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A one and a half pint serving Jug.
Woods Beryl Ware, one and a half pint serving jug ideal for Breakfast milk, Lunchtime sauces and Dinner time dessert custard, a general purpose jug if ever there was one.
Synonymous with the 1940's, this hard wearing attractive, green family household dinner service was in all the village halls and the best kept kitchens throughout our green and pleasant land.
Woods started making pottery in Burslem, Stoke on Trent, England in 1865 but actually have over a 250 year history in the potteries. The firm went bust in 1981 rose from the ashes and finally went bust again in 2005, the factory is now a housing estate, so this ware will never be available again.
DIG FOR VINTAGE carry plenty of stock across the whole Beryl dinner service range.
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|Cord Blood News 9.21 June 1, 2017
Correlation of CDC42 Activity with Cell Proliferation and Palmitate-Mediated Cell Death in Human Umbilical Cord Wharton's Jelly Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Scientists showed that CDC42 acts as an essential factor in regulating cell proliferation and also takes part in lipotoxic effects of palmitate in human umbilical cord Wharton's jelly derived mesenchymal stromal cells (WJ-MSCs). Cultured human bone marrow-MSCs, adipose tissue-MSCs, and umbilical cord WJ-MSCs derived cells had varying pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion levels and cell death rates when treated by palmitate. [Stem Cells Dev] Abstract
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Engineering the Hemogenic Niche Mitigates Endogenous Inhibitory Signals and Controls Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Blood Emergence
Investigators showed that hemogenic niches can be engineered using microfabrication strategies by micropatterning human pluripotent stem cell-derived hemogenic endothelial cells into spatially-organized, size-controlled colonies. Intra-colony analysis revealed radial organization of CD34 and VECAD expression levels, with CD45+ blood cells emerging primarily from the colony centroid area. [Nat Commun] Full Article
Biomimetic Macroporous PCL Scaffolds for Ex Vivo Expansion of Cord Blood-Derived CD34+ Cells with Feeder Cells Support
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) efficiently self-renew in niches where they interact with three-dimensional (3D) extracellular matrix and stromal cells. Co-cultures of CD34+ cells and mesenchyme stem cells derived from human amniotic membrane (hAMSCs) on the basis of biomimetic macroporous 3D poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) scaffolds were developed, and scaffolds and hAMSCs were applied to mimic structural and cellular microenvironment of HSCs. The influence of scaffolds, feeder cells, and contact manners on expansion and stemness maintenance of CD34+ cells was investigated. [Macromol Biosci] Abstract
Carcinogenicity, Efficiency and Biosafety Analysis in Xeno-Free Human Amniotic Stem Cells for Regenerative Medical Therapies
Investigators generated ten human amniotic mesenchymal stromal cell (hAMSC) lines under human umbilical cord blood (hUCS) serum-supplemented medium (xeno-free culture) and fetal bovine serum-supplemented medium and investigated carcinogenicity and immunosuppressive properties in the resultant hAMSC lines. Xeno-free hAMSC lines retained essential stem cell characteristics, with a high degree of certainty for meeting biosafety and carcinogenicity standards for a xeno-free system supplemented with allogenic hUCS. [Cytotherapy] Abstract
Functional and Structural Assessment of the Effect of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity
The authors evaluated the effect of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in the functional and the structural improvement of doxorubicin (DOX)-induced cardiomyopathy in rats. DOX-administered rats showed significant functional and structural deterioration. Human umbilical cord blood-MSCs significantly ameliorated the cardiotoxic manifestations as shown by biochemical, functional and structural cardiac improvement. [J Cell Biochem] Abstract
A Rho-Associated Coiled-Coil Containing Kinases (ROCK) Inhibitor, Y-27632, Enhances Adhesion, Viability and Differentiation of Human Term Placenta-Derived Trophoblasts In Vitro
Although human term placenta-derived primary cytotrophoblasts (pCTBs) represent a good human syncytiotrophoblast model, in vitro culture of pCTBs is not always easily accomplished. Scientists examined Y-27632's potential for enhancing pCTB adhesion, viability and differentiation. [PLoS One] Full Article
Impact of Adipose Tissue or Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells on the Immunogenicity of Human Cord Blood Derived Endothelial Progenitor Cells
Researchers compared the immunogenicity of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), adipose tissue (AD)-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and umbilical cord (UC)-derived MSCs by flow cytometry and the mixed lymphocyte reaction. UC-MSCs expressed lower levels of IFN-γ receptor mRNA when compared with EPCs and AD-MSCs. EPCs stimulated higher rates of proliferation of lymphocytes than AD-MSCs and UC-MSCs. [PLoS One] Full Article
External Magnetic Field Promotes Homing of Magnetized Stem Cells Following Subcutaneous Injection
The authors studied the ability of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles-labeled Wharton's jelly of the human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells to carry the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene to cutaneous injury sites in a murine model. The results showed that GFP could be intensively detected around the wound in vivo 24 hours after the cells were injected. [BMC Cell Biol] Full Article
Long-Term Leukocyte Reconstitution in NSG Mice Transplanted with Human Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells
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The pricey furniture order for Secretary Ben Carson's private dining room at the Department of Housing and Urban Development "has officially been canceled," the owner of the company that made the sale confirmed to CNN.
Evelyn Sebree, of the interior design firm Sebree and Associates, told CNN on Thursday evening that the company had waived the restocking fee for HUD, so none of the agency's funds will be used for the order.
Earlier this week, a HUD employee claimed she had been demoted in part over her refusal to spend more than she was legally allowed to redecorate Carson's office.
In a November 2017 complaint, Helen Foster said she had been told to "find money" beyond the legal $5,000 limit for redecorating. In one instance, she said, a supervisor said that "$5,000 will not even buy a decent chair."
HUD also ordered a $31,000 dining room set for Carson's office, according to federal records and a whistleblower.
The furniture included a table, sideboard, breakfront -- all in mahogany -- and 10 mahogany chairs with a blue velvet finish, according to Sebree and Associates and purchase documents obtained by CNN.
HUD ordered the dining set in December and it was set for delivery in May.
On Thursday, CNN first reported a statement provided by a Carson adviser that said the secretary was requesting that the order for the dining set be canceled.
"I was as surprised as anyone to find out that a $31,000 dining set had been ordered," Carson said in the statement. "I have requested that the order be canceled. We will find another solution for the furniture replacement.
Carson also said that his wife, Candy Carson, had "asked if used furniture was an option," the first time there's been an indication that she had been involved in the process. "My wife also looked at catalogs and wanted to be sure that the color of the chair fabric of any set that was chosen matched the rest of the decor," he wrote.
"I made it known that I was not happy about the prices being charged and that my preference would be to find something more reasonable," he added.
Carson said he did not know the cost of the set when it was ordered.
In his statement, Carson said "the furniture is 30 to 50 years old" and added that it was "unsafe."
At the White House on Thursday, press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters the agency was "looking for another option that is much more responsible with taxpayer dollars."
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The "Daily Show" took on John McCain's opposition to gays and lesbians in the military last night, turning the tables and mocking his age in the process.
John Oliver excused McCain for his hypocritical stance, saying, "I think he may have forgotten what he said three and a half years ago...Old people are prone to memory lapses."
Putting it bluntly, he proposed a solution that would keep inconsistencies like that from happening: "I think it's time we stop letting old people serve in the Senate."
Echoing the views of those who believe gays should not be allowed to serve, Oliver pointed out the affect of the elderly on Senate cohesion:
"These Senators work long days in close quarters. It's not fair to the other Senators trying to work on legislation, never knowing if one of the 'olds' is gonna come up behind them and offer them a hard candy...These people can't control themselves. "
Jon Stewart then countered, suggesting that old people should be allowed to serve, as long as they don't do it openly. Oliver fired right back: "Face it. You'd still know they were old. The first time you sat down for a meal with them and wound up spattered with a mist of cottage cheese and nostalgia, it'd all be over."


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Monthly Archive for: 'March, 2017'
'Baltimore Waltz' a most rewarding dance
When Paula Vogel's 1989 "The Baltimore Waltz" had its West Coast premiere at the Magic Theatre in 1992, the nation, especially San Francisco, was still reeling from the devastation of AIDS. Now, 25 years later, the Magic is reviving it as part of its 50th anniversary season.
The play honor's Vogel's gay brother, Carl, who died of AIDS in 1988. Two years older than she, he was a children's librarian in San Francisco.
He had wanted her to join him on a trip to Europe, but it never happened. Instead, "The Baltimore Waltz" looks at what would have happened on such a trip, but it all takes place in the imagination of the sister, Anna (Lauren English), in the waiting room of a Baltimore hospital.
It turns the tables with Anna rather than Carl (Patrick Alparone) suffering from a fatal disease called ATD, or acquired toilet disease, which tends to strike elementary school teachers, like Anna, who use their students' toilets.
Because Anna still feels well, they embark upon their trip. While Carl takes in the sights, especially the museums, Anna beds every man she can. These men and all others in the play are portrayed by Greg Jackson, called The Third Man.
One of those other men is Harry Lime (an apparent reference to a character played by Orson Welles in the 1949 film "The Third Man'). Harry is Carl's friend, but he becomes increasingly sinister as he trails the siblings.
He wants the stuffed rabbit that Carl has carried since childhood (his parents wouldn't let him play with Anna's dolls). Much has been made of the rabbit's meaning, but it seems to represent Carl's being, eventually snatched away by Harry, who symbolizes death.
Although the play was a way for Vogel to deal with her grief, it's also very funny in places. For example, when the siblings hear the doctor's diagnosis of her illness, he couches it in rapid, incomprehensible medspeak. No wonder Anna says early in the play, referring to foreign travel, "the language terrifies me."
Another part of the enjoyment comes from the Jonathan Moscone's direction. Aided by a simple set by Nina Ball, scenes change swiftly, orchestrated by the actors as well as two women stagehands who slyly become part of the acton.
Meg Neville's costumes for the siblings are simple. He wears a trench coat or suit jacket over pajamas, while she wears a trench coat over a black slip. Always wearing gloves, The Third Man adds various hats and accessories for his characters. The funniest is the filthy white jacket he wears as Dr. Todesrocheln, the Viennese quack urologist who advocates a highly unorthodox treatment for ATD.
All three actors fully inhabit their roles.English and Alparone are especially endearing as Anna and Carl, while Jackson displays wide versatility as The Third Man.
Completing the design team are Heather Gilbert for lighting and Theodore J. Hulsker for sound.
Running about 90 minutes without intermission, "The Baltimore Waltz" is a highly entertaining dance.
It will continue through April 16 at the Magic Theatre, Fort Mason, Building D, San Francisco. For tickets and information, call (415) 441-8822 or visit www.magictheatre.org.


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Benjamin BrittenEnglish composer, conductor, and pianist. Born 22 November 1913. Died 4 December 1976
Benjamin Britten Biography (BBC)
Born in Suffolk on 22 November 1913 (propitiously, the feast day of St Cecilia, patron saint of music) Benjamin Britten began piano lessons aged five, composing songs for his mother by the age of ten. At 13 he began composition studies with Frank Bridge before entering the Royal College of Music in 1930. His documentary scores for the GPO (General Post Office) Film Unit brought him into collaboration with W. H. Auden, a liberating force, and in 1937 he not only attracted international attention with his Frank Bridge Variations at the Salzburg Festival, but also met the tenor Peter Pears, who would remain a lifelong partner and vocal interpreter.
Britten revitalised English opera with his first stage triumph Peter Grimes (1945), launching the Aldeburgh Festival three years later. He performed often as a conductor and pianist, and though he wrote a significant number of chamber and choral works (among them three string quartets, and the War Requiem, 1961) it is principally for his vocal and especially opera output that he continues to be remembered.
Benjamin Britten Biography (Wikipedia)
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera Peter Grimes (1945), the War Requiem (1962) and the orchestral showpiece The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945).
Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, the son of a dentist, Britten showed talent from an early age. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London and privately with the composer Frank Bridge. Britten first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy was Born in 1934. With the premiere of Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to international fame. Over the next 28 years, he wrote 14 more operas, establishing himself as one of the leading 20th-century composers in the genre. In addition to large-scale operas for Sadler's Wells and Covent Garden, he wrote "chamber operas" for small forces, suitable for performance in venues of modest size. Among the best known of these is The Turn of the Screw (1954). Recurring themes in his operas include the struggle of an outsider against a hostile society and the corruption of innocence.
- Vilde Frang on Britten's Violin Concertohttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p061tv20.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p061tv20.jpg2018-03-21T10:38:00.000ZAn introduction to Britten's Violin Concerto with Vilde Franghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p061tt1y
Vilde Frang on Britten's Violin Concerto
- Britten: Piano Concerto, Op.13https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p05zzj2n.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p05zzj2n.jpg2018-03-10T13:23:00.000ZBuilding a Library surveys recordings of Britten's Piano Concerto, Op 13.https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p060qbg8
Britten: Piano Concerto, Op.13
- Brittenhttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p04qpvll.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p04qpvll.jpg2017-02-03T13:00:00.000ZDonald Macleod explores the music of Benjamin Britten's formative yearshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p04rsw95
- The intoxication of a single kiss expressed in music by Purcellhttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p04lkc36.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p04lkc36.jpg2016-12-15T15:56:00.000ZCarolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton perform Purcell's Sweeter than roses, realised by Benjamin Britten.https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p04lkc4c
The intoxication of a single kiss expressed in music by Purcell
- Côr y Cwm - This Little Babe (Ceremony of Carols) by Benjamin Brittenhttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p04lfy8s.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p04lfy8s.jpg2016-12-14T17:18:00.000ZCôr y Cwm perform Britten's This Little Babe at the Choir of the Year 2016 Grand Finalhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p04lg0rs
Côr y Cwm - This Little Babe (Ceremony of Carols) by Benjamin Britten
- A beautiful Irish folksong: The Last Rose of Summerhttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p043pv9z.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p043pv9z.jpg2016-08-05T11:19:00.000ZBBC New Generation Artist Kathryn Rudge sings Britten's arrangement of the traditional folksong live on In Tune, accompanied by the pianist Christopher Glynn.https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p043py47
A beautiful Irish folksong: The Last Rose of Summer
- Britten: Les Illuminationshttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p02vt3gc.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p02vt3gc.jpg2015-06-28T11:04:00.000ZBuilding a Library compares available versions of Britten's Les Illuminations and makes a recommendation.https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p02vt3hx
Britten: Les Illuminations
- Britten: Four Sea Interludes (extract)https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p02mqynm.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p02mqynm.jpg2015-04-23T09:00:00.000ZAn extract from Britten's Four Sea Interludeshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p02mqynt
Britten: Four Sea Interludes (extract)
- Words and Musichttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p01zvvs2.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p01zvvs2.jpg2014-05-27T16:32:00.000ZCharles Hazlewood explores how composers have approached setting words to music.https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p01zvvs7
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Celebrate Clergy Appreciation Month 2018
by | 05 Oct, 2018
Throughout the month of October, churches around the world will show their appreciation for clergy and pastoral staff members in a variety of ways. These men and women can be celebrated through personal notes or gifts, by groups like a Sunday school class, or in larger settings with the entire congregation.
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- Show one of the Board of General Superintendents Pastor Appreciation videos during a church service this month. Videos can be found on our Vimeo page.
- Share a video on social media explaining what you appreciate about your pastor using #lovemynazpastor.
- Organize a prayer calendar so each pastor is prayed for every day of the month.
- Create a slideshow presentation of pastors in action during the past year. Set it to music and play it as a pre-service video.
- Give clergy families a night out to a local restaurant or gift certificate for an overnight get-away.
- Invite children to create artwork for the pastors.
- Choose a day and have people text pastors hourly with a heartfelt message explaining how the pastors have positively impacted members.
- Submit an article to the local newspaper bragging on your pastors and thanking them publicly.
- Allow members of the congregation to volunteer time serving pastoral leaders by babysitting or helping with yard projects and other home maintenance.
- Update your pastor's office with new paint, décor, or a technology upgrade.
On behalf of the Church of the Nazarene's Global Ministry Center, thank you to pastors and all clergy for their labor and leadership in helping to make Christlike disciples in the nations.


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Review by: Paul Towers, 16 December 2016
Gilbert (no Sullivan) by WS Gilbert adapted by Brian Mitchell & Joseph Nixon
The Foundry Group – David Mountfield & Brian Mitchell
Upstairs @ The Western, 16 & 17 December 2016
"Victorian comic stories"
It is entirely appropriate that my last review for this year and under the old guard at Upstairs at The Western should be for the renowned and very popular Foundry Group. In what has become an annual treat for playgoers at The Western we have had our taste buds tickled by uproarious tales of wrestlers, Henry VIII, magnificent flyers and now dear old Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, the lyricist half of Gilbert and Sullivan.
I for one didn't realise that, prior to his musical collaborations with Mr Sullivan, Gilbert was a prodigious writer of tall tales, comic rants and parodic reviews as a means of making ends meet.
The Foundry Group have maintained their high standard by collating five of his more outrageous tales from the latter half of the 19th century and adapted them for two actors. These Victorian comic stories were published in the magazines of the day and proved very popular, especially when accompanied by Gilbert's own illustrations.
In David Mountfield and Brian Mitchell this production has two very able character actors who are very at home with a variety of accents and quick costume changes. Watching these sketches one can clearly see where modern performers like Tommy Cooper, Tony Hancock and Benny Hill got their inspiration from. Accompanied by hilariously bad 'special effects' and more awful props than a Play School toy box this is an hilarious evening of fun that you can take even your maiden aunt to.
There are still a few tickets available for Saturday night's performance and I would urge you to grab one if you can.
Tickets for Saturday at www.upstairsatthewestern.com
Full details of future dates are at www.foundrygroup.co.uk
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Noted investor Doug Kass made headlines Friday (July 14) claiming that "Washington" has begun antitrust talks on Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) and, not surprisingly, I got a blizzard of emails from anxious investors asking if they should be selling or even shorting Amazon, too.
To which I have but one reply…
…not unless you like handing over your money to line someone else's pocket.
The real question – and the one you should be asking – is why Kass is saying what he did and who stands to benefit. Then make your decision on how to play the situation for profits.
I'll help you do both right now.
The first thing you should do when you see a story like the Amazon antitrust one is take stock of who's saying what and whether that person is credible or just a smooth operator with a hidden agenda.
The answer in this case is pretty clear.
Douglas Kass is president of Seabreeze Partners Management Inc. and a brilliant investor I both respect and admire, not the head of some fly by night research firm you've never heard of. He's been active in the markets for 45 years and has a long, well-documented record of success.
That means he's credible.
The second thing you should do is take a close look at what he's actually saying.
What Kass Is Saying – and What He Isn't
In this case, it's that he's learned that there are "early discussions and due diligence being considered in the legislative chambers in Washington, D.C., with regard to possible antitrust opposition to Amazon's business practices."
This is a little more nuanced.
For one thing, I've told you that it is only a matter of time before politicians warm up the antitrust arsenal for an assault on what may be the finest example of capitalism in financial history.
So, if correct, this isn't news… at least to us anyway.
For another, President Trump himself has made no bones about the possibility of pursuing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos "because he has a huge antitrust problem," according to comments he made during a 2016 interview with FOX Business Network's Sean Hannity. So, Kass could be merely stating the obvious.
However, the real key for me is that neither the Federal Trade Commission nor the Congressional Subcommittees on Antitrust Law have commented in response. Obviously, though, they can't in the event of an active investigation or, as is potentially the case in this instance, one that's just getting started.
Which brings me to the meat and potatoes and what you need to know to play the situation profitably.
What Traders "Talking Their Own Book" Means for You
Doug Kass stated very explicitly that he is "shorting Amazon today," which means he is engaging in a very nasty, time-honored Wall Street practice referred to as "talking your own book."
It's nothing more than a thinly veiled smash-and-bash tactic intended to scare you out of your wits and make you sell whatever stock's being mentioned so that traders can profit.
If you've never heard the expression before, "talk your own book" means making a few well-placed comments that potentially move the markets or specific stocks in a direction that benefits the positions you already hold.
In Kass' case, that's shorting Amazon (meaning he's bet that the stock will decline – here's exactly how that works).
The game works in both directions – up and down.
For instance, if traders want to push prices higher, they can work to build momentum to the point where computerized arbitrage programs kick in with "buying of their own." If they've had enough, they can slip out the back door by selling into the strength they've created as new party-goers are attracted to the proverbial party.
If they want to push prices lower, traders can simply walk away from the "bid," a tactic used with alarming regularity, and success against unsuspecting retail investors who are none the wiser. Absent consistent buying, sellers have no choice but to lower their "ask" until the buyers come back.
Or… they can "talk their own book."
Television host and former hedge fund manager Jim Cramer talked explicitly about how this is done on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" during a stunning March 12, 2009, interview, which referenced earlier footage from a Dec. 22, 2006, interview he did with "Daily Ticker" host Aaron Task.
During this now-infamous appearance, Cramer noted that he'd encourage anyone who's in the hedge fund business to do it because it's "legal and it's a very quick way to make money. And very satisfying."
He also told Task that while it's illegal to create an impression that a stock's down all by yourself, "you do it anyway because the SEC doesn't understand it." And you do it in such a way that you get the story-hungry media to do your dirty work for you, making prices move accordingly.
More commonly, though, bigger firms like JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS), PIMCO, or any of a dozen other behemoths will simply release a "research report" that is interpreted as gospel by the mainstream media and swallowed hook, line, and sinker by millions of unsuspecting investors as a reason to buy or sell.
Guess Who the Target Is
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Priestley was given permission to perform scientific experiments above the vats in the brewery - a flagrant violation of modern health codes, but apparently not frowned upon at the time. He found that when he held a bowl of water above the brewery gases (which he called "fixed air"), they infused the water, making it bubbly.
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- a food mapping exercise, headed up by Kaushali.
- investigate whether we can use council land to grow more vegetables.
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If the SEC were to put titles on its complaints, the above may be fitting for the complaint released (see here) earlier this week against Bobby Benton (the former Vice President, Western Hemisphere Operations for Pride International, Inc.).
In its complaint (see here), the SEC alleges that "Benton was responsible for, among other things, ensuring that Pride conducted its Western Hemisphere operations in compliance with the FCPA, that adequate controls were in place to prevent illegal payments, and that the company's books and records were accurate."
Despite this position, the SEC alleges that: (i) "Benton authorized the payment of $10,000 to a third party, believing that all or a portion of the funds would be given by the third party to a Mexican customs official in return for favorable treatment by the official regarding certain customs deficiencies identified during a customs inspection of a Pride supply boat; (ii) "Benton learned that a customs agent engaged by Pride's Mexican subsidiaries paid approximately $15,000 to a Mexican customs official to ensure that the export of a rig would not be delayed due to customs violations; and (iii) Benton concealed the bribe payments made by the manager of the Venezuelan branch of a French subsidiary of Pride from Pride's internal and external auditors by "redact[ing] references to the Venezuelan payments in an action plan responding to an internal audit report."
The SEC further alleges that "[d]espite his knowledge, and in one instance authorization, of the Venezuelan and Mexican bribes, Benton signed two false certifications in connection with audits and reviews of Pride's financial statements denying any knowledge of bribery." The financial results of the Mexican and Venezuelan entities were consolidated with Pride's for purposes of financial reporting.
The "foreign officials" involved are Mexican customs officials / customs agents and an official of Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), the Venezuelan state-owned oil company.
Based on the above conduct, the SEC charged Benton with violating the FCPA's antibribery provisions, aiding and abetting FCPA violations, and aiding and abetting violations of the FCPA's books and records and internal control provisions.
Most SEC FCPA enforcement actions (whether against a company or an individual) are settled on the same day the civil complaint is filed. Not so in this case and the SEC complaint notes that Benton asserted his 5th amendment privilege against self-incrimination when subpoenaed to testify by the SEC. Will the SEC actually be put to its burden of proof in an FCPA case?
Pride International's most recent disclosure on this issue is in its 10-Q filed on November 2, 2009 (see here - pgs. 17-18). As noted in the disclosure, what began as an inquiry into Latin America operations has spawned into a substantial worldwide review of the company's operations.
The Benton complaint mentions Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), the Venezuelan state-owned oil company.
The DOJ/SEC's interpretation of the "foreign official" element of an FCPA anti-bribery violation is well known by now - all employees of state-owned or state-controlled entities (SOEs), such as PDVSA, are "foreign officials" regardless of title or position.
Further, all employees of SOE wholly-owned subsidiaries are considered "foreign officials" under this interpretation. In fact, a business entity does not even need to be majority owned by a SOE for its employees to be considered "foreign officials" by DOJ/SEC (see the KBR/Halliburton enforcement action (see here paras 13-14) where officers and employees of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) are deemed "foreign officials" despite the fact that NLNG is owned 51% by a consortium of private multinational oil companies (see here).
Applying DOJ/SEC's untested and unchallenged interpretation to PDVSA can, well, let's just say it can lead to some rather weird results.
One of PDVSA's wholly-owned subsidiaries is Citgo Petroleum Corporation ("CITGO") (see here).
Thus, under DOJ/SEC's view, all CITGO employees are "foreign officials" under the FCPA regardless of title or position.
This despite the fact that CITGO is a Delaware corporation based in Houston.
In other words, CITGO is both subject to the FCPA and all of its employees (under the DOJ/SEC interpretation) are "foreign officials." How's that for a little mental gymnastics.
At the very least, this gives readers something to think about the next time they attend a ball game at Fenway Park (see here).
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Lack of Pride (And That CITGO Sign Too)
Posted by Mike Koehler at 11:55 AM
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1897 - At least a dozen farmers in Williamston, Michigan saw an object maneuver in the morning sky for an hour before it landed. A strange man nearly 3 meters (10 feet) tall, almost naked and suffering from the heat, was the pilot of the craft. "His talk, while musical, seemed to be a repetition of bellowings". One farmer went near him and received a blow that broke his hip. (Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 184, citing Lansing State Republican, April 18, 1897).
1950 - Three flat, metallic flying objects were sighted east of the Los Alamos AEC nuclear facility in New Mexico by 15 University of California scientists at 1:30 p.m. The sighting lasted for 20 minutes and the UFO was viewed through a telescope. They estimated the size of the objects as approximately nine feet in diameter, and they flew faster than conventional aircraft. (Sources: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: April-July, FSR, volume 25, number 2).
1950 - At 8:15 p.m. EDT two teenagers were driving in a car in Springfield, Massachusetts when their vehicle was bussed by two glowing saucers. The objects then hopped about in the sky, ascend very fast and are gone from sight in about a minute. (Source: Loren Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: April-July, p. 26).
1952 - At 3:15 p.m. two military weather observers from the 9575 TSU at the Yuma Test Station in Yuma, Arizona watched a circular, flat-white craft with a short trail shoot across the sky from zenith to the horizon in 7 seconds (traveling at 13 degrees a second). It traveled so fast it could not be tracked with a theodolite. There was a similar sighting at the same place the next day. (Sources: UNICAT, case 813, citing Loren Gross, UFOs: A History. 1952: January-May, p. 47; NICAP UFO Investigator, volume 3, number 8).
1952 - Two engineers watched several silent noctunal lights make erratic maneuvers and ninety-degree turns in the sky over Longmeadow, Massachusetts at 8:30 p.m. The sighting lasted for 400 minutes. (Source: Loren Gross, UFOs a History, 1952: January-May, p. 48).
1952 - Thirty minutes later two men in Westmont, Illinois, Mr. Harvey and Mr. Hall, tracked an object traveling at a high rate of speed from the east to the north, vanishing just under the Ursa Minor constellation. No tail or exhaust were visible, nor were any signs of propulsion visible. They watched the object through a pair of binoculars. (Source: Edward Sullivan, CSI--Los Angeles letter files, April 17, 1952).
1958 - Three hovering discs were observed all night long in Boa del Tigre, Argentina by several witnesses in the area. Mr. Cavalheiro, a railroad employee, and his station chief, J. Machado, wired the Tupancireta police and all saw the UFOs come to ground level about one kilometer away. At times the discs appeared to exchange signals. One of the them flew over the station itself, leaving a luminous trail and considerable heat. (Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 466).
1964 - At 7:22 a.m. local time, Airman Edward Lowe, a radar operator at the Fallon Air Force Station, Nevada picked up on his ground radar unit two blips flying in stacked formation making rapid changes in altitude. They were first detected at 122 degrees, 60,000 feet, and at a range of 145 miles. Their motion was up and down. The length of the observation was 1 hour and 21 minutes, at which point the blips disappeared to the southeast. The official Air Force explanation was a mirage. (Source: Dan Wilson, www.nicap.org; Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics; J. Allen Hynek case files).
1966 - Beginning at around 5:00 a.m., Portage County Deputy Sheriffs Dale Spaur and Wilbur Neff and two other officers chased a 40-foot diameter glowing disc or football shaped object from Ravenna, Ohio to Atwater, Pennsylvania in the pre-dawn hours of this morning. It rose up out of the woods and stopped overhead. The UFO played cat-and-mouse with them in the pursuit: approaching, waiting for them to catch up, then moving away. It beamed an intense light onto the road. They chased it for 90 minutes. It was last seen shooting straight up into the sky and out of sight. At about the same time and in roughly the same vicinity, a man named George Buchert took a photograph of a double-saucer shaped object in Mantua, Ohio. Dale Spaur's psychological condition and professional career deteriorated in the months following his close encounter. This famous case was the basis for the dramatic UFO chase in Steven Spielberg's movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. (Sources: J. Allen Hynek, UNICAT, case # 383; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, p. 100; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence Volume II: A Thirty Year Report, pp. 44, 172 & 320; NICAP UFO Investigator, March-April 1966, p. 1; Columbus Dispatch, April 19, 1966; Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers--Here and Now, p. 56).
Ravenna, Ohio Police Pursuit - 1966
1966 - At 7:15 p.m. in Danvers, Massachusetts three witnesses watched an elongated oval-shaped object with rotating white lights. It was estimated to be the same size as a passenger train car. It circled slowly in the sky before entering a localized cloud. At 7:30 p.m. in nearby Peabody, Massachusetts four witnesses reported seeing a bright red glowing object flying in circular and zigzag patterns. It suddenly darted away at an incredible speed, faster than any aircraft. In Wakefield, Massachusetts at 8:30 p.m. a multicolored disc-shaped object shot off beams of white, then blue, and finally red light. It moved rapidly up-and-down and made a humming sound. It descended to just 50 feet above Lake Quanapowitt. (Source: Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, pp. 337-338).
Danvers, Massachusetts Circling UFO with Rotating White Lights - April 17, 1966
1967 - At 2:20 a.m. military witness Robert Harkinson in Vo Tanh, near Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam saw five lluminated white ovals that passed behind small scattered clouds. The formation fluctuated slightly, and then moved at five times the speed of a jet. Five minutes later, several jets at high altitude were seen pursuing the same course as the UFOs. (Sources: J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, p. 252; UNICAT, case # 371; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 88).
1967 - At 2:15 a.m. Mr. & Mrs. Moseley of Worthing, West Sussex, England heard a loud humming noise, then saw a glowing oval like an "upturned saucer" (domed disc) that flew across the sky and behind a hill. Later, the sound was heard again and the UFO was again seen, moving sideways. (Sources: Charles Bowen, Flying Saucer Review, July-August 1967, p. 30; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence Volume II: A Thirty Year Report, p. 336).
1967 - A huge elliptical object with portholes was seen at 8:45 p.m. in New Haven, West Virginia. It had two light beams that were directed downward. Dogs howled and barked and a pony reacted to the beams of light, and there was also severe TV interference. There were five independent reports of the close encounter, which lasted several minutes. (Sources:NICAP UFO Investigator, May-June 1967, p. 6; MUFON UFO Journal, April 1992, p. 18; Richard F. Haines, CE-5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, p. 33; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence Volume II: A Thirty Year Report, pp. 199, 280, 336).
1967 - At 9:00 p.m. over Jefferson City, Missouri an Ozark Airlines airliner coming in for a landing had a dramatic encounter with a domed disc that was shaped like a World War I helmet, and was over 300 feet in diameter. Captain Metz exclaimed, "below me, it's huge!" It gave off an intense, bluish-white, cold light from the underside of the object. It was accompanied by two small objects the size of a DC-3 aircraft, that dropped down and made very fast maneuvers in various directions. The objects shot off to the north and also to the east. (Sources: J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, p. 96; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 175; Robert Gribble, MUFON UFO Journal, April 1992, p. 18; UNICAT, case # 380; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 35; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence Volume II: A Thirty Year Report, p. 118).
1968 - At 7:45 p.m. EDT a dull silver-gray, domed disc-shaped object hovered just over the road near the US Air Force radio telescope installation at Sagamore Hill, Highway 1A, Hamilton, Massachusetts. (Source: Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, p. 352; Raymond Fowler investigator files, case dated April 26, 1968).
1976 - Two girls, the Melling sisters aged 12 and 9, saw a Mothman-like "bird-man" hovering in the sky over a church in Mawman, Cornwall, England. They drew a sketch of a man with wings, big pointed ears, and a large triangle in place of the nose and mouth. It so frightened the entire family that they ended their vacation. (Source: Doc Shiels, Fortean Times, June 1976, p. 19).
1977 - On a clear night at 4:30 a.m. a rectangular craft with windows was sighted by a 36-year-old man in North Haven, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. It made no sound as it flew. It speed was under 100 mph as it traveled to the east. (Source: Kel Blackman, ACOS Bulletin, December 1977, p. 10).
1977 - At around 4:00 p.m. a 67-year-old woman in La Louviere, Belgium sighted a solid, dark, flat cylinder-shaped object with faceted sides. It oscillated as it flew from southwest to northeast. (Source: International UFO Reporter, August 1977, p. 2).
1987 - At around 11:00 p.m. seven people witnessed a disc-shaped object hovering over a lake in Soderbarke, Kopparberg, Sweden. The bottom of the object was glowing, until a dark cloud engulfed the object. (Source: Larry Hatch, U computer database).
1990 - Two women driving in a wooded area of Upper Burrel Township, Pennsylvania at 10:30 p.m. first saw three bright lights ahead. They heard a "click" and then saw a sphere over a tree. Then a 40-foot long "bus" or cigar-shaped object with windows came over the tree. The women drove home and the object followed them, then it passed by, glowing yellow and surrounded by mist. A U.S. defense plant is located nearby. (Sources: Dan Wright, MUFON UFO Journal, February 1991, p. 12; MUFON field investigation files, field investigator Keith Bastianini, case # 901210).
1993 - In Birmingham, England Peter Gregory had gotten out of bed at 2:30 a.m. to go to the bathroom when he noticed a light outside his landing window. He peered out and saw a glowing ball the size of a football. After five seconds it flew silently past the window and out of sight. He fell back into a deep sleep and had a dream or vision. He saw himself in what appeared to be a control room inside an enormous object. He felt motion and heard a humming sound. The room was illuminated with an intense blue light that seemed to pulse with a hypnotic rhythm. He felt an inner state of euphoria. Without warning he suddenly then found himself inside an oval room with a console with lights in the center. On the left of the console was a cubicle about six feet high. Three humanoid figures were standing there and staring at a viewing screen, watching a transmission. The beings did not notice Gregory. He described them as human sized, with piercing deep blue eyes, reddish brown hair, and heads circled by a broad silver band. He moved closer and noticed on a display screen something that read "Year 3600." He felt the message on the screen meant the destruction of human civilization. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1993, case # 2748, citing Marcus Day, Aliens: Encounters with The Unexplained).
1993 - At 9:45 p.m. in the suburbs of Indianapolis, Indiana a 29-year-old man sighted a white "wishbone" object in the sky at a moderate distance. His sketch shows a V-shape with one long side extending below as if forming a cocked Y. The entire figure glowed white. The distance was estimated to be 600 feet, with an altitude higher than 300 feet. The speed of the object was slow, estimated to be around 30+ mph. There was a bright light on front when last seen. It was in view for about a minute and a half. (Sources: T. David Spencer, MUFON UFO Journal, January 1995, p. 16; MUFON field investigation files, field investigator Will Ott, case # 941210S).
1994 - On this night in Kapowsin, Pierce County, Washington State the first thing that happened was that a teenager's pick-up truck engine died. He next saw a creature with bat wings on the road. When it flew away he was able to restart the truck. (Source: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 16364, citing West Virginia UFO Newsletter, number 5).
1996 - At around 1:00 a.m. Alfredo de Oliveira Mendes, age 27, a parishioner at a local Catholic Church in Belem, Para State, Brazil, witnessed a UFO land in the churchyard of the mission. He next experienced a period of missing time. Under hypnosis he later recalled being abducted by eight beings. He described them as silver in color with elongated eyes and what looked like a fin on their foreheads. The beings wore silver coverall type outfits with an emblem containing a pyramid and a wing. A burnt circle was found on the ground at the landing site. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1996, case # 2739, citing Brazilian UFO Report).
2000 - On this night, a police officer walking home along the Plazoleta Alfonso de la Vega in Frias, Argentina noticed a short humanoid figure that he first mistook for a child. When he approached the figure, intending to reprimand it for being out late, he received a menacing look from the creature's fiery red eyes. The shocked policeman realized it was something other than a human child, and he quickly walked away from the area. Other local residents also reported seeing the same or a similar being. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 2000, case # 3402, citing Fabio Picasso, Argentina).
2002 - A yellow-orange ball made bizarre sharp turns while flying from southwest to northeast near the end of the Brisbane, Queensland, Australia airport runway at 9:30 p.m. (Source: Sheryl Gottschall, UFO Research Queensland).
2002 - At 12:30 a.m. a black oval or football-shaped object rocked from side to side as it flew behind a cloud in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Source: Geoff Dittman, 2002 Canadian UFO Survey Report, case # 144, citing HBCCUFO).
2007 - A circular craft with blue lights was seen by a 55-year-old man with an engineering background. At around 9:55 p.m. PST, the witness went out onto his front yard in Irvine, California for a smoke before bed. Normally he can see planes approaching Orange County Airport from the NNE and go past to the left to land approximately 8-9 miles away, but this night was overcast so he could hear some, but not see them as they broke cloud cover once they had passed his house. While standing on the driveway, he saw some blue light aloft to the North moving back and forth, almost flittering like a moth. He first thought it was a police helicopter. What was unusual was that it was moving more in a quick, back-and-forth movement instead of what is usually a slow circle. Also, he could not see a strong searchlight or hear any engine sound. It appeared that the object was 1-2 miles away. He thought this was odd, so he retrieved a pair of quality 20x binoculars from inside the house. What he next saw raised the hair on the back of his neck, because the lights seemed to consist of a row of individual blue lights that first were traveling to the left. As the object reversed direction, the object appeared to be first an ellipse and then a full circle; it had maybe 24-30 individual blue lights around the perimeter. It then traveled to the right and reversed the process, again forming a circle at the end of its travel when reversing direction. It traveled in each direction for 3-5 seconds. There were definitely no red/green port/starboard lights, only the blue perimeter lights and no strobe lights. He watched this object for 2-3 minutes. It finally disappeared into the cloud cover. The man used to fly small aircraft, so he was experienced with the shapes and types of various small aircraft. (Source: Peter Davenport, National UFO Reporting Center, Seattle, April 2007 webpage, report uploaded April 27, 2007).
2010 - A classic domed disc-shaped object with horizontal slits showing inexplicable lights was sighted while driving on U.S. Highway 101 S. near Nipomo, California in San Luis Obispo County at 10:10 p.m. (Source: Peter Davenport, National UFO Reporting Center, April 2010 archived webpage, case uploaded May 12, 2010).
Written by Donald A. Johnson, Ph.D. (Revised 17 April 2014).
Compiled from the UFOCAT computer database.
Themes: aircraft UFO encounters, animal reactions: dogs howling and pony ran, back-and-forth motion, balls of light, car buzzings and pursuits, complex maneuvers, domed discs, humming, low-flying UFOs, mental vision or out-of-body experience of interior of UFO and humanoids, metallic UFOs, Mothman flying humanoid, multi-year reports from Massachusetts, radar, sensation of heat, unintelligible language, very tall humanoid, vehicle EM ignition interference, violence by UFO occupant(s), up-and-down motion.


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S.Res.179 - A resolution to provide for oversight over the Capitol Visitors Center by the Architect of the Capitol.109th Congress (2005-2006)
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When Bailey Coats headed off to college at the University of Alabama, her mom gave her as a gift the diary she had kept of Bailey's earliest years. "When I was three," Coats says, "my mom had written in there, 'You're going to be a performer someday—I just know it.' And so it's kind of always been in my blood that this was going to be the path I would take."
A Birmingham native and now sophomore at Alabama, Coats is starting to see her childhood dreams of becoming a successful singer/songwriter come to fruition. She's played festivals and concerts around the country, released her first EP in 2014, and was recognized as one of the Top 8 Emerging Artists of 2015 by Kings of A&R.
But one of her biggest thrills to date hit closer to home, at the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta between the Tide and Florida State September 2 this year. That's when she was surprised to hear her single "American Girl" played over the loudspeakers, with her EP cover shown on the Jumbo Tron for all the stadium to see. As both an Alabama fan and budding musician, "I will never forget that as long as I live," Coats says. She's also set to play a CD release concert at Rounders in Tuscaloosa October 17, with proceeds to benefit the Nick's Kids Foundation and victims of Hurricane Irma.
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B-Metro: I've seen your music usually described as pop, but I can also hear some country crossover in there. How would you describe it?
Coats: For the longest time I was trying to find myself. I was trying to be country, country crossover, pop, pop rock, pop blues…but at this point in my career and moving forward, how I define the songs can be completely different from how somebody else defines the songs. And eventually, music is music, and good music is good music, so more or less my genre is defined by the people who listen to it rather than my defining it myself. I just get to write the songs and make the music, do what I love and what feels right and natural.
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Coats: Performing in front of your peers can definitely be an interesting experience. I've done this pretty much my whole life, with little talent shows and everything else, but people really have not seen the progress that I have made in recent months in my career and the type of show we are now performing. So it's going to be exciting to see their reaction, and also nerve wracking, because you always want to make sure you do great in front of your friends and the people you love and care about. I'm excited to see what their reactions are going to be. Being in the entertainment industry a lot of people say, 'That's so sweet, good luck with that.' But they don't really understand until they see it live. So it's going to be interesting to see how they all react to it. It's going to be a good time.
B-Metro: Now that you have new management (with LUJEN Brands, an artist management firm based in Atlanta) and are seeing things really start to take off, does it ever feel like a lot for a 19-year-old to manage?
Coats: Oftentimes I feel like I lead a double life. But the thing is, this is the one thing in my life that has always been so concrete and has always been what I believe the Lord called me to do. And so regardless of feeling like I'm making a very mature career decision or having to act like an adult as well as a student and a kid in college…it's the life I chose and the life I know that I want to lead. And people sometimes have a hard time accepting that…you're 19, do you feel like you're missing out? I tell them, I feel like I would be missing out if I did not pursue what I knew I was supposed to be doing. And so whether it's a crazy business meeting that I have to go to in Atlanta or I'm trying to rush to class to make it on time and hang out with all my friends, I still somehow get the opportunity to manage both parts of life.•


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I'm having fun with the Splendid Sampler quilt along. We are at 6 blocks now as they are releasing two per week. These are some tiny hearts. Those are 1 1/2 inch squares on the corners of the small hearts. I went a little crazy on the flower pot one and my block is a little too big but there is no where to trim so it stays as is and I'll fit it in somewhere. I actually didn't read the size directions on the vase and just went for it. But I like how it looks. I really like the block released on Thursday. It would be fabulous in a larger size to use in a baby quilt. And now the group shot: The blocks are 6 1/2 inches (or supposed to be anyway) and there is still a long way to go. The most recent Sunday block is an embroidery one so I may just skip it. I'll have to take a closer look at it and then decide. I have a number of cross-stitch projects in the works that need my hand sewing attention instead of something new. But, we'll see.
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Great essay from Michael Schudson on the future of journalism — he's betting on low-profit and non-profit models:
Let me take as my model the online startups that already exist, from TalkingPointsMemo to ProPublica to MinnPost, VoiceofSanDiego, St. Louis Beacon, New Haven Independent, Rustwire, and many more. They are springing up, and growing, and providing effective journalism, including original reporting, and so providing effective models for the future.
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1) Low overhead: They do not have to invest in a printing press, in paper, or in delivery trucks … The Internet levels the playing field and nearly eliminates the established newspaper's competitive advantage.
2) Increased productivity: The productivity of an individual journalist is enormously increased by the Internet and the personal computer … If there had been no recession and if there had been no Craigslist, newspapers would still have cut hundred and likely thousands of jobs because they could have put only the same quality product with fewer people in the newsroom.
3) Information sharing: Online operations have taken on an ethic of sharing rather than an ethic of exclusivity. Sure they want credit for their stories … But they need and use other media to get the stories out. Voiceofsandiego editors appear regularly on commercial television and public radio in San Diego to disseminate their work. It's advertising and public service all at once.
4) Wider access: The growing availability of relevant data that make first-class journalism more accessible than ever before… Examples: www.foreignlobbying.org (built by two non-profits) and www.OpenCongress.org (formed by conservative thinktank.) … Collaboration is not only in publishing news, then, but even in constructing the data sources that become the raw material that journalists from any news organization can work with.
5) Labor of love: New online operations remind us how important is the resource of obsessive, endless, gritty enthusiasm. Nobody said you have to get rich being a journalist. … But many worthwhile pursuits endure without a so-called business model. Artists, musicians, dramatists have been doing it for centuries. And so have some journalists, those who set up their alternative weeklies in the sixties, those who worked for political magazines or started vegetarian newsletters or pieced together a living as free-lance foreign correspondents…
6) Non-market solutions: There are non-market ways to assure the survival of worthwhile practices that the marketplace itself can no longer protect… There is no business model for a string quartet, no balance sheet for poetry that doesn't bleed red, no income streams that can support (the arts) without philanthropic donations. There is no market solution… As with culture and the arts – the universities have and should have a growing role in supporting journalism.
Excellent points. Schudson is one of my favorite academics, by the way. Excluding, of course, any academic on my facebook friends list.