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Pat St. John Profile
by Scott Benjamin
Pat St. John at WPLJ in 1974
Pat at WCBS-FM in 2008
Pat St. John is well known to New York
radio listeners from his days at WPLJ, WNEW-FM, WCBS-FM and WAXQ.
But... did you know he came close to becoming at Musicradio WABC DJ in 1974?
According to former WABC program
director Glenn Morgan,
Pat was on the short list of candidates to replace Bruce Morrow.. something Pat didn't even know until recently.
When Pat was at WPLJ he created a
series of music montages that helped identify the station.
They were clips taken from songs and then put together to spell "WPLJ", the DJ's names or other themes and slogans.
Among radio fans, these became the best thing around.
Eventually, Pat put them all together and called it "The Big Montage":
"The Big Montage" (mp3)
"The Big Montage" (Real Audio)
On a personal note, I've always
considered Pat to be one of the all time great New York radio personalities.
From his time at WPLJ right up to today at Sirius/XM and WCBS-FM, he's got a great combination of radio talent and music knowledge.
He continues to be a great listen... and he's also got a great web site: PatStJohn.net
Scott Benjamin has more:
Pat St. John said that although he was born in Detroit and didn't have the chance to listen to the famed WABC air personalities as he was growing up in the 1960's, he "came to understand what they meant to people" after he started working on the same floor at WPLJ-FM in April 1973.
Pat said he sometimes sat in the WABC studio with, among others, Dan Ingram, Cousin Brucie, Ron Lundy , Harry Harrison and Chuck Leonard during a time when Musicradio77 was the most listened to station in the nation and WPLJ was emerging as a force on New York City's FM dial.
"It was his attitude and his sense of humor," he said when asked about what has made Dan so successful through the years at the giant New York City station.
"Bruce is a very excited personality who is a genuine guy," Pat said in a Sept. 22, 2008 phone interview with Musicradio77.com. "He also is very passionate about the causes that he is involved in."
"Ron always had a spirit and was not only happy, but folksy," he said of the mid-day air personality who spent 17 years at WABC. "What came across the radio was that he was a good friend."
"Harry is a very thoughtful man," Pat said of the former morning drive air personality who spent 11 years at Musicradio77. "I ran into him some time ago and he sent me a handwritten note saying that it was good to see me again and wishing me well with my return to CBS-FM. Imagine him doing that! He harkens back to another era. Family means a lot to him, and he has a big extended family of friends."
"He was a nice guy who was always smiling," he said of Chuck Leonard, who did late nights and weekends for 14 years at WABC.
Years later, Harry, Ron, Brucie and Dan all went on to long careers at WCBS-FM during its initial run as an oldies station. Pat also worked at the popular oldies station, even sometimes substituting for Brucie on the Saturday Night Party show.
"Good radio is good radio," Pat said regarding the popularity of oldies stations over the last generation. "There was a place for that even with the changes in technology and the changes in music that led to the demise of music on WABC."
"They continued to get better," he said of the former Musicradio77 air personalities that later worked at WCBS-FM.
Pat said that he thought about moving to WABC during its heyday, and even submitted an audition tape when Brucie was preparing to leave for WNBC in August of 1974.
"I didn't find out until many years later when former WABC program director Glenn Morgan wrote an essay about Brucie's leaving on the Musicradio77 Web Page that I was at one point under serious consideration," he said of the night air shift that went to George Michael, who stayed for five years before embarking on a full-time career as a television sportscaster.
"Pat had great pipes (deep voice), had personality, knew the music and the artists, and had an 'FM' presentation style that was still energetic, all of which would help us fight the onslaught of FM," Glenn wrote.
"Pat St. John was one of the most serious contenders, but we decided not to disrupt WPLJ's growing success," he stated in the essay.
Pat said that legendary WABC program director Rick Sklar cast him in the role of Brucie on the tribute tape that was played at Brucie's farewell party on August 7, 1974.
He said he also got to know Glenn, who was elevated from assistant program director to program director when Rick took on the title of operations manager at WABC in the mid-1970's, and took on even greater responsibility at Musicradio77 after Rick became a vice president with ABC Radio in 1977.
Years later Pat voiced several commercials at the production company that Glenn operated.
Pat had arrived at WPLJ from WRIF, the ABC-owned and operated station in Detroit, which also had adopted an AOR (album-oriented rock) format in the early 1970's.
Larry Berger had arrived as the station's program director about the time that Pat left for New York and then they reunited in 1974 when Larry became the program director at WPLJ.
Pat said that even by 1973, FM was starting to have a profound impact on the New York listening audience.
"FM started to expand," he said. "All of a sudden you had a long version of Light My Fire. It was amazing. FM was broadcasting in stereo, plus there were much larger play lists. It just sounded better, a higher fidelity. That was a real appeal to the audience."
Today Pat's on the air on three channels on Sirius Satellite Radio – 60's Vibrations, Channel 6; The Vault, Channel 16; and Sirius Blues, Channel 74.
"I don't find it difficult to make the transition between the three stations because I love all three formats," he said. "Obviously I love the music of the sixties, I can play classic rock in The Vault and be more conversational like I was on' NEW and 'PLJ, and I have a great reverence for the blues, which I've always loved. The Blues is where rock'n'roll came from!"
He has been with the satellite network since its inception 10 years ago, signing up just after he left WNEW-FM.
"It was a revolutionary idea," he said of his initial reaction to what has now become Sirius XM.
"The concept was ground breaking technology," Pat said. "In this case, radio really is rocket science."
He says more people are subscribing every day, in part, because of the enormous variety it offers.
"There are people who say that they would never pay for radio, yet they might purchase bottled water and cable or satellite TV. Most who do subscribe say it's worth the price."
However, he believes AM and FM stations will always have a big audience.
"Terrestrial radio will absolutely survive," Pat said. "It survived television."
Since the FCC approved the merger of the two satellite services (with a combined 18.5 million subscribers), Pat believes the a la carte choices from Sirius XM will be beneficial to their listeners, as again, it delivers more choices.
Brucie has been doing a Wednesday night and Saturday night show at Sirius 6 (60's Vibrations) since August of 2005.
Pat has been doing a Sunday show at WCBS-FM since it returned to playing oldies in July 2007.
CBS-FM now encompasses music from the 60's, 70's, and 80's (even some 50's from time-to-time), instead of limiting it's play list to just 50's and 60's music, which most people think of when they hear the word "oldies".
"Time has marched on," Pat says. "Back in 1967 for instance, you'd hear the DJ play some 'solid gold' from 1965. Back then, an "'oldie' might have been a tune from two years prior. Back in '68, a song from 1958 seemed like an eternity ago. These days, 1983 doesn't really seem that far back, but that was. however, 25 years ago, it's all perspective."
"There's so much more music in the library now," Pat said. "Now we're playing from 50 years worth of music. Back in the 60's your play list spanned only about 10 years."
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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill sold this 10,500 square-foot house in June of 2010. The L.A. pad's interior was full of vibrant colors -- no drab beige or dark green for this country couple. Check out a gallery of photos from their west coast digs here.
Hill and McGraw may have since sold the Beverly Park property, but there's no shortage of real estate in their portfolio. In August 2011, it was revealed that the power couple had almost finished work on 15,000 square-foot plantation-style home on their own island in the Bahamas. Their famous neighbors there include Johnny Depp, Tyler Perry and magician David Copperfield.


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Αfter the French Revolution of 1789, deputies in the National Assembly who supported the revolutionary gains sat on the left, while those who opposed them and hankered after the old order of monarchy and church congregated on the right. Hence the political terms "left" and "right." Many commentators on the French presidential election have pointed out that these categories no longer fit contemporary politics in France – or, indeed, anywhere else. Emmanuel Macron prides himself on being neither right nor left. Marine Le Pen, whose National Front is associated with the far right, disagrees: to her, Macron, who was a minister in a Socialist government, is a leftist. But, like Donald Trump, it was Le Pen who ran as the "voice of the people," whereas Macron, like Hillary Clinton, was depicted as a puppet of bankers, cultural elites, and international plutocrats.
So what do left and right still mean, if anything at all?
There is little doubt that something shifted in the last decades of the twentieth century. Left-wing parties began to lose – in some countries more quickly than others – their base in the industrial working class. Redistribution of wealth became gradually less important than the social emancipation of ethnic and sexual minorities. The old alliance between intellectual idealists and trade unions gave way to rainbow coalitions of intellectuals, non-whites, feminists, and gays.
Meanwhile, right-wing parties, like the Republicans in the United States, paid lip service to the social conservatism, and sometimes outright bigotry, of less privileged voters in rural and provincial areas, while doing what was best for big business once they were in power.
What was good for big business – international cooperation, pan-national institutions, and openness to immigration – was not always against the interests of the evolving left-of-center parties. Big business benefited from cheap labor, and the left favored multiculturalism.
It made some sense, then, that European social democrats frequently ended up in coalition governments with moderate pro-business conservatives or Christian Democrats. This trend was boosted by the collapse of the Soviet empire, because Western liberal democracies no longer had the same pressing need to counter the Communist model with egalitarian arrangements of their own. The electoral successes of Bill Clinton in the US and Tony Blair in the United Kingdom had much to do with their deliberate tilts towards the pragmatic, neoliberal, business-friendly center.
In this respect, distinctions between left and right have indeed collapsed. The old idea of a left representing the downtrodden proletariat against the interests of big business and the bourgeoisie is gone. One reason why the British Labour Party is in such disarray is that it is led by a man, Jeremy Corbyn, whose politics haven't changed since the 1970s.
But the traditional distinction between left and right is not simply economic. There has been a deeper divide within the National Assembly in France, defined by that between the Dreyfusards and the anti-Dreyfusards in the 1890s, or Léon Blum's Popular Front and the Action Française in the 1930s. This division still holds in the age of Macron and Le Pen.
Defenders of the French Republic, who took Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity seriously, thought of citizenship as a legal concept, not one based on blood and soil. They believed in institutions more than in hallowed traditions, and in internationalism rather than chauvinism. Captain Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish officer falsely accused of treason in 1894, was such a polarizing figure in France because his opponents saw him as symbol of national decadence, of a nation whose sacred identity was being diluted by alien blood.
Anti-Semites, and others with a blood-and-soil view of society, invariably see "cold-hearted bankers" (Le Pen's term for her opponent in the presidential debate) as the enemy of "the real people…the ordinary, decent people" (Nigel Farage's words at a campaign rally for Donald Trump in Mississippi). In this sense, Macron, who was indeed once a banker for Rothschild, and who believes in open borders and international institutions, is a man of the left. And Le Pen, the champion of La France profonde, the "real France" of rural Christians and angry white people who believe that to be French and Muslim is a contradiction in terms, is a true descendant of the anti-Dreyfusards and the Action Française.
Macron managed to defeat Le Pen this time around. But the social-democratic left is still in a state of crisis. The UK Labour Party is moribund. The Dutch Social Democrats were wiped out. And Trump, an ignorant narcissist with no political experience, managed to become President of the US by whipping up popular resentment against educated elites, bankers, foreigners, immigrants, and international institutions.
The problem for social democrats nowadays is how to survive if large numbers of underprivileged people turn right instead of left. Is it possible for a new alignment to be forged? Can the growing gap between rich and poor bring at least some of the white working class back into the same tent as immigrants and other minorities? Is another New Deal feasible? How might this be reconciled with the interests of internationalist businessmen and bankers?
The crisis on the right, however, is no less serious. Trump may have surrounded himself with Goldman Sachs alumni and corporate titans, even as he claims to serve the interests of the common people. And many Republicans still cling to him in the hope of achieving their policy goals. But he has effectively hijacked the old conservative party of business and internationalism. Will his brand of chauvinistic, nativist populism be able to coexist with the kind of capitalism that thrives on continued immigration, freedom of movement, and global institutions?
While France has dodged the xenophobic bullet this time, the dust has not yet settled. Left and right may be in flux, but the old divisions that emerged after 1789 are still there, perhaps more than ever. Macron is full of good intentions. But if his politics fail, the latter-day anti-Dreyfusards will be back with a vengeance.
[Source: The Project Syndicate]
* Ian Buruma is Professor of Democracy, Human Rights, and Journalism at Bard College. He is the author of numerous books, including Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance and Year Zero: A History of 1945.


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ORDZHONIKIDZE St. 2, PERM
Russian Povera
A Sergey Gordeev Project
On September 25, 2008, an exhibit titled Russian Povera will open at the River Station Hall in Perm. It will be the largest showing of contemporary art in the region in decades. Works by 36 world-renowned Russian artists will be gathered for the occasion. Among the creators are Nikolay Polissky, Olga and Alexander Florensky, Valery Koshlyakov, Dmitry Gutov, Anatoly Osmolovsky, Alexander Brodsky, Peter Belyi, Vladimir Arkhipov, and others.
The idea of creating the exhibition belongs to Sergey Gordeev, a member of the Federation Council of Russia from the Administration of the Perm Region, well known for his projects in the spheres of culture and architecture. The idea was supported by Governor Oleg Chirkunov. Gallery owner Marat Guelman was invited as the curator.
The basis of the exhibition is work by artists who use the simplest, "poor" materials. This approach reveals and demonstrates all of the qualities of contemporary Russian art – an art that is authentic, deep, an art that goes away from surface beauty towards a real miracle. These queries have form, a dialogue with the history of art, social responsibility, as well as the desire to find beauty in the simplest of things.
Among objects on display are unique pieces made of cardboard, old wood planks, rubber, iron, coal, ceramic tile, plastic, and even soap. The virtuosity of execution in working with such non-standard materials is highly valued by the world community. Many of the participating artists will come to Perm; during the show's run, they will give lectures and conduct workshops for all those who wish to take part in them.
The site of the exhibition – the recently abandoned Perm River Station Hall – is an architectural monument, which has been renovated for the occasion by the Russian Avant-Garde Foundation, founded by Sergey Gordeev. Now, the building, which is one the icons of the city, corresponds to all the requirements of an exhibition space. Currently, discussions are afoot as to the possible subsequent opening of a Museum of Contemporary Art in the River Station Hall building. In addition to offering exhibitions, the complex would also house a cultural center and creative arts workshops.
After its run in Perm, Russian Povera will travel to St. Petersburg, where it will be shown at the State Russian Museum. It will then go on to Moscow, Milan, and New York.
Russian Povera.
An exhibition of contemporary art
Project idea
Sergey Gordeev
Marat Guelman
River Station Hall
Ordzhonikidze St., 2, Perm
Opening Hours:
September 26 – October 25, 2008
12.00 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Internet Site:
Press Materials:
Mandatory Press Accreditation
for the Press Conferences and the Opening:
Perm: Ivan Kolpakov +7 (342) 276 54 60, +7 (342) 276 71 06
Moscow: Milovzorova Natasha +7 (495) 228 11 59
Vladimir Arkhipov
Vladimir Arkhipov collects home-made everyday things and perceives folk material culture as an inspirational living process. He has turned the collecting of DIYs into an interdisciplinary research activity; he has made his collection archive an Internet resource. He shows us a thing with a biography, adds to it video, audio, and an urgent need of a person for his object. He explores a heretofore unseen area of marginal social practice as a wild forest, uprooting it for the new plow-land of art; he expands the horizon of the artistic. Arkhipov transfers the home-made thing from underneath the crumbling margins of modernity into the spotlight of aesthetic relevance.
About the artist
Alexander Brodsky
Alexander Brodsky creates impressive metaphors of contemporary reality which always have the air of the eternal and of otherworldly melancholy. His Pet Corner - a model of the unique life of human animals in urban cages - represented Russia at the architectural biennale in Venice. His Coma (in which oil slowly fills up a city) was said by Boris Orlov, a living Sots-Art master, to be the best work of the 1990s. Back then, it seemed to be a harbinger of doom; today, one remembers it as a prophecy coming true. Brodsky's visual language affirms the sublime, growing out of the ashes. Many of his works are realized in destruction, and in touching the order of loss, they manage to convey to us unchanging truth about ourselves.
About the artist
Dmitry Gutov
An artist of international stature, Dmitry Gutov creates out of completely heterogeneous sources - the conceptual tradition, the search for a painterly language, intellectual studies, graphic design, Eastern calligraphy - an inimitable aesthetic alloy, an organic authorial amalgamation. His objects evoke the feeling of the live process of the birth of art. Gutov has fundamentally reinvented the subject of inquiry of Moscow Conceptualists - Soviet culture. Out of its ruins, he has extracted the legacy of the philosopher of art Mikhail Lifshitz and connected it to the future.
About the artist
Valery Koshlyakov
Valery Koshlyakov thinks not in categories of time, but in categories of cultural spaces, where emptiness is more important than presence since it preserves within itself the spirit of the time, zeitgeist, which the artist then relays to the viewer. On giant pieces of corrugated cardboard, Koshlyakov creates monumental images of past grandeur, which amaze with their compositional rigor and the nobility of the fated fading. Like all monumentalists, he is totalitarian. The subjects of his paintings are Pompeian frescoes, Constructivist Moscow, Greek, Roman, and Stalinist architecture...
About the artist
Anatoly Osmolovsky
With the name of Anatoly Osmolovsky, last year's "artist of the year," one can connect all of the most notable milestones of Russian art of the last two decades. His works are kept in many of the world's important museums; his exhibitions are held worldwide. Osmolovsky is a figure of determined incarnation of his own aesthetic strategy. His radicalism has evolved from the social and political gesture of the 1990s to the purity of the avant-garde form and autonomy of art. Today, his objects affirm formal expression as a relevant statement.
About the artist
Nikolay Polissky
More than ten years ago, Nikolay Polissky as then a Moscow member of the artist group Mit'ki held his last exhibition at the Central House of Artists, afterwards trading in his tools of an ardent painter for what French theorists call "relational aesthetics." He built a house in the village of Nikola-Lenivets two hundred kilometers away from Moscow and now, along with the residents of the village, makes snowmen, builds palaces out of firewood, pyramids out of hay, and towers out of vines. Thanks to "relational aesthetics," the inhabitants of a forsaken village found something to do, started making money.
About the artist
Sergey Shekhovtsov
Sergey Shekhovtsov, after studying at the Surikov Fine Art Academy and the Institute for Problems in Contemporary Art, has changed from a painter into a radical sculptor, who has chosen to work with Styrofoam, the material of postproduction and packaging, trash, and refuse that is ready to take on any form. Shekhovtsov has reformulated sculpture and deprived it of its birthright pathos. He shows the world as a synthetic illusion, as a total readiness for mutation.
About the artist
Olga and Alexander Florensky
The artists Alexander and Olga Florensky - headliners of numerous exhibitions, key members of the group Mit'ki - live in St. Petersburg and work at their country-house. Their works are kept in dozens of museums around the world. For over twenty years, they have been making impossible objects and other equally wonderful things. Their objects are incredibly organic coalescences of found objects of various kinds - sometimes ones that have lived at home for a long time, sometimes ones found on the trash heap, sometimes bought at an expensive antiques stores.
About the artists
Peter Belyi
One of the deepest and subtlest of the St. Petersburg artists, Peter Bely concertedly explores the archaeology of cultural consciousness. For many years, he has been developing a project of "memorial modeling," in which he affirms culture as a current event outside of contemporaneity and contemporaneity as a future cultural layer for which trash is important. The artist builds into our everyday reality a dimension of great responsibility - something akin to a fatedness to history.
About the artist
Sergey Gordeev
author of the project
For those who encounter Perm for the first time, this mysterious city-state astounds with its history. A city-cum-factory, the center, both physical and mythical, of the "metallurgy civilization" for the entire length of its existence, it has given birth to many an advance, miracle, and accomplishment. They start with the Paleozoic Permian period, the bronze casts of the Permian Animal Style, Sassanid silver, wooden sculpture, and the Stroganov school of icon painting and go up to the building of the first ships at the Vsevolzhsky factories, the invention of electrical welding by N.G. Slavyanov, the cannons and legendary engine D30F6 for MIG31 airplanes, and the Proton carrier rocket's matchless RD275 engine, which still has no equals in the world.
The factories which served as the motors of the Permian civilization have not disappeared; they continue to develop and acquire new qualities, but they have also grown "tired" of pulling the city along all by themselves. They need help.
The world around us is changing rapidly; cities change. Some of them gain fame and become magnets of attraction for talented and ambitious people; others fall into decline and their population plummets.
A city with such a legendary history needs new sites of attraction, new magnets, new engines. We need a new engine!
In 1997, a supernova exploded in Europe's artistic sky. A heretofore unknown city of Bilbao opened a museum of contemporary art, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. The new museum, built by the brilliant Frank Gehry, became a pilgrimage site for youth, tourists, and art lovers from around the world.
Perm needs its own museum of contemporary art! Not a museum as repository, but museum as dynamo, museum as engine - a headquarters for modernizing the city's life.
Unlike the "global" Guggenheim Bilbao, we need "our own" museum. When it comes to the number of myths, legends, or archaic heritage, Perm is just about Russia's leading city. "Our own," "Russian," "world of metallurgy" Perm museum is called upon to turn a giant layer of Permian subconscious, of hidden ambitions, into a project, a point on the map, a destination. The museum should be a source of the appearance of new talent in art, new collectors, significant cultural events in the city's life, exhibitions, lectures, debates, plans, ideas, programs and utopias, bounds of "our own" identity, and difference, difference, difference from others.
With the exhibition "Russian Povera," we begin the project of creating the Perm Museum of Contemporary Art. At my invitation, curator Marat Guelman has brought together in the exhibition "Russian Povera" artists working out an idea that might become the new reference point in Russian art of the 21st century.
We can only create a real museum together, if everyone makes an effort. The intelligentsia, artists, state authorities, philanthropists, scientists and researchers, engineers, factory workers, and entrepreneurs have to unite so that the idea of the Museum can become a reality.
Sergey Gordeev
Representative at the Federation Council of Russia from the Administration of the Perm Region
Marat Guelman
Normally, an exhibition is preceded by a conceptual text to which the artists respond in some way. Then, the theme gets filled out with meanings, works, an artistic language, and as a result, a show comes together. For the exhibition "Russian Povera," not a single work was made specifically to accommodate the concept. Our project has brought together that which has already come about, and the few pieces that were commissioned for the exhibition are part of the overall flow of their makers' work. Due to this, "Russian Povera" is a general overview of Russian art and not a thematic exhibition; that which has already happened acquires its name in this project.
Of course, in naming the show "Russian Povera," I fully realize the consonance with the Italian Arte Povera, but even given the many similar formal elements, I also find the difference obvious - as obvious as the difference between starving out of poverty and refusing to eat for the benefit of one's health and figure.
The artists taking part in "Russian Povera" have never thought of themselves as a single group with a common aesthetic - unlike Arte Povera, which was a movement with a unified aesthetic manifesto. Therefore, "Russian Povera" is a unique exhibition insofar as it presents art to art and gives the artists a reason to consider that which they have in common. The exhibition presents this not as a reason for disappointment, but as something which shows itself despite our will and with which we can enter the history of world art.
An inner turn to art made out of simple materials is just as archetypal as the myth of the poor artist who makes art out of nothing. It's magic.
"Poor" art has an important subtext - its naturalness. It is much closer to nature than art that is rich, glossy, and built on technologies. The very material of "poor" art returns us to naturalness, breaks down the border between natural and artificial. This art grows out of nature itself.
For twenty years, I have been approaching some understanding of art, and each show is an aspiration to convey my current understanding, some broader picture. Each time, it is a fragment of the whole, but one that says something important about what is going on in art in general.
Today, art and artists are busy separating themselves from the spheres that they themselves brought into being.
For example, there exists a threat to art from the direction of design. At international fairs, two thirds of the works are excellent designer objects. But design, unlike art, is a mass profession, which has its own technologies, a lot activity, and aggression. Therefore, an artist should block himself off from that.
At some point, art went down the path of communicational openness, of performance, and on its own created certain forms of interactive art as a particular type of entertainment. Now, entertainment also endangers art and threatens to invade its territory.
And most importantly, there is that which is called by the generic term "glamour." Aesthetics has become a science; it has spawned easily reproducible standards of beauty and glossy journalism. Mona Lisa looks at us from all the glossy magazines. And from this too art tries to separate itself.
By various means, art builds its own space.
"Poor" art, in my opinion, is what real art is. Wealth has migrated to other spheres; it has been co-opted, consumed, has turned into advertising, design, magazine beauty, what you will, having lost the ability to be art. Artists working with the aesthetic of the "poor," I am certain, think exactly this way.
This exhibition has a strong impulse for sharing its vision in social aspects. Better than anyone else, I understand how distorted the perception of contemporary Russian art is. There exists a clear concept of political art, and it is easily accepted by the West: if a country is unfree, then art should be socially aware and express protest. Because of this one-sided view, the most significant of names - Koshlyakov, Brodsky, Polissky - have fallen out of contemporaneity. They exist, but there is no discussion, no acuity of interest around them.
"Russian Povera" provides a different vision of contemporary art. It's a look from the position of a "poor" aesthetic at Russian art as a whole, and precisely because of this, aside from artists key for this theme, the exhibition contains works by a wide array of others.
This is a different look - an attempt at correcting the optics of examining Russian art. "Povera" turned out to be a very precise key to the understanding of our art as a whole. Today, success comes to clear images and clear artistic projects, and our exhibition helps to make looking at Russian art clearer.
Boris Groys
Artists brought together in this exhibition are quite diverse, and their artistic programs, for the most part, do not coincide. And yet there is something that unifies them - namely, their shared propensity towards do it yourself, artisanal mode of production of art objects.
We are surrounded, for the most part, by things made by industrial means and in mass quantities. And here, one does not only speak of things found in everyday use. That which is today customarily called "glamour" is also a mass product - for the well to do or the quite simply rich masses. All these Pradas, Guccis, and Armanis have their boutiques all over the world - and sell in them the same products. The standardized aesthetic of contemporary mass culture is often imitated by contemporary artists - even when they themselves work manually. This proclivity of contemporary art to mimic the surrounding environment formed by modern mass design often neutralizes the individuality and originality of separate artistic positions; that which looks similar is often perceived by us as having similar content.
The exhibition Russian Povera brought together the dissidents of design, the dissidents of glamour. Each of them underscores the hand-made and home-made quality of his artistic production. And some artists, such as Valery Koshlyakov and Avdey Ter-Oganian, for example, also treat with sly irony their own attempts to do things properly but with only the available means.
Valery Koshlyakov reproduces architectural masterpieces in a material which completely deconstructs said masterpieces; Ter-Oganian demonstrates locally produced Modernist samples, which are incapable of cultural functioning in the framework of the contemporary symbolic economy. The same can be said of the home-baked icons created by Anatoly Osmolovsky. But in losing their glamorousness, all these things gain their own histories, become anthropomorphic and psychologized. The viewer's attention shifts from the object itself to its genealogy and its practical use.
This is particularly noticeable with Vladimir Arkhipov, whose works create an aura of time and place around objects, locate them within a history of use - and thus resist the loss of aura which Walter Benjamin diagnosed as the main characteristic of the age of mechanical reproduction.
The name of the exhibition references, of course, Arte Povera, the famous Italian artistic movement of the 1960s. There are, indeed, parallels here, but the differences seem to me more interesting and meaningful. Arte Povera, just like Italian neorealist cinema, reacted to the situation in post-war, post-fascist, post-heroic Italy. The lavishly pompous aesthetic of the Mussolini era was replaced with descriptions of the everyday life of the masses in a war-ravaged country. Needless to say, Russian povera art also reacts to the situation in post-totalitarian Russia. But one should not forget that what came in Italy after Arte Povera was, in fact, the epoch of design. In Italy, it is generally said that the aesthetics of Arte Povera were replaced in the 1980s not by a new, purely artistic direction, but, in fact, by the design of Armani, Versace, and Prada. In Russia, these firms arrived immediately after the fall of the Soviet regime, so that the aesthetics of Socialist Realism shifted immediately, practically without any breaks, into the aesthetics of glamour. Thus, as has already been noted, if Italian Arte Povera served as the forerunner of glamorous design, then Russian povera acts as opposition to it.
In this regard, the artists represented at the exhibiton are probably continuing more the traditions of Tatlin and Kabakov. Tatlin produced his things at a distance from those places where Soviet industry was coming into its own; Kabakov also specialized in the production of non-official type objects. But, of course, povera anti-design is also a kind of design. It is just a distinct kind of design, namely a design of originals rather than of mass-produced things. And since originals are quite prized in our time, the shabby appearance does not necessarily guarantee a low price; based on experience, the opposite seems more likely to be the case.
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My partner Steve has been honing his abilities to see and remove entity attachments in people's auras over this year. Unfortunately they are a more common problem than most people realise and can sometimes be quite debilitating.
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If you've ever seen Anneke van Giersbergen perform live, you know that her set is loaded with positive energy regardless of whether she's performing something heavy, pop-oriented, or melancholic / atmospheric / goth flavoured from her days with The Gathering. Drive ranks as Anneke's strongest solo outing to date (including her Agua de Annique records), bar none. Sure, that's the rock n' roll metalhead talking, but there's no denying Drive feels like a no-nonsense live set laid down in the comfort of home.
Guitar, bass, drums, occasional keys, and Anneke's bloody awesome voice are the magic behind Drive. A completely rock-driven package (with the exception of ballad 'My Mother Said'), tracks 'We Live On', 'Treat Me Like A Lady' and 'She' are neatly arranged to ease the lister in before hammering things home with soaring trademark Anneke choruses. Title track 'Drive' is crafted for exactly that purpose – top down, pedal to the floor – and 'You Will Never Change' is a step up from 'Drive' in tempo and intensity; also the heaviest track on the record… although 'The Best Is Yet To Come' surprises with a ballsy footstomp groove. Anneke still has one of the strongest and most identifiable voices around. Continue reading ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN – New Album Review: "Feels Like A No-Nonsense Live Set Laid Down In The Comfort Of Home"


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Intergovernmental cooperation: Doing more with less
Last year, three municipalities in San Diego County entered into a joint agreement for shared fire protection. The cities of El Cajon, La Mesa, and Lemon Grove, Calif., created a shared management team to coordinate fire and emergency medical services, firefighter training, fire prevention, emergency planning and community preparedness. By consolidating these essential services and sharing management functions, the cities expect to save a combined $560,000 annually.
During the current economic downturn, it is no surprise that those three California cities — as well as governments across the country — are looking to establish service partnerships, share costs and cooperate with one another to achieve improved operating results (IOR). Intergovernmental cooperation is an arrangement by which two or more government entities or agencies share or consolidate resources such as employees, equipment, buildings, revenue or other assets to achieve IOR. A familiar example is the practice of cooperative procurement to derive deeper discounts on goods and services, while at the same time reducing administrative expenses for participating agencies. But shared purchasing is just one way governments can cooperate to save time and money and achieve IOR. Let's look at some other examples.
By cooperating to provide joint emergency dispatch services, Lincoln Park, Southgate and Wyandotte, three cities in Wayne County, Mich., are combining their 911 dispatch services under the Downriver Central Dispatch. The decision to join services was made to cut costs and to improve essential services. Savings for the communities are estimated between 5 and 10 percent per city.
To reduce costs in a similar fashion, the Union County, N.J., Board of Chosen Freeholders recently announced that they intend to move forward to establish a shared public safety dispatch system between the County and the Borough of Fanwood. This shared arrangement will result in significant savings for Fanwood — almost $230,000 over its first three years. The shared dispatch system will cover all Fanwood emergency services including police, fire and emergency medical services. Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr recently stated, "I am proud that Fanwood is serving as the pilot for this new program, which saves real dollars and shrinks local government costs without compromising services."
More than 30 cities and other public agencies in King County, Wash., have taken advantage of interlocal agreements with the county's road service division. From routine maintenance to highly technical engineering, the King County Road Services Division offers a variety of services to other jurisdictions within the region. Individual agencies in and around the county are able to take advantage of the county's large inventory of equipment to reduce the expense for all participants.
School districts across the United States are also faced with shrinking budgets and staff cuts. Cooperation among school districts has been shown to reduce costs and ensure that necessary services can continue to be provided to students. Washtenaw County, Mich.'s 10 traditional school districts are currently working on a plan to combine the busing of students countywide by next fall. The Washtenaw Intermediate School District is leading the efforts and has hired two consulting firms to analyze the potential cost reductions. The goal is to generate savings for the districts ranging from 18 percent to 25 percent in their transportation budgets.
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by Phyllis Hanlon, Contributing Writer
Researchers who study WHO Group 1 PH (PAH, pulmonary arterial hypertension) have shown that drugs may delay progression of the disease, reduce symptoms and improve quality of life. More recently, scientists have found that using more than one drug early when a patient is newly diagnosed can produce an even better result. But what about the financial costs associated with these drugs? Do the financial costs of taking more than one drug outweigh the costs that might have been incurred if the patient was, for example, hospitalized because the disease was not as well treated? In 2017, a research team embarked on a study to find some answers.
Charles D. Burger, M.D., Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Sleep Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, led a team of authors in reviewing studies published from January 2005 to August 2017 and included in reputable medical journal databases to determine how PAH drugs affect health and health care costs. They also examined the impact of early intervention on the disease. The authors hail from the Mayo Clinic and Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburg, which are both Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA)-accredited centers.
The EARLY study of bosentan (Tracleer® compared to placebo) was the first clinical trial to suggest that early treatment of the disease, rather than waiting for a patient's disease to progress before treating, was beneficial for patients. In this study, patients with mild PAH symptoms were randomized to receive either treatment with bosentan or a placebo. It found that bosentan decreased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) by 23 percent, and that 18 percent of patients' functional class was improved on follow-up at 3.6 years. Six-minute walk distance (6MWD), however, was not statistically significantly increased in the treatment group.
The AMBITION trial used an upfront combination of ambrisentan (Letairis®) and tadalafil (Adcirca®) compared to the drugs used individually, and included patients who had not previously received PH-targeted therapy. The results showed that patients receiving the two-drug combination did better and had fewer disease-related events compared to patients taking either drug individually. The benefit was observed regardless of the subtype of PAH such as in those patients with connective tissue disease-associated PAH, like scleroderma. According to the authors, the AMBITION trial "…may change the [pattern] of PAH therapy."
The SERAPHIN trial tested the effect of macitentan compared to placebo and found that patients in World Health Organization (WHO) functional class (FC) II, III or IV who were treated with macitentan had fewer hospitalizations and delayed worsening of their disease, in both the patients who were on the drug alone or combined with a PDE5-inhibitor or an oral or inhaled prostanoid.
Similarly, selexipag used in the GRIPHON trial demonstrated delayed disease progression and reduced hospital admissions. The PATENT-1 study examined the use of riociguat and found an increase in 6MWD and a 29 percent reduction in PVR. Patients in both of these studies were receiving background therapy.
The authors also examined health care-related costs of PAH treatment. Dr. Burger and his colleagues reported that specialty prescriptions, which include drugs for PAH, account for more than one-quarter of all prescription drug costs in the U.S., despite only a few patients taking them. The spending on these drugs continues to grow, with specialty drug cost growth doubling the growth in traditional drugs 2016, i.e., 8.4 percent versus 3.4 percent. However, they pointed out that some studies they reviewed suggested that fewer hospitalizations might offset the high price of PAH drugs.
While it's difficult to pin down exact cost of "healthcare utilization" in the United States—due to the variability in health systems and health insurance to name only two—
the authors affirm that drug costs can take a huge financial toll. For instance, Dr. Burger asserted that the annual wholesale cost for the individual PAH-specific medications currently available ranges between $25,000 and $250,000. Combination treatment raises the price tag, e.g., ambrisentan and tadalafil together could cost $125,802 per year; the cost for the patient varies depending on health insurance and availability of charitable assistance.
When the authors examined hospital costs for patients with PAH, they found a significant discrepancy between PAH-associated costs with those for other primary diagnoses. For example, patients admitted to the hospital due to PAH spent $61,922, while patients hospitalized for other diagnoses paid $42,455 in hospital costs. But when the PAH drugs reduced hospitalization and length of hospital stay, those costs were significantly reduced.
Dr. Burger and his fellow researchers suggested that more innovative approaches to treatment would offer patients a clinical benefit and would also be kinder to the wallet. They pointed out that nanotechnology and individualized medicine is helping to create better and more targeted delivery systems. Also, implantable monitors are helping clinicians keep a closer eye on a patient's condition and enable better disease management in other diseases. These advances may also help reduce the cost of PAH-related drugs, they noted.
Each PH patient is different. It is essential that you talk to your own doctor about what treatment options are best for you. For more information on finding a doctor or an accredited care center, visit https://www.phassociation.org/PHCareCenters/Patients.


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Have you ever that that sixth sense to do something out of the blue? On Saturday, after my volunteer shift, something told me to check my email. I flip to my blog email account and there is a notice from the USGA. This what I saw.
MEDIA ADVISORY – U.S. Senior Open Honorary Chairmen Tim Brown and Jerome Bettis Available in Media Center at 4 p.m. on Saturday
Now in order to get from the main gate to the media tent it takes two buses, a car ride and another bus to get there. That means leaving through the Main Gate to Stepan Building, Stepan Building to the Joyce parking lot, get in my car drive and drive to Bulla lot, Bulla Lot to Gate 2. Now finding out the news at 3:05 PM, I knew it would be close. I make it to the media tent with 7 minutes to spare. Luckily Tim Brown was running 45 minutes late.
Tim Brown and "The Bus" Press Conference
Moderator Session with Tim Brown and Jerome Bettis
Opening Statement by the Moderator: "Welcome into the media center. It's my pleasure to welcome in Jerome Bettis and Tim Brown, two Notre Dame legends and Pro Football Hall-of-Famers, both inducted in the Class of 2015, and both the Honorary Chairmen of this 40th U.S. Senior Open. First just want to get into how you both got into the game of golf, and what do you enjoy most about it?"
Jerome Bettis response: "For me it was a couple of my teammates in Pittsburgh, they convinced me — namely, Kordell Stewart convinced me to come out and play, and he beat up on me for a couple of years until I had said to myself I'm not going to lose anymore, and I started to work at my game. But not until I retired did I really start to get lessons and work towards my game."
"So I have a love affair with golf now as a result of it because it's the only really competition — only way we can compete as former athletes is on the golf course."
Tim Brown response: "You know, for me, the only regret I have in my life is when I was 11 years old my elementary school principal came up to me and said, Tim, I've been watching you, you have great hand-eye coordination, and I want to teach you how to play golf. And I'm an inner city kid that grew up in Texas. I was like, this man done lost his mind. I'm not playing any golf. But that's the only sports regret I have in my whole life."
"I was a tennis player. That was my off-season sport. I tore my knee up my second year, and the Raiders wouldn't let me play tennis anymore. So they told I could play golf, so that's how I started playing golf in my mid-20s."
"And like Jerome, you really don't — well, our swing is not perfected, but for us, every year you end the year with a shoulder injury or a knee injury or whatever and you have to adapt your swing to that. So really not until I finished the game was I able to play golf the way I wanted to."
Moderator question: Can anything you did on the football field help you on the golf course? Are there any similarities between the?
Tim Brown response: "I often say, if I played football the way I play golf, I would have been in the league about a year and a half because I make all kinds of dumb plays and dumb mental mistakes, and on the football field I was known for being a headsy guy."
"I don't know what it is. It's something about that little white ball, you just want to kill it, but it can't be killed. But in my mind I can kill it. It just keeps going on and on and on."
Jerome Bettis response: "Probably the language is the only thing that correlates from golf to football, because golf is going to make you say some words you don't really want to. But football does it, as well. And football is obviously you're competing against other guys, and so you've got the war of words as well as the physicality of the game."
"But I think that's the only correlation because in football, physically you're getting beat up, and golf is about mentally getting beat up."
Moderator question: "It just shows you how good Stricker and Toms and Jerry Kelly really are. You guys spent a little bit of time with David Toms out on the Notre Dame football field. I think he threw a pass and then signed some autographs a little bit earlier. What have you heard from the players and the fans about their experience here at the Warren Course for the Senior Open?"
Jerome Bettis response: "Well, I just finished signing, and everything I heard was great. The one thing I heard more than anything was that they appreciated the people that was working here, that was doing everything, they just thought everything was so well run and well done."
"So I don't think it's indicative of Notre Dame as much as it is the USGA. But I think Notre Dame is getting a lot of credit, when the USGA should get a lot of the credit with how this is being run."
"But I just think it's been a first-class experience, and I think all the fans have been saying that. But knowing who to really direct the first-class experience to."
"So it's been — in my experience, it's been awesome to come here and to have an opportunity to mingle with some of the players to get a chance to chat with them. Throughout time I've gotten to know some of the guys, so to spend a little bit of time and have them here on campus, in essence, it's neat."
Tim Brown response: "Yeah, you know, this is the first time since I've been following golf that football and golf have really collided. You know, I think for it to be at the University of Notre Dame and for us to be doing things on the football field with David Toms and the helmets that they're getting, the jerseys they're getting, things of that nature, you're finally seeing football and golf clashing, and I think everybody likes what they've seen."
"I think the University of Notre Dame, I'll give them a little credit. Jerome don't want to give them any credit, but I'll give them a little credit. I think this university has stood up to the test, and it's shining big right now, I believe. Of course we know the USGA, they're going to do great things all the time. We played with one of the USGA reps this morning, Fred Perpall, and they're serious about what they're doing, and you can tell that here."
"I think from that standpoint it's a beautiful thing, and I would hope the USGA would look at bringing another tournament here to the university relatively soon. I know things are already planned out, but as soon as possible because I think this university can handle it, and I think everybody really loved what they've seen so far. We've still got another day to go."
Media Questions with Tim Brown and Jerome Bettis
Media question: "Jerome, maybe the one course that you had always wanted to play and finally did, just walk us through that experience for you."
Jerome Bettis response: "The one course I always wanted to play? There's been a lot of those. Just about every one on the list. I became a member at Oakmont, and the first time I played there — obviously being a Pittsburgh Steeler, Oakmont is right there, I never played it when I was playing in Pittsburgh. I had always heard the stories about, oh, it's going to eat you up. And so I was always like, oh, my game is not good enough, I don't want to play there."
"And then I got an opportunity to go to a SWAT event there, and I'm saying to myself, my game is good, I'm ready, I'm ready for it, and of course I went and got smacked down, and I was not ready for it."
"But I'm a pain freak, so I joined. And so I said to myself, I am going to bring this course to its knees. I have not done that yet, but the first time I played it, I had a really good sense of what golf really is, because I wasn't playing golf, and to see them play at a course like that, the pros, I mean, I got a better appreciation for the game and the humility of my golf game, as well."
Media question: "Tim, a lot of the players this week talked about just about everything about Notre Dame, the Golden Dome, the stadium. Is it weird to hear that because when you see these places it's just kind of like home for you guys?"
Tim Brown response: "Yeah, it is, but there's not one time when I drive down Notre Dame Avenue for the first time coming back that I don't take a picture of it. I mean, I may have 50 pictures of that on my phone right now. Every time I come back here and I come down Notre Dame Avenue, I take a picture of the dome."
"A couple weeks ago I was here for a golf tournament, and it was 3:00 in the morning and so foggy you couldn't even see the dome, but I still took the picture. That never gets old to me."
"I was standing out there today waiting on my car at the Morris Inn, and I was looking back, and I just had a little flashback of 30 years ago being on campus because, for both of us, it's where it all started. Who knows, if things don't go well here, maybe we don't have the same career in the NFL. You just never know."
So for me, that never gets old.
Media question: "Jerome and Tim, what does if mean for you guys to be honorary chairmen of this U.S. Senior Open?"
Jerome Bettis response: "It's an amazing honor because they could have chosen a lot of other great players that have played at this university. To choose us to carry the mantle, if you will, for all of the former players who have played here with us, it was a tremendous honor and one that didn't take lightly. So I really appreciate the opportunity, and it's been more than I could have ever thought it was."
Tim Brown response: "Well, I can tell you how big it was for me. I didn't ask for money. That's how big it was. This was like, whatever you guys want me to do, we're in."
"You know, the opportunity to link up with the USGA and to be a part of such a humongous historical event really was really overwhelming. It was one of those "Really? Come on, man, don't be playing with me" type calls when I got the call."
"I think from that standpoint, it's just been awesome to be here and to be a part of this and to have your name associated with it, it's just been a remarkable deal."
Media question: "Not really golf-related, but curious, both your thoughts on the state of Notre Dame football right now."
Jerome Bettis response: "You know what, I think it's really in a good place. I think Coach Kelly has done an amazing job at being able to recruit from behind, so to speak. Obviously there was a couple schools that have been in the race for a national championship a lot more than Notre Dame has, and so that's given them a competitive advantage."
"So I think Coach Kelly has done an amazing job at recruiting kids that are right for Notre Dame but also have given us an opportunity to be competitive on a national stage."
"I think that's what it's all about. I think the more we're able to perform on a national stage, our players have a sense of what's needed and what's necessary to perform at the highest level, and I think that's the one thing you need to see sometimes, and we've been fortunate that we've been able to see that."
"So hopefully this is the start of something really big. I think Coach Kelly is a great coach, and I think they're going to take this momentum and build on it."
Tim Brown Response: "Yeah, I think that when you look at what has happened over the last couple years, to see this team playing as well as they are is a very beautiful thing. You know, when I came here years ago, it was — I could care less about what happened on the football field. It was all about getting that Notre Dame degree and moving on, and certainly I know it's a lot different now because it's such a huge opportunity in the NFL to go and really set your life the way you would like it if you can make an NFL team, especially being a high draft pick."
"But when you come here, you come here for 40 years, you're not looking for — just to win a championship or whatever. You're here because for the next 40 years, your life is going to be taken care of."
"I could really care less what happens on the football field most of the time. I love the fact that they're competing and they're there, and when they're there, I want them to really compete, unlike they did in Dallas at the Clemson game. But when Notre Dame is out there the way it is, it only makes — when the football team is out there the way it is, it only makes this university that much more special, and you're going to get better kids, better athletes, the whole deal."
"That's the beautiful thing about the team playing as well as they are right now."
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Shake Down The Thunder Sports question: "With you guys here on campus, football-related, have you had a chance to sit down with some of the guys on the team and talk to them and kind of give them some motivation and just try and give them some guidance for the next season?"
Tim Brown response: "Man, them days are over. That's not the way it goes anymore. I don't think — Jerome can speak for himself. I've spoken to the team several times over the years, but it's not a continuous thing. It's not something that happens all the time."
"The university knows, athletic department knows, the football team knows, if they ever want me to speak, they know where I am. But that's just not something you're called on to do."
"And I can get it; I understand that. Jerome is younger than me. Probably there would be guys even younger than him coming back to speak to these guys at this particular point. But they know I'm here to support them, and that's all I can do."
Jerome Bettis response: "Yeah, for me it's the same thing. This is not football season, obviously, so I haven't seen any of the players or anything like that. But I think this is their time at — the calm before the storm, if you will."
"Yeah, if they wanted me to speak, I would love to, but it's one of those that they've got quite a few people to draw from and a lot of players that's right now currently in the NFL. So if they need me, I'm available, but I don't know if they do."
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0642 Drill Trailer
Trailer Price (ex. VAT):
To transport a mobile drilling rig and tools
This trailer, designed to carry a mobile drilling machine, is based on our 0642 but fitted with a 650kg axle and 145 x 10 wheels and tyres. It has a ramp door and a 500kg strap winch. A special frame is provided to support the top heavy drilling head and a front mounted box for drill bits and tools.
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Will launch in India next year.
Nearly seven years after being on the market with more or less the same looks, the BMW X3 is set to enter its third generation this year. According to a new report from BMWBLOG, the 2018 BMW X3 will reach European dealerships in November 2017.
The BMW specialist website says that production of the next-gen BMW X3 will commence in August 2017. This suggests that the G01 BMW X3 could debut in mid-2017; the second-gen model followed a similar timeline when it arrived in 2010.
The third-gen BMW X3 will be underpinned by the CLAR rear-wheel platform that currently forms the basis for the BMW 7 Series and BMW 5 Series. In a common move, BMW will give the compact SUV an evolutionary redesign. The next-gen X3 is said to be about 100 kg lighter than the current model, thanks to new lightweight construction and the CLAR platform. Spy shots have revealed that as the exterior, the interior will be in line with the latest BMWs.
Also See: BMW 1 Series Sedan spied in Munich
The 2018 BMW X3 will be offered with two versions of the B47 2.0-litre diesel engine as well as the B57 3.0-litre diesel engine and the B58 3.0-litre petrol engine. The base X3 should be powered by a 2.0-litre petrol engine producing somewhere between 190 and 200 hp and be an sDrive (front-wheel drive), model. The xDrive all-wheel-drive system will be availably probably in almost all except the base models. An iPerformance plug-in hybrid variant should follow soon after the standard X3 goes on sale. In 2020, BMW will launch a pure electric variant as well.
The Indian launch of the all-new BMW X3 could happen sometime next year.
[Source: BMWBLOG]


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Nobody Did Anything!
This past weekend I had the opportunity to speak at a bully prevention conference for elementary and middle school students. After my program a young man walked up to me and explained how he had been bullied and was able to put an end to it. I asked if he reported the bullying and he said, "I reported it several times to the teacher and the principal and nobody did anything. The kid kept on hitting me, pushing me down and taking my backpack every day." I asked the young man how he put an end to the bullying and he said, "I punched him and he never teased and pushed me again."
Using violence to put an end to a bullying situation is not only wrong but will not put an end to the bullying in the school. Many counselors and social workers agree that if a student listen's to their parents and "hit's them back," two things can happen.
1) The aggressor moves on to another child
2) The once target of the bully starts to be aggressive toward weaker students.
We have been told by many that violence only breeds more violence.
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
Martin Luther King Jr., December 11, 1964
If we want our students to refrain from solving their bullying situation with violent behavior, then we all must make a commitment to step up to the plate to help and protect them.
My Twitter, Facebook and Linked In groups are loaded with people who are sharing outstanding information on how to help children peacefully stand up to the bully. There is also information on what they should do to report it. But as Nancy Buyle one of my bully prevention mentors and a trainer for Bully-Free Schools once said to me, "you can't ask these kids to speak up if there is nothing in place to protect them."
Dr. William Damon (1995) Director of Brown University Center for Study of Human Development, points out that we serve young people best when we use small negative consequences so student's attention is fixed on their actions and what is wrong with those actions rather than primarily on the consequences themselves. Most of all, expectation should be consistent so that young people cannot expect to get away with aggressive behavior. (Taken from Schools where Everyone Belongs, Stan Davis)
Here are something's your school can do to help children reporting bullying behavior:
Every day during the morning announcements students should be reminded why certain actions are wrong and what is expected of them.
There should never be just a warning, the child that is aggressive to another, must know the consequences and most importantly understand why his actions were wrong.
I know principals are busy and teachers over extended but for the safety of a child who is a target of bullying behavior you must commit to following and enforcing the rules when deemed necessary.
Parents you too need to take an active role but please leave the personal baggage at home and focus on the safety of your child.
Parents also need to step up to the plate if they see something wrong, they too need to get involved and follow through.
Parents you need to get on or create your own school Duck Sense Bully Prevention advisory council to monitor all weekly and monthly reports from students and check how they were handled.
Together as parents, teachers, social workers, counselors and bully prevention specialists we must be willing to get involved to help and protect these kids and stop them from thinking that "nobody did anything.


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In this post, I will look at another type of survey panel; it is a bit different from the rest but a way to earn some good rewards.
National Consumer Panel
6800 Jericho Turnpike Suite 102E, Syosset, NY 11791 US
Tel: 1-800-962-6700 Contact: email@example.com
Operated by: Nielsen and IRI
What Is the National Consumer Panel
The National Consumer Panel (NCP) is a joint venture between Nielsen and IRi – the two leading consumer insight providers in the United States. We are a market research panel that measures consumer attitudes and behavior.
Since 1987 (as Nielsen Homescan, then in 2010 as National Consumer Panel), we have been gathering panel members' opinions and shopping data to help manufacturers and retailers make informed decisions on what products to develop, improve or sell in the market. Our panel comprises people like you, a diverse cross-section of consumers from all over the country.
You will be asked for a good amount of information regarding your shopping trips. NCP is the premier market research company that retailers and manufacturers have come to rely upon to make product availability decisions for consumers across the country. They can only make these decisions thanks to the critical information you share.
How does the National Consumer Panel work
After applying and you have completed the signup process, If there is an opening on the panel for a household that matches your demographic profile, we will contact you to let you know you've been selected.
As a panel member, you will be given access to our exclusive NCPMobile App, available for select iOS and Android devices scanner)
NCP Panel Members participate in several ways:
– By sharing their shopping trip information: Using NCPMobile, NCP Panel members enter details about the items they purchase. This may include store name, price details, whether coupons or club cards were used, how the purchase was paid for, and more.
You will use NCPMobile to scan the barcodes on all the products you or others in your household purchased during a shopping trip. You will also provide NCP with.
- Information on non-bar coded items you purchased, such as fruits and vegetables, meats, baked goods, and prescriptions.
- Details about your shopping trips, like the store you went to, items purchased online, whether you used a club/shopper, and the prices of the things you bought. This data is valuable and crucial to product manufacturers and retailers looking to ensure the products you want and love are readily available.
– By participating in surveys: Panel members will be invited to participate in surveys on various topics. In any given week, you might be asked about snack habits, household cleaners, pain relief products, etc. In most cases, survey participation earns panel members additional rewards.
Surveys are an essential part of panel membership, giving you yet another way to Earn reward points, sweepstakes entries, and other prizes by taking surveys!
– By taking part in special studies: from time to time, NCP conducts special studies you may be invited to. These could include short or long-term "diaries" where you enter details about your daily or weekly consumption of a particular food or drink or receiving a product to test. Participation in our special studies earns our panel members even more rewards.
NCP also conducts special studies you may be invited to. Participating in these programs by participating you can earn additional rewards! Panel Members are also eligible for special programs, allowing for special discounts and savings with our partners and many online retailers
What Are Rewards
Panelists have rewarded points; no cash is paid; for weekly participation, panel members earn reward points which can be used to redeem gift cards directly through NCPMobile's reward section. Panel members can also redeem reward points towards merchandise in our exclusive gift catalog (accessible through our panel member website).
Participation also earns panel members automatic entries into our sweepstakes for cash prizes and prepaid gift cards.
For every week you participate, you will earn points. I am unsure how many points you will receive or how the points are rewarded.
Reports show that the points are around 20-50 points per item you scan. And there are also reports the points rewarded are 150 per week.
When Will I Be Able To Redeem My Rewards
It depends on the reward you want and the number of points you have acquired. Panel members earn reward points that can be used to redeem gift cards directly through NCPMobile's reward section. Panel members can also redeem reward points towards merchandise in the gift catalog (accessible through the panel member website).
Participation also earns panel members automatic entries into our sweepstakes for cash prizes and prepaid gift cards.
Who can be a panel member
Anyone living in the United States shops regularly and have the time to answer surveys etc. You could opt for an alternative way to make money online. Find out HERE
Is National Consumer Panel legit?
Yes, this site is legit. It has been in operation here in the United States for many years and has earned an outstanding reputation as leading information and data firm. And they do offer some high-quality gifts.
- Free to join
- It can be fun and get gifts for your shopping and scan your barcodes
- It has great reward prizes
- Does not pay out in cash
- You have to reside in the USA
- It can take a long time to be accepted as a member
My thoughts
I know you are here because you are looking for ways to make some extra money, but if all you want is a few dollars or some gift, then you can become a member of a survey platform, and the National Consumer panel is one of the good ones.
But if you are looking for something that, in time, will become a source of real financial gain, then I would suggest another form of making money online,
One of the best methods I would recommend is online marketing, but It doesn't matter what method you use to generate an income online; you need to adjust your mindset to help empower rather than discourage you.
If you're serious about generating a full-time income and possibly more from your online activities, you need to focus on passive income rather than just an active one.
An active income will help you survive day-to-day. But it's a passive income that will keep providing even when you can no longer work.
Therefore you should spend most of your time and effort pursuing a passive income if you're serious about generating any semblance of income.
I think the wise thing to do is to pursue a passive income while also working on an active income.
There are loads of ways to generate an income passively on the internet, many of which start at the foundation of having a blog, generating substantial traffic, and building an audience and a list.
The good news is you do not need to be an expert. There is a platform built for newbies and professionals. The lesson is given in a timely manner, and there are loads of assistance, and you can become a member for free. NEED TO KNOW MORE, CLICK HERE.
I have some reviews I got from the Survey police site
February 1, 2020, by Jennifer from the United States
I was so excited to receive the scanner and a free bottle opener from their company! What a complete joke looking back on it. A bottle opener? Then I would scan every single item and have to enter a price and quantity and if I had a coupon. And I have a LARGE family. When I go shopping, I need a wagon to bring on 3 loads. So the scanning would take a while, but it was fun at first…
The rewards accumulate so slowly. More so than other survey sites, they don't make you scan all your groceries for an hour. I don't think I was even close to getting a cash-out. It got to be ridiculous all that scanning and entering prices. So I eventually stopped and just forgot about it altogether. I have 5 kids. I hadn't even thought about it again after I put the scanner in the drawer and left it. Then a year later, I got credit collectors calling me every day and sending me outrageous bills for this scanner that is so behind the times, I doubted the technology could even go up against my first cell phone 20 years ago. I told them if they wanted the scanner back, then come get it or send me a prepaid package to send it back. To be on their panel for almost a year, including the mobile panel, and all that time I put and to harass you and treat you like you've stolen their equipment!
But in all fairness, it wouldn't be so bad if they updated their methods and technology. It shouldn't be so hard.
National Consumer Panel responded to this review on February 4, 2020
Hi Jennifer,
We are sorry that you were not satisfied with your experience as a Panel Member. We would like to assist you in returning the equipment if it has not been sent back. The Collections agency referenced in our messages is solely interested in having the equipment returned.
Regarding your scanning feedback, we ask for more information about your shopping trips to ensure that we have the most accurate representation of you as a consumer.
If you have not received a return label to send the equipment, please email your information (Name, Address, Phone Number, Member ID number) to firstname.lastname@example.com with the Subject Line "Attention Supervisor" so that we can assist you.
Easy, fun surveys
January 21, 2020, by Cindy from the United States
I have been a member for several years. Easy scanning of groceries and various other consumer goods. Fun surveys. Quick weekly points add up quickly, and the spin wheel increases weekly point totals. I am a super scanner!
National Consumer Panel responded to this review on January 22, 2020
Thanks for your time it is greatly appreciated if you have any comments or questions,
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Google releases Chrome Remote Desktop app for iOS
Google is now giving iPhone and iPad owners the opportunity to control their computer desktop from their Apple smartphone or tablet.
Following the launch of the app on Android last April, Google is now giving iOS users to get in on the act.
Users must download the Chrome Remote Desktop from the Chrome Web Store for their Mac or PC, follow the steps to enable remote access and then open the app on their iPhone or iPad in order to make the connection.
The app gives patrons the chance to access files from their computer and also stream media from the remote connection. After verifying the connection with a code, users will be able to tap any of their computers from a list.
Read more: Google Chromecast review
Prior to the Android launch the app allowed users to access other desktop and laptop computers via the Chrome Web browser.


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In 1996 Dandilee Spice Corp. was founded with the goal of helping seed producers in Western Canada find buyers for their product.
As business grew, so did our global reach. With growers across Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba, we have built a solid base of strategic suppliers with whom we have cultivated long term relationships. Without these crucial ties, we could not offer you the value, quality and market knowledge we share today.
With new ownership came new opportunities, in 2017 a new facility was constructed just outside of Grenfell SK. Dandilee Spice Corp. can now offer a validated process capable of achieving a 5 log reduction in Salmonella and E-Coli, while using no chemicals, irradiation, radiation or noxious gases. We can also offer ground product from our Kosher and FSSC 22000 certified facility.
Dandilee utilizes two processing plants located in Saskatchewan. Both plants are HACCP and ISO 22000 Certified. The ability to offer a safe, high quality product is our number one priority, with seeds being handled properly from start to finish.
Our current focus is supplying non-organic Coriander, Caraway and Brown Flax, but we can potentially fill requests for other products (organic or non-organic), so feel free to contact us with your needs.
Our experts continually maintain contact with the growers to understand prevailing market conditions. Changing weather patterns, global supply and demand, crop conditions, pricing and logistical challenges are only a few of the variables in an ever complex equation. From field to your factory floor, we scrutinize every detail, filter the market intelligence and share the information with you, the end-user, in order to make timely decisions on procurement.


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Classic Armchairs
VAMA Divani has always been, for the classic armchairs, a very special care, and concerning such products, you can choose among a wide range of models.
Among the classic leather armchairs, we highlight the charming and beautiful Chesterfield armchairs, completely upholstered in leather and embellished by the famous buttoned details. Also with regard to fabric armchairs, the available models are numerous and very intriguing ones, and the fabric armchairs with completely removable cover are not rare because they result to be very practical in cleaning their surface.
The VAMA Divani classic armchairs can be placed successfully in your home, in your professional studio, in your office and in many other contexts. In addition to the simple armchair, we can realise leather directional armchairs which can be completely customised.
Linked by internal extremely durable frames and a very strict care, the VAMA Divani classic armchairs can be customised, and many models can be required and customised in any size you want.
Doge: Luxury armchair in hand-buffered leather
This luxury leather armchair is a really great choice for those who want a prestigious model characterised by an elegant and very Vintage style.€1,188.30
Bergere armchair with removable cover - Camelia
Classic style Bergere armchair characterised by a comfortable and high back, a perfect piece of furniture for a traditional interior design, both for living rooms and bedrooms or other types of spaces.
This so suggestive armchair is upholstered in fine fabric and presents a completely removable cover, so its upholstery can be directly washed in your washing machine. If you prefer, you can order this armchair upholstered in leather or in other shades of colour concerning its fabric upholstery.€963.82
Desirè: Small Bergere armchair
Desirè is a small Bergere armchair, clearly inspired by classic style, an absolutely perfect armchair for traditional or Vintage style environments that turns out to be ideal, thanks to its compact dimensions, even for smaller rooms.
This model presents several stylistic features that make the Bergere armchair really valuable: its striking arms, the shape of its back, the skirt covering its feet... a set of details that really emphasises the classic style of this armchair.
Very comfortable, thanks to its high back and its particularly thick and soft seat cushion, the Desirè Bergere armchair is completely upholstered in fabric and presents a completely removable cover: its upholstery, therefore, can be easily separated from the padding, so it can be easily washed also in your washing machine.
The wonderful style of this Bergere armchair makes it perfect not only for your living rooms, but also for bedrooms or other environments.€890.62
Iris: Fabric armchair with wooden arms
Suggestive 50s style armchair, ideal for kitchens, living rooms and other rooms of your house, an armchair characterise by a very original design and by a structure presenting bold wooden elements.
Very convenient and comfortable, the Iris armchair is very resistant, thanks to its very solid and sturdy structure. Customise it in any fabric and colour by your choice, or contact us and request a free quote if you prefer a leather upholstery.€671.01
Asterina: Bedroom small armchair in red velvet
Elegant and refined velvet armchair which can be even upholstered in leather, inspired by the style of the Aster Doge sofa, the popular classic sofa very similar to the more famous Chesterfield sofa.
A piece of furniture full of special and extremely accurate features in its hand-crafted finish, with a high and contoured back and its bold arms which present decorative cord and tassels.
Perfect for classic living rooms, the Asterina armchair is ideal to be matched with a Aster Doge sofa, in fact, or with a traditional Chesterfield one, and it proves to be a beautiful armchair also to furnish bedrooms with velvet beds or any other room.€660.03
Paros: Small armchair with wooden arms
Armchair characterised by a compact, original and stylish design, Paros can be placed with valuable results not only in your living room, but also in your bedroom or in other rooms of your house.
Featuring a fully removable cover, therefore, easy to clean, this particular fabric armchair offers stylish two-tone wooden arms which also act as structural support. Customise your Paros armchair in any colour, or contact us for a free quote if you prefer the leather upholstery.€714.93
Eden: Fabric armchair with skirt for your bedroom
Fabric armchair inspired by the Bergere armchair, but with some significant differences from this ancient classic armchair.
The Eden armchair, in fact, presents quite thin arms, a very high and large back and a "skirt" at its base, or an original pleated base.
Very elegant and refined but also easy to match, the Eden armchair can be customised in any colours and can be placed successfully in living rooms, bedrooms or any other room.€758.86
Bergere armchair without removable cover
Bergere armchair characterised by a traditional style, a true icon of classical furniture that proves to be perfect in many different environments.
Upholstered in high quality and finely crafted fabric, this armchair is very comfortable and can be combined with Vintage-style sofas.
Customise your Bergère armchair in any colour shade and upholstery. Feel free to contact us for a custom quote!€1,023.60
Chesterfield armchair
A fascinating piece of furniture for your home and not only, even suitable for offices and waiting rooms.
Customise your own Chester armchair in any colour and upholstery, to give a touch of elegance and refinement at your room, thanks to the buttoned details made by hand by our Italian craftsmen.€1,268.83
Chesterina armchair
Chesterina is a armchair that perfectly presents all the features of the famous Chesterfield armchair, true symbol of classical furniture, with the only difference of being smaller.
There are many valuable characteristics that distinguish the Chesterina armchair, such as its buttoned details, masterfully applied, its buttoned base and the details of its arms.€902.82
Old Style Chesterfield armchair
Stylish and refined armchair that revisits, with small but significant details, the style of the famous and timeless Chesterfield armchair.
A luxurious and refined armchair, perfect to be placed in a Vintage or typically traditional environment, such as a living room, an office or more.€1,318.85
Baroque armchair in white leather with silver foil frame
Extremely accurate in its style and made with luxury in mind, the Baroque armchair is clearly inspired, concerning its design, by the art movement of the same name, and it is perfect for those who are looking for a refined armchair to be placed in a classic context.
Characterised by an elegant and painted wooden frame, the Baroque armchair is upholstered in high quality leather and is decorated with many interesting details, such as its studs.
Its soft padding and its large and ergonomic back make this armchair very comfortable.
Customise the colour of its wooden frame and of its leather upholstery, and realise the Baroque armchair of your dreams.€1,407.91
Parigina: Leather armchair with stitched buttoned details
Armchair in hand aged leather, realised following a carefully crafted process, an exceptional piece of furniture for those who appreciate Vintage style. It can be realised in many other colours: go to our leather catalogue. The finely crafted upholstery embellished with buttons, trims and studs, and other interesting details such as its bold wooden feet, make this armchair a real masterpiece of classic design.
Like all the armchairs our collection, even the Parigina armchair can be customised in any colour and upholstery.€901.60
Capri: Leather Bergere armchair with buttoned details
Leather Bergère armchair, characterised by a very charming and elegant design, enhanced by buttoned details on its back and many fine decorative hand crafted details.
Customise your own Capri armchair, in any colour and upholstery.€1,243.21
Presidential and directional office armchair in genuine leather
Presidential and directional Chesterfield armchair, a very elegant armchair, upholstered in high quality leather with fine wooden base and internal structure.
This armchair combines a great level of comfort, typical of the most luxurious directional armchair with a sophisticated style, and it is perfect to be matched with a classic desk in offices or private homes.
Its main feature is represented by its very high back, finely embellished with hand crafted buttoned details, which can be customised in any colour.€1,539.67
Mocassina: Leather upholstered chair with classic style
Leather chair characterised by a simple and traditional style, with top quality wooden feet and internal structure and completely upholstered in high quality leather, embellished with elegant contrast edges.
An upholstered chair that is really "universal", being able to be combined with a dining table, a desk, and being perfect in kitchens, living rooms, bedrooms and even in offices.
It can be customised in any colour and upholstery, like all our products.€407.49
Bedroom armchair: Martina
A small bedroom armchair made by our Italian craftsmen, to be admired in every detail, ideal for bedrooms furnished in classic and modern styles.
Simple but well refined buttoned details, stylish pleats on the armrests upholstery and a charming buttoned base for this armchair which has nothing to envy to the most prestigious Chesterfield sofas.
Like all our products, this bedroom armchair can be customised in any colour and upholstery of your choice€769.84
Dual motor electric riser and reclining armchair
Reclining armchair characterised by a modern and attractive design, Minnie presents a heavy-duty structure and features internal Made in Italy motors and mechanisms.
In addition to the lift mechanism which allows people who have mobility difficulties to sit and raise without any problem, the Minnie armchair offers the opportunity to adjust, with convenient electrical controls, even its footrest and its back.
Its bright and elegant style allows the Minnie armchair to be placed with excellent results in different contexts, not only in living rooms, but also in different rooms or bedrooms.
It can be customised in any upholstery and colour by your choice. Feel free to contact us for more information.€1,293.23


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Grand Jury Indicts Alexandria Man for Murder of Sheterica Brewer
A grand jury indicts an Alexandria man for the murder of Sheterica Brewer. He's 23-year-old Brad Jeansonne.
Brewer was reported missing by her family and a couple days later police found her body. Her car was found burned in the Duhon Street area.
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Whether you're in search of a great gift for your art teacher or a math teacher, we have a lot of sweet suggestions for you. At CupCakery we create personalized 3D cakes featuring any themed décor you choose. We make teacher-themed cakes on a regular basis, so we definitely know the best gift option for you both in terms of design and flavor…
Our Team of dessert specialists create:
Along with Thank-you-teacher cakes, at CupCakery we make:
Some of the best gifts to buy for your teacher are created at CupCakery on a regular basis. Haven't found the design idea you've been looking for? Call us now to discuss your unique order based on your own ideas. Make sure you place your order in advance to get the most beautiful, thoughtful and delicious cake gift for your favorite teacher!