was a false flag? These are questions that make this event one of the most puzzling in the history of the Syrian civil war.


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Less than six months after launching in France, a dockless bike-sharing service is calling it quits in the country, due to what it characterized as "mass destruction." The company, Gobee, told The Guardian that over a thousand bikes were stolen in France, with 3,200 damaged and 6,500 needing repairs.
"Over the months of December and January, the mass destruction of our fleet has become the new entertainment of underaged individuals," said Gobee.
A shitstorm of ruination seems to be the default outcome for dockless bike-sharing services, and Gobee is no exception to the rule. Which poses the question: Will humans ever not wreak havoc on a dockless bike-sharing service?
Around the world, bike-sharing startups are struggling with this reality. In China, there are heaps of thousands of discarded bikes. Dockless bike-sharing service Wukong Bikes shut down after it lost 90 percent of its bikes in just five months—the company forgot to equip its bikes with GPS. In Britain, Obike had to terminate its operations in several London locations after bikes obstructed highways and sidewalks, and it faced backlash in Australia for similar reasons. And in the US, Spin is fighting with the Department of Transportation to get its dockless bikes operational in New York City—but people with access to the service in Seattle have already complained about a wonky user experience. Finally, while it's not a bike-sharing service, free-reign access to bikes at Google has led to hundreds of them going missing a week.
"It was sad and disappointing to realise that a few individuals could ruin such a beautiful and promising project," Gobee said, according to The Guardian. "We had to come to the conclusion that it could not be viable and there was no other choice for us than shutting down, nationwide."
Based on the litany of dockless bike-sharing failures, it's almost as if a service banking on the good faith of humans isn't a sustainable business plan. It's inarguably great to try and encourage more people to choose bikes over cars, but the convenience that dockless bike-sharing offers also invites its downfall.
Earlier this month, Felix Salmon argued in Wired Ideas that the chaos of dockless bike-sharing services was a necessary disruption to "reveal desire paths, build new ones, and make permanent changes to the warp and weft of the city."
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But I'm hard-pressed to find an example of a dockless bike-sharing success story. While it's possible that city planners will one day be forced to address the problem in the same way they do natural disasters, there's little evidence of a will to, with the immediate result being increased theft, vandalism, and obstruction. This is not to say that improved access to bikes is a flawed plan. But perhaps leaning too heavily on the premise that people's good nature will outweigh their laziness or appetite for destruction is a bit misguided. Bike-sharing is fantastic, but dockless is, to date, a goddamn mess.


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It has secured its first location in Scottsdale, AZ
Jun 19, 2012, 10:25 ET
SEATTLE, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Baristas Coffee Company, Inc. (OTCPK: BCCI) announces that June 22, 2012, the location is expected to be fully renovated and open for business in Scottsdale. The location is at 17257 E. Shea Blvd., Unit 3, located in the City of Fountain Hills County of Maricopa, State of Arizona.
The location in the Scottsdale/Fountain Hills area is on the main artery Shea Boulevard which crosses through Fountain Hills to the Bee line highway. The Bee Line highway connects Scottsdale to Mesa and Tempe. It is the main road that people travel from Prescott to the Valley of the Sun. This location is the last stop and the first stop for people traveling to and from the Casino, Prescott and Mesa. This location marks the fifth state that Baristas has expanded into as part of its national expansion and is the first of five that are planned in the region.
Fountain Hills is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, neighboring the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and Scottsdale, Arizona which is known for its large Fountain that releases water over a hundred feet in the air.
"This prime new location is a double sided drive-through that is very visible to traffic on a very busy road. We are very pleased to have aquired this outstanding location and believe that it will showcase our business model and products well as our first location in the region." Stated Barry Henthorn CEO.
About Baristas Coffee Company (BCCI): Headquartered in the Seattle, Washington area, Baristas Coffee Company, Inc. was formed to create a national brand of drive-thru espresso stands. BCCI is accomplishing this by acquiring established businesses that fit its model, opening new locations, and by franchising. Baristas has separated itself from the competition with its "theme" of joining attractive female baristas in entertaining costumes preparing the finest beverages available on the market. Baristas can currently be found in six greater Seattle area locations as well as in Texas, Florida, Montana, and Arizona. Your state, Coming Soon!
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We are looking for an experienced, and motivated Pre-Sales/Systems Engineer to support a growing territory. In this role, you will report to the Systems Engineering Manager and partner with Account Managers to cover accounts in the Orlando & Tampa, FL markets.
The Pre-Sales/Systems Engineer is a very prominent, high impact role responsible for establishing Nutanix as an innovative leader for the enterprise and closing transactions within assigned territories. We want someone who will be able to clearly articulate the value of Nutanix while respecting the overwhelming needs and responsibilities the Enterprise sector faces. As a Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for identifying and matching technology opportunities with the customer's business issues and objectives, as well as channel partner training and enablement.
About the team
Our Americas Systems Engineering organization is made up of 300+ customer-focused technical sales professionals who provide pre-sales consulting, technical guidance, and hands-on assistance to customers and Nutanix channel partners. Our System Engineering organization collaborates and partners with our sales teams to recommend and design effective and appropriate customer solutions based on Nutanix offerings. This team also acts in a consultative fashion and is looked to as an expert in his/her field by the Nutanix sales teams, business partners, and customers.
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- You have at least 5 to 8 years of Sales Engineering or Reseller experience in a high tech sales environment with a demonstrated track record of success in driving customer adoption of technology.
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- You have the ability to motivate, train, and conduct seminars with our partners to increase Nutanix revenues within assigned territory.
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Does this sound like you? Let's talk!
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Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix is a passionate team of 6000+ employees worldwide. Our people (we call ourselves "Nutants") are the heartbeat of #LifeAtNutanix and one of the many things that makes Nutanix a great place to work. We share an intellectual curiosity, a bias for action, and an obsession for our customers. We are builders and problem solvers with an entrepreneurial spirit. Above all, we celebrate what makes each of us unique.
We are humbled to be recognized as one of Bloomberg's Top 50 Companies to Watch in 2020 and one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® 2020.
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Nutanix is a global leader in cloud software and a pioneer in hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, making computing invisible anywhere. Companies around the world use Nutanix software to leverage a single platform to manage any app, at any location, at any scale for their private, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.
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Nutanix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and (in the U.S.) an Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other category protected by applicable law. We hire and promote individuals solely on the basis of qualifications for the job to be filled.
We strive to foster an inclusive working environment that enables all our Nutants to be themselves and to do great work in a safe and welcoming environment, free of unlawful discrimination, intimidation, or harassment. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please let us know by contacting [email protected]
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Buying good companies at good prices and holding on to them for years, if not decades, has proved to be the best way to grow wealthy. So which stocks do we think are great buy-and-hold candidates today? We asked that question of two Motley Fool investors, and they chose IBM (IBM -0.49%) and MGP Ingredients (MGPI 0.66%).
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Chuck Saletta (International Business Machines): Technology titan IBM has gone through tough times recently. Revenue has been shrinking on an annual basis for the past several years, and it's only thanks to a large, long-term share-buyback program that its per-share earnings have looked reasonably solid.
Financial engineering doesn't make for a compelling long-term investing story. What does is that IBM is reinventing itself and positioning itself for future growth. It's in the process of refreshing its mainframe lineup, with a new offering focused on cybersecurity and cloud computing.
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At some point, growth in those strategic imperatives should offset declines in IBM's legacy businesses. It may then once again become a stock you'd be willing to brag about owning. Between now and then, a reasonable valuation combined with a rising dividend makes it a stock that deserves consideration for a patient investor's portfolio.
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Global whiskey volumes are expected to grow by 55.2 million 9-liter cases over the next five years, with the U.S. market contributing almost 9 million cases to the total. Analysts expect MGP Ingredients to keep growing earnings by 15% annually over that same time frame, and though its stock is up 56% in the past year, it's probably one you'll still be able to brag about owning in the future.


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If I'm being honest, by the time Friday usually rolls around, I'm always eager to dash for the train home, avoiding a flurry of people rushing to the airport and the general chaos of central London at the end of the working week in favour of getting home and starting the weekend in a generally more relaxed fashion; bedecked in pyjamas and settled down in front of the television! However, last Friday offered an exception to this rule, as Elodie was in town! In celebration, the gang of us made our way to Homeslice in Fitzrovia for one serous pizza party:
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Where are your favourite end-of-the-week foodie haunts?
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- Soil: good potting compost
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: November to late January
- Hardiness: tender (indoors only)
- Current height: approximately 20cm (including pot)
- Pot cover: includes an etched brass pot
Known as the Christmas cactus because it puts on such a wonderful eyecatching floral display over the Christmas period, rightly justifying its name. But even when it is not in flower, this is an interesting houseplant. Although this is called a cactus it is not a sun lover as it originates from jungles and woodlands, attaching itself to trees.
Please note: the shade of red for the Christmas cactus may vary and contain some paler markings than the photograph.
- Home care: Because of where this plant comes from, it likes a bright spot but not in direct sun with a humid atmosphere - so you could stand it on a saucer of damp gravel to improve the humidity. It is an easy plant to care for, but if you want it to flower each Christmas there are a few rules to follow.
Basically it needs 2 resting periods, so after it has flowered in late January reduce the watering and move to a cooler room with a temperature of approx 12-15°C. Water sparingly but don't let it dry out. Then from April to September increase the water and start to feed with a liquid houseplant fertiliser and move to a warmer room with a temperature of around 18-20°C. The flower buds should start to form in mid-September, so you will need to reduce the temperature and watering as before for the 2nd resting period. Once the flower buds have developed you again increase the temperature and watering. Then you should be rewarded with another lovely Christmas floral display! For healthy growth, it is best to repot every year at the end of March using a cactus potting compost or John Innes No.2 with added grit.
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