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Book Discussion with Walter Russell Mead
Opinio Juris is pleased to announced that in cooperation with the Council on Foreign Relations we will be sponsoring a book discussion with Walter Russell Mead about his new book, God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World.
The book discussion will be held the week of February 4, and we wanted to announce it early to give our readers the opportunity to buy the book and participate in the discussion. In addition to Mead's participation, we will have prominent guests as well as the participation of the permanent contributors.
God and Gold is currently a bestseller on the Foreign Affair's Bestseller List. The book posits that Britain and America were singularly responsible for shaping the modern world, helping to create the liberal, democratic capitalist system whose economic and social influence continues to grow around the world.
The New York Times has a nice review of the book, which includes this choice summary:
[Mead] believes every age needs a "liberal empire" to control the world's seas and make free trade possible. This was discovered by the United Provinces of the Netherlands four centuries ago, then by the United Kingdom — and now by the United States. Indeed, "the last 400 years of world history can be summed up in 10 letters. … The story of world power goes U.P. to U.K. to U.S." Each of these "liberal" maritime empires defeated towering, glowering rivals. From the Spanish Armada to Soviet tanks, they prevailed for one reason: they adhered to an unwritten code that the author wryly terms "the Protocols of the Elders of Greenwich." These are simple. Build an open society at home. Channel its dynamism outward, toward the global economy. Use the full force of the state to control the oceans, protect commerce and defeat illiberal adversaries abroad. Open the global system to others, even your enemies, if they agree to abide by the rules. Then the world's waters — and markets — will be yours.
Please go buy the book and join us the week of February 4 for a lively discussion with Walter Russell Mead.
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I look forward to reading this book but I would think the French and the Spanish would demur from this vision. I suspect also the Chinese. It sounds so rosy – no slavery, no imperialism, no carving up of the New World and Africa. Just protecting commerce and defeating illiberal adversaries abroad. Amazing!
Make peace, not war!
The imperialist mania for control and possession, i.e., for an empire of any sort, ill-suits a true democracy in a world where the U.S. could and should lead by example. A "liberal empire" should be an oxymoron, as the quest for same betrays a lack of self-confidence in the integrity and viability–the universalization or generalization–of democratic values, principles, and ideals.
That world history has, for whatever number of years, gone in a particular direction is no excuse to construct ideological apologies for maintaining that direction: this strikes me as Hegelian historicism gone amok. That it once was that way (e.g., 'Each of these "liberal" maritime empires defeated towering, glowering rivals.'), and remains this way (i.e., 'The story of world power goes U.P. to U.K. to U.S.') does not amount to a compelling ethical and political argument that things should remain that way. Perhaps history needs to move in a new direction, take a different course, if we are to flourish and survive as a planet of human beings who, in the end, are not beholden to blood and soil, to geo-political borders that often lack rhyme or reason, to economic structures and values that trump non-economistic criteria for what constitutes the "good" life, for widespread individual and collective human flourshing.
An "open society" is not equivalent to an "open economy," and much nonsense follows a conflation of the two. In any case, "our" open economy is predicated upon market capture and domination by MNCs who need not be committed to democratic principles and practices. Furthermore, this "open economy" runs roughshod over the lives of workers inasmuch as they are subject to the fortunes and follies of capital and labor markets that make mincemeat of their personal lives, that ignore, corrode, and more or less destroy the worldviews and traditions, the communities and moral reference groups, that possess the temerity to question the domination of capital, the commodification of anything and everything. Whatever the vices of the communitarians when it comes to an appreciation of moral autonomy and ethical individualism, they are right about the precipitous decline of virtues and the collapse of moral life. Michael Luntley's precis remains persuasive:
"It was only by virtue of the dissolution of the weave of reference groups and the dissolution of the good life, that capitalism could flourish. For what capitalism requires is the 'freeing' of the labouring subject from the norms of, for example, feudalism, which bound him to the land and the master, so that he could enter 'free' contracts for his labour power. The emergence of the market in labour power required the dissolution of the reference groups, so that one subject came to face another no longer within the web of norms presented by the sharing of various reference groups. Instead, one subject came to face another solely as competitor in the market to supply Capital with the labour power necessary for the maximisation of profit. Capital needs labour power to be freed from the normative bonds of our moral traditions, or else its supply will be economically ineffient. And of course, for Capital, the only measure of the adequacy of its supply is the economic efficiency in terms of profit maximisation."
But, and perhaps most importantly insofar as it captures the logic of our present situation,
"Capitalism prevents the rebuilding of the traditions of thought and feeling that would enable us to construct the reference groups necessary to see our way through the political dilemmas of the modern world. Capitalism cannot abide the construction of relationships other than those economic ones in which it places one labourer in relation with another. [As the fate of uniouns in our time makes all too clear], as soon as labourers construct relationships other than that of competitors in the labour market, the accumulation of capital decreases. It is a necessary part of the labour/captial relationship that Capital should continually seek to achieve ever cheaper and more productive supplies of labour. For as soon as one capital plant achieves such a supply, the rest must follow on pain of going out of business. It is this total economisation of human relationships under capitalism that stands in the way of the repair to the good life…. For capitalism to flourish, moral agency has to be replaced by economic agency, and therefore it is no good trying to put a 'human' face upon capitalism. [….] It is the fragmentation of the reference groups grounding our moral traditions that characterises the modern world and the spirit of anomie prevalent. [….] Capialism requires, and receives, the economisation of all social relationships in place of the normal sharing of reference groups which alone ensure the continuation of moral life."
—From Luntley's The Meaning of Socialism (La Salle, IL: Open Court, 1989).
By all means, read Walter Russell Means' book, and then read (or re-read) Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers, On Democracy: Toward a Transformation of American Society (1983).
After that, I would recommend the following:
Elster, Jon. Making Sense of Marx. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
Elster, Jon and Karl Ove Moene, eds. Alternatives to Capitalism. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Pfeffer, Rodney G. Marxism, Morality and Social Justice. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1990.
Schweickart, David. Against Capitalism. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996.
Wolff, Jonathan. Why Read Marx Today? Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Rather than valorize the vices and imperatives of empire, we should contemplate the necessities and obligations (i.e., the ethics, economics, and politics of) global distributive justice.
Erratum: please place the closed parenthesis immmediately above after the word 'politics'
I trust Professor Walter Russell Mead will forgive the mispelling of his name above: I suspect it was some sort of subversive Freudian slip (cf. 'Russell Means,' Oglala/Lakota Indian activist and first director of the American Indian Movement).
Incidentally, it is rather telling that, as the review notes, "Mead ends with a call for a rehabilitation of the thought of the late theologian Reinhold Niebuhr." Niebuhr's Protestant theology is utterly beholden to Luther's political theology insofar as it sanctions a doctrine of double moral standards: one for the individual in her private life or intimate sphere, and another for the conventional political realm and collective conduct. As one of my former political science teachers explained, "prudentia politica or niti is held to be the charioteer of the other virtues, and adapts the natural law or dharma to raison d'etat or artha. Politics may be subordinated, but it must not become subservient, to morals." In effect, this political theology necessitates, when not justifying, political policies and practices that an individualistic ethic (say, of Kantian provenance) "must always find embarrassing." Indeed, I see this doctrine as putting us on that ethically slippery slope that leads to elaborate if not tortuous apologetics on behalf of "dirty hands" and in which, justice ultimately serves, after Thrasymachus, the interests of the stronger, that is, might comes to make right. The disturbing corrollary here is that "good governance" sometimes requires the sacrifice of moral principles. This same slippery slope is what brings us frequent rhetorical appeals to the putative "necessities of politics," signifying, at least since Machiavelli, and in the words of C.A.J. Coady, "not only necessary risks of an apparently immoral kind, but necessarily even lies, cruelties and even murders. Taking their lead from Sartre's play of the same name, modern philosophers tend to talk of the necessity for 'dirty hands' in politics, meaning that the vocation of politics somehow rightly requires its practitioners to violate important moral standards which prevail outside of politics." To continue,
"…[A]lthough he has in mind the need to override Christian morality, [Machiavelli's advocacy of 'necessary immorality'] has wider application to moral codes and virtues that are recognized in secular and other contexts beyond Christianity. When Machiavelli says, 'a man who wishes to profess goodness at all times will come to ruin among so many who are not so good. Hence it is necessary for a prince who wishes to maintain his position to learn how not to be good and to use this knowledge or not according to necessity,' he is genuinely challenging a very deep and compelling picture of morality. According to this picture, we can understand what it is to lead a good life and/or the duties of a moral code, and such an understanding provides us with final, authoritative guidance on how to act. Moral reason may not always have something to say about our choices and decisions…but when it does intervene seriously and relevantly, it must carry the day against all competing considerations. This picture is challenged by Machiavelli because he thinks that there are powerful reasons which can and should override the moral reasons."
With Michael Stoker, I believe that it is "difficult to overestimate the importance of the rule of immorality in creating situations which necessitate and justify acting with dirty hands. In at least many cases…were it not for the immorality, there would be no need or room for dirty hands. The issue is important enough to stop and show that the immorality of the circumstances can provide the specific differences between cases of dirty hands and other cases."
Finally, and again with Coady,
"[O]ne may readily concede that some areas of life lead to more frequent clashes between moral and non-moral values but we need to recall both that precisely which areas these are is a matter of historical contingency, and that frequency of confrontation need not correlate with frequency of justified overriding. Politics may be very bland as, I imagine, in Monaco, and private life can be a maelstrom of agonizing conflicts, as in a black ghetto or an Ethiopian village during famine. Moreover, where politics is morally perturbing it doesn't follow that decisions against morality will necessarily be legitimate. Some area may be morally dangerous than another without being less morally constrained. Politics may often be sleazier than housekeeping without this fact licensing fewer moral constraints in politics. On the contrary, the more frequent temptation is, the greater, we might naturally suppose, the need for stern attachment to moral standards and virtue. (This was indeed the view of Machiavelli's famous humanist contemporary, Erasmus, in his The Education of a Christian Prince)."
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As of his moment, I am recovering from a fabulous vacation in Cabo San Lucas we took with my in laws last week.
We try to go on one big trip a year, and since my parents in law offered to take us on vacation this summer, we decided to tag along for our 3rd family vacation.
We knew we wanted beach, and we had a choice between Jamaica, Puerto Vallarta, and Cabo.
I have never been to Cabo, and we are huge fans of Riu hotels with their all inclusive deals, so we decided on the Riu Palace right off the beach.
As soon as we got there, we were blown away with the beauty of this place,
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We were able to lounge in the many beautiful patios throughout the hotel
We took a boat ride over to lovers beach, right by the rocks
Famous Cabo arch
Unfortunately, the beach waves were very strong and we were barely able to swim in the beach. I personally am terrified of waves so I didn't dare get close to them, but they were pretty cool to watch
Therefore, I stayed in the pool most of the time
Beautiful sunsets with yummy drinks
This was from our last day there, it was a blast!
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Hotel room prices skyrocket during CIAA tourney
Hotel room prices skyrocket during CIAA tourney
Officials in Charlotte say third parties are sending the price of some hotel rooms skyrocketing during the CIAA tournament week.
WBTV in Charlotte reports some rooms are going for as much as $400 a night.
Sid Smith of the Charlotte Area Hotel Association said third parties are booking rooms by the block and then selling them for a much higher price.
Hotels have a policy to sell no more than three rooms to one person to prevent people from having control over so many rooms, but Smith said the so-called room block raiders may call back under another name or they get a friend or an accomplice to call in.
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Executive Summary:
Microsoft's Group Policy Software Installation works in conjunction with Microsoft Group Policy and Microsoft Active Directory (AD) to manage applications' life cycles, including their deployment. Unfortunately, not all applications are designed to be deployed with Group Policy Software Installation. For example, Microsoft Visio 2007 Viewer wasn't designed to be deployed that way. Although you can make some tweaks that enable you use Group Policy Software Installation for deployment, one possible consequence is that these applications don't register their file extensions, so the auto-install feature doesn't work. Using Microsoft Visio 2007 Viewer as an example, here's how you can use ADSI Edit to manually add the file extensions to the appropriate Group Policy Object (GPO), thereby fixing the problem.
Applications that you deploy with Group Policy Software Installation sometimes don't register their file extensions. Consequently, when someone double-clicks a file that has an extension of one of those published applications, the autoinstall feature doesn't work. This situation most often occurs in applications that weren't designed for deployment through Group Policy Software Installation but were deployed anyway through some minor tweaks. (If you're unfamiliar with Group Policy Software Installation, see technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/4bdaf0f7-b7ac-41a6-9d25-9eab6aa1965c1033.mspx.)
One way to solve the file extension problem is to use ADSI Edit to manually add the file extensions to the Group Policy Object (GPO) that publishes the applications. To show you how this solution works, let's walk through the steps you'd use to add the file extension for Microsoft Visio 2007 Viewer, which unfortunately wasn't designed for deployment through Group Policy Software Installation. Here are the steps you need to follow:
1. Download Visio 2007 Viewer (visioviewer.exe) from the Microsoft Download Center (www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D88E4542-B174-4198-AE31-6884E9EDD524&displaylang=en). You'll need WinZip to unzip this file. If you don't have WinZip, you can use 7-Zip, which is freeware that you can download from www.7-zip.org.
2. Double-click visioviewer .exe. In the window that appears, right-click visioviewer.exe and select the option to extract the files to a new folder. After the extraction operation completes, the folder should contain five files, including vviewer.msi. Copy that folder to the share you use for GPO-installed packages.
3. Create a new GPO, go to the User Configuration\Software Installation folder in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Group Policy snap-in, and use the vviewer.msi file to publish the application. Because Microsoft didn't create Visio 2007 Viewer with GPO installation in mind, the file extension .vsd doesn't get registered.
4. Obtain the globally unique identifier (GUID) of the GPO you used to publish Visio 2007 Viewer. To get it, open the GPO and move to the root level, which is the level above Computer Configuration. Right-click and select Properties. The GUID appears in the Unique name field.
5. Use ADSI Edit to edit the GPO. (If you don't have this tool installed already, you can find it in the Windows Server 2003 Support Tools.) Under the Start menu, select Run. In the Run dialog box, type adsiedit.msc and click OK. After ADSI Edit opens, go to the Action menu and select the Connect to option to open the Connection Settings dialog box. In the dialog box's Connection Point section, click Select a well known Naming Context and select Domain from the list. In the Computer section, enter the name of your nearest domain controller (DC).
Click OK.
6. Navigate to Domain, DC=your AD domain's LDAP name>,CN=System, CN=Policies,CN=your GPO's GUID>,CN=User,CN=Class Store,CN=Packages. Here you'll find representations for all your GPOs. If you have more than one GPO, you'll have to manually find the correct one by doubleclicking each GPO and checking the value of the displayName attribute, which needs to be Visio Viewer in this case.
7. After you find the correct GPO, look for its fileExtPriority attribute and open it. (If you don't see this attribute, clear the Show only attributes that have values check box.) In the dialog box that appears, enter the extensions you want to associate with this package. Visio 2007 Viewer's extension is .vsd, so you'd enter
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.vsd: 0
Note that you must include the space between the colon (:) and the value of 0. Click Add. You can enter multiple extensions, following the procedure I just described.
That's it! Now, whenever users double-click .vsd files, Visio 2007 Viewer will automatically get installed. Interestingly, if you add more extensions after the initial deployment of the package, you don't have to wait for Group Policy to be refreshed for the change to take effect. It works instantly!
—Apostolos Fotakelis,
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Lady's Slipper
Lady's Slipper, common name for some members of the orchid family in which modified petals (labella) fold inward to make the toe of the "slipper."
Lady's Slipper, common name for some members of the orchid family in which modified petals (labella) fold inward to make the toe of the "slipper." Insects must pass through the structure to obtain nectar, pollinating the plant in the process. Only the genus Cypripedium is hardy enough to withstand the Canadian climate. Its 50 species are scattered throughout northern temperate regions of America and Eurasia. Of the 13 N American species, 8 are native to Canada. The pink or stemless lady's slipper (C. acaule), also known as moccasin flower, has 2 leaves at the base of the plant and produces a single flower. The 5 cm long slipper is split along its length.
This spring-flowering plant grows in moist places, preferably in acidic soil, from Newfoundland to Manitoba. The lady's slipper was selected (1947) as the Provincial Floral Emblem of PEI. The showy lady's slipper (C. reginae) was chosen first but, because it is rare, was replaced in 1965 by the pink lady's slipper. As it is difficult to grow, the lady's slipper should not be disturbed in its native stands. The sedative qualities of a root infusion of yellow lady's slipper (C. calceolus) or of moccasin flower were known to Canadian native people.
See also Aboriginal Uses of Plants.
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The Plant List Search this online database for information about one million plant species from around the world. Also, click on "major plant groups" at the bottom of the page to browse descriptions of species of interest. Fungi and algae are excluded. From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the UK and the Missouri Botanical Garden in the US.


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Hello everyone,
After several weeks of Portuguese man o' war strandings I finally got to see some this week! They're incredible - it's like an invasion of rainbow pasties on our beaches.
If anyone's visiting beaches with them on please, please keep dogs on the lead and keep an eye on them and young children - the sting of the Portuguese man o'war is very powerful.
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Smile Travel Vietnam is a leading travel agency in Vietnam providing tourism services such as Vietnam visas, home-made tour packages and airfares. Smile Travel Vietnam agency not only offers perfect and hospitable services but also provides useful travel information. Recently, the agency has added some Vietnamese dishes on its homepage.
Some special dishes in Vietnam are very well-known such as Pho Ga (chicken noodle), Nem Cuon (spring roll) and Com Hen (Hue Mussel Rice). Furthermore, traditional Vietnamese food is mentioned on the website. Banh Chung (Sticky rice cakes), for instance, is a Vietnamese traditional dish that must be part of Tet meals. Bang Chung is made of glutinous rice, pork meat, and green beans paste wrapped in a square of bamboo leaves, giving the rice a green color after boiling. Besides Sticky Rice cakes, Bun Thang (Mixed noodle soup) is an unique of Hanoi. Hanoian often enjoy the soup after the Lunar New Year holiday. Like other kinds of noodle soup, Bun Thang delicacy uses similar ingredients: rice noodles blanched briefly in boiling water, broth, some protein, spices. The broth is prepared from chicken broth cooked with prawns, shelled shrimp or sa sung (sea leech).
Vietnam is a land of striking landscapes ranging from lush rice terraces and forested mountains in the north to the picturesque valleys of the Central Highlands to the fertile delta and beautiful beaches of the south. With the balance between fresh herbs and meats and a selective use of spices to reach a fine taste, Vietnamese food can be considered one of the healthiest cuisines worldwide.


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Why I Will Never, Ever, EVER Get a Tattoo
Would I have to start planning outfits around the tattoo like I plan for weather?
They say the world is comprised of two types of people: those who love candy corn, and those who are TERRIBLE.
I'm kidding. That said, candy corn is a pretty divisive issue, in my experience. I'm mostly into it myself, but only in its original corn-form.
But anyway, it got me thinking: fall is a weird time for food, isn't it? Halloween is a major contributor to this, as come September 1, all the stores start stocking up on candy even though I have never met anyone who buys Halloween candy that far in advance with any expectation of saving it for actual Halloween. I mean ALREADY you can't take three steps in a Target without tripping over a pallet of the aforementioned candy corn, and Halloween is still six weeks away.
Also, suddenly everything is pumpkin-flavored. Massachusetts' unofficial state mascot Dunkin Donuts starts offering their limited-edition seasonal pumpkinized coffee concoctions and everyone I know is freaking out because PUMPKIN COFFEE PRODUCTS = FALL, and fall is those three blissful months in which New Englanders pretend they like their climate, until winter comes and all they do is bitch about the weather and bitch about other people bitching about the weather.
I primarily associate fall with apples and apple-picking, because even though I've lived up here for fifteen years now, the sight of APPLES growing on TREES is still magical and bizarre. And several years ago, I stopped at this little ice cream stand wedged between two buildings in Salem, and had the best freshly-made pumpkin ice cream imaginable, probably served to me by an ice cream witch (this is entirely likely, in Salem), but I have never found that stand again and am more and more convinced that I met a ghost who made me ghost ice cream, and it was so ectoplasmically delicious I will never find its like again.
My point being, in spite of my general affinity for food, I've never been one of the people going YAY PUMPKIN LATTES, and running down all the fall-themed pumpkin/spice/corn products like I will never live to see another autumn, and I worry this is creating a social divide between me and my neighbors.
Am I missing out? What is your favorite fall-themed food product, be it wrought by Starbucks or in your own kitchen? What do you look forward to every year? I'm willing to learn.


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The Things That Helps The Ateneo Lady Eagle In Their Game Againts Lady Warriors
Finding calm and getting focused the Ateneo Lady Eagles come back on their close fight againts the UE Lady Warriors, 25-22, 25-17, 26-24, on San Juan Areana.
Ateneo coach, use a different strategy by changing the rotation of the Lady Eagle, because of the accident happens on their last game againts UST Tigresses. They already lost their three Middle Blockers Bea De Leon, Aereil Patnongon, and Maddie Madayag, thats why coach Thai made his decision to make an experiment on Lady Eagles rotation.
Team Captain Alyssa Valdez says that she is happy because the hole team didn't give up and do their own job inside the court, and they help each eventhough they are colse to lost the third set of the game.
She said that they are too relax after winning the two set of of the game thats why the UE Lady Warriors got their highest lead of the game(15-3), Alyssa also said that too much is bad.
Alyssa was thankful on coach Thai strategy of using "Meditation" when the Lady Eagles is having their hard time on getting a ponts inside the court.
BEA DE LEON is still a question mark
The Ateneo Lady Eagles is set to face their rival De La Salle University in 2 days they aim for a historic sweep, it is still a question mark whether injured rookie Bea De Leon is ready to make her comeback.
With both Aeriel Patnongon and Maddie Madayag unable to match the output of Bea De Leon, evan Valdez admits that their disadvantage coming into their game.
Alysa said that they have lots of disadvantage inclouding the disadvantage of lossing their Middle Blocker, and she added that their hoping for the best on their game on wednesday againts De La Salle Lady Spickers


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Business Birth Rates
Business birth rates are simply the number of businesses which start in a year and the figure is compiled by the Office of National Statistics. The ONS also publish a figure for business death rates which covers closures. The source of the figures is primarily from tax offices such as PAYE and HMCE (VAT). It does not defer to the less reliable data of the number of companies formed. The ONS figure claims that 345,000 businesses were 'born' in 2013 whereas Companies House advise that 517,210 companies were formed.
The headline story is that the business birth rate increased by a significant 28.5% in 2013. The figures for the previous year are published in November, so we cannot see the 2014 figures. However, we know that there is a culture of start-ups in the UK so they will be following a similar trend.
Not all of these start ups will be classified as small businesses, but we can say that most of them will be. The Federation of Small Business estimate that 47.8% of employees in the private sector work for small businesses. A small business is defined by the Companies Act as one that does not have a turnover of more than £6.5 million, a balance sheet of more than £3.26 million or more than 50 employees, so there will be some fairly substantial companies in this bracket.
This is clearly a significant area of opportunity for recruitment consultants. Small businesses are less likely to have internal recruiters or the skills to recruit effectively in-house. They may also have less time to dedicate to recruitment.
There are also more specialist, niche areas which may provide opportunities. Although at this point in time the business death rate is not rising at the same speed as the birth rate it is likely to increase over time. There will be a lag but it is unlikely that businesses start ups will simply rise exponentially. This means that there will be a number of people who have started companies which closed down who may need to consider returning to work as an employee.
Company directors and business owners can have a particularly difficult time if their company closes down. They will not be able to claim the redundancy that employees can and often they are unable to claim benefits.
One example of such a niche opportunity is the reallocation of armed forces personnel. An industry was created around retraining and recruitment. Could the same opportunity arise in a couple of years' time for entrepreneurs in need of work? It is notoriously difficult to employ former entrepreneurs but they will have some very useful skills including networking, sales skills and high drive.
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TV weather forecaster Kawser Quamer giggled her way through a report after the wrong chyron hilariously flashed up on viewers' screens.
All was going well during her segment for BBC Scotland on Wednesday lunchtime, until this happened:
You mean @KawserQuamer and @CatrionaShearer? Afraid I can't think what you would be referring to.... pic.twitter.com/MG2USCSvP8— Simon McCoy (@BBCSimonMcCoy) October 25, 2017
Quamer couldn't help laughing at the blunder, and then continued chuckling each time she turned away from the camera.
To make matters worse, the show's graphics team put up another erroneous caption as Quamer handed off to anchor Catriona Shearer.
The clip has gone viral, and appears to have gone down well on Twitter:
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Best weather report I've ever heard . . . & I live in south west of England . . . X— Tauntonjimbo (@tauntonjimbo) October 25, 2017
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(Reuters) - Data storage equipment maker NetApp Inc <NTAP.O> forecast current-quarter results largely below expectations, sending its shares down 4 percent in extended trading.
The company forecast second-quarter adjusted earnings of 60 to 65 cents per share, while analysts on average were looking for 63 cents.
The company expects revenue to be between $1.56 billion and $1.66 billion, largely below the $1.63 billion Wall Street had estimated according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The company typically sees higher sales in its second quarter due to an increase in government spending closer to September, the end of the federal government's fiscal year.
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"The U.S. federal government is going through a sequestration, and there is a possibility that it may not spend as much on IT this federal quarter. So that is weighing on their guidance," he said.
Automatic federal spending cuts known as sequestration began earlier this year when Congress failed to agree on an alternative deficit reduction plan.
Rival EMC Corp <EMC.N> said last month it expected higher revenue at its VMware <VMW.N> software unit in the second half due to an anticipated pickup in federal government demand and enterprise deals.
The company sells more than 80 percent of its products indirectly through value-added resellers, systems integrators, distributors, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and strategic business partners.
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Vancouver Island South Film and Media Commission to host film industry career fair to help build experienced crew base for film and television productions in Capital Region.
DATE: Saturday January 28
TIME: 11 am – 4 pm
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Ever wondered about a career in the Film Industry or how you can get involved? More than 30 different film industry departments will be represented at this exciting and informative event. Come speak with professionals from the industry and find ways you can begin your exciting career in the high paying industry. Sit in on our informative seminars from a variety of specialized areas throughout the day, selected to help inform you of all of your possibilities and achievement potential.
Experienced local crew is a key factor to attract productions receiving BC labour tax incentives. Re-building this local crew base is one of the Film Commission's top priorities for 2017. We have held several general and union required training workshops over the last few months on topics including location scouting, set safety (ActSafe) and Motion Picture Industry Orientation (MPIO).
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Dear Valued Rider,
As you may or may not be aware, Thrive Child and Youth Trauma Services (formerly known as the Community Child Abuse Council), has come to the end of putting on the annual CAPPY Ride. In light of that decision we wanted to reach out and reflect a little about the event, share with you how invaluable the ride and your support has been to this agency, and offer sincerest thanks for your involvement and support.
The annual CAPPY Ride has been a vital and valuable part of the Thrive story for many years now. This much loved cornerstone fundraising event brought together many of the same motorcycle enthusiasts, family, friends, supporters and team of volunteers year after year, rain or shine. Fortunately, on the day of the ride we almost always had the latter! Thrive Child and Youth Trauma Services has been privileged to be a partner in CAPPY since 1996. Over that time, CAPPY has generated over $500,000 to raise awareness of and help prevent child sexual abuse in our community. The numbers are still shocking: 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 5 boys are sexually abused. It's happening in our own backyards but too often remains hidden. So many children of all ages, from infancy through adolescence, suffer this trauma.
About CAPPY (Child Abuse Prevention and Protection of Youth)
For many years the CAPPY Ride against child abuse was one of the most popular motorcycle rides in the area. The CAPPY Ride combined the unique enjoyment of a police escorted motorcycle ride (once the kick stands were up, they stayed up, until the halfway point of the ride) with the strength of community engagement to support child abuse prevention, education and treatment. Children have a basic human right to be protected from sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and other forms of maltreatment – and those attending the CAPPY Ride each year demonstrated their belief that everyone has a responsibility to help ensure that. With the vital support of local riding clubs and motorcyclists, CAPPY offered participants (riders and passengers) a well-organized, safe, fun, police escorted ride along a scenic route. The day also included breakfast, BBQ lunch, great fun, prizes, event T-shirt, live entertainment and more. Riding clubs who have supported CAPPY, include first and foremost the Southern Cruisers Riding Club, the Golden Horseshoe Riding Club, and Widows Sons. And, without the immensely generous, ongoing support of Sobeys (Milton), we know the CAPPY Ride event could not have been possible.
About Thrive
Thrive Child and Youth Trauma Services is a small, community-based children's mental health agency providing sexual abuse and concerning sexualized behaviour assessments and treatment for children and youth through our Sexual Abuse Assessment and Treatment program (SAAT), and mental health services and trauma treatment for newcomer immigrant and/or refugee children and youth, through our Outreach, Assessment and Specialized Intervention Services program (OASIS), and their families, in the Hamilton area. Our agency was formed over 30 years ago through the collaboration of social workers, therapists and child welfare workers in Hamilton who saw a great need in their daily practice, and wanted to respond.
Thrive is a tiny agency providing essential clinical services. Our annual budget is less than $700,000. Thrive receives about two thirds of its operating budget from the Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS); the City of Hamilton provides regular annual support as well, but these two sources together are not enough to meet the need. In 2016-2017, Thrive served 155 individual children and youth in our two MCYS- funded treatment programs. We also saw 44 parents and caregivers in Courage to Tell and Keeping Safe, which are our parent/caregiver psycho-educational groups funded by the City of Hamilton. Through Thrive's OASIS program 52 newcomer high school students attended on-site programs at Sir John A MacDonald funded by the City of Hamilton, and 64 elementary school students attended on- site programs thanks to funding from the Hamilton Community Foundation. None of the funding we receive covers costs 100%.
At Thrive we work very hard to keep our overhead and administrative costs to a minimum. We do not have paid fundraising staff. That is why we rely so much on hard-working and dedicated individuals and groups, like our CAPPY volunteers to help us fundraise.
What's Next?
We are extremely sorry to have to say good bye to this longstanding tradition which has made such a difference in our community. However, last year, after many successful years, it became clear that the CAPPY Ride had "run its course." Volunteers move on, people retire and riders hang up their leathers!
But, we are also very grateful to have been the recipients of such generosity and commitment for so many years. That said, we simply cannot let CAPPY end without saying a very public "Thank you!" to all our dedicated volunteers, riders and sponsors.
At our upcoming Annual General Meeting in September, we will be shining a spotlight on CAPPY and recognising the amazing contribution of so many individuals whose hard work, generosity and compassion for abused children made it such a successful event.
We sincerely hope you will join us at the AGM to celebrate the CAPPY story and to be recognized for your part in it. We will be sending you a formal invitation with details later in August. If you know anyone else who was involved and should be invited, please let us know. And if you are interested in continuing to support Thrive in some other way, please let us know that too! Call Katie Gorrie at 905-523-1020 ext 210 or visit our website at thrivechildandyouth.ca
Watch for the invitation coming to you in August with the date and location of the 2017 Thrive Annual General Meeting. Hope to see as many of you there as possible!
Thank you again for all your support over the years and we hope to see you at the AGM in September.
Kristine Beaupre, Chair
Thrive Board of Directors
Child Abuse Prevention and Protection of Youth
In the Fight to Stop Child Abuse
The CAPPY Ride against child abuse is one of the most popular motorcycle rides in the area and supports the important work of THRIVE Child and Youth Trauma Services (formerly the Community Child Abuse Council of Canada).
1 in 3 girls and 1 and 5 boys are sexually abused. It's happening in our own backyards but too often remains silent and hidden while so many children of all ages, from infancy through adolescence, suffer this trauma. Child sexual abuse is an ugly and heinous crime. It can be life eroding. It can kill. But together we can make a difference. Together we can help stop child abuse. And that's why we ride!
The CAPPY Ride combines the joys of motorcycling with the strength of community engagement to support child abuse prevention, education and treatment. We're in it because we believe children have a basic human right to be protected from sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and other forms of maltreatment – and we all have a responsibility to help ensure that. With the support of local riding clubs and motorcyclists, we offer a well organized, safe, fun, police escorted ride which is planned along a scenic route. The day also includes breakfast, BBQ lunch, great fun, prizes, event T-shirt, live entertainment and more.
All proceeds from the CAPPY Ride support the important work of THRIVE Child and Youth Trauma Services in child abuse prevention, education, and specialized treatment for child and youth victims of sexual abuse and children who exhibit concerning sexualized behaviour. Established in 1976 (as the Community Child Abuse Council), THRIVE is a federally incorporated charity and a highly reputable organization committed to excellence in service. For more information on their programs and services, visit www.thrivechildandyouth.ca.


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It turned out they were on sale because fashion was headed in a different direction and, as is often the case, I was catching the wave just as it had reached the shore and was in the process of flattening out and gently easing back into the sea.
But I didn't care. I got a bargain and they were perfectly fine glasses. Some told me that the little dark frames made me look like Leon Trotsky. I was mayor of one of the few cities in America where this was considered a plus. So, I was happy.
Then a few weeks ago United Airlines lost my bag. In that bag were my favorite pairs of wash and go underwear, my camera, my biking shorts, a pair of jeans that fit just right (you know how hard it is to find those), a bunch of other stuff, and my glasses. (Also, one of those little ceramic jars of Carmex, which are hard to find these days. I like them a lot better than the new plastic squeeze tubes, don't you?)
For those of you eager for an update on my lost bag, well, it's 37 days and counting. United assures me that they're still hot on its trail. I think it was last seen in Maui headed for Budapest.
Just to be on the safe side, though, they have recommended that I file a claim for lost property. I did that, and sent it to the United claims office in Chicago. My understanding is that the hard-working staff there opens the claims and carefully selects the most pathetic ones to be read at the Christmas party for United management.
"Look! Look at this one! The guy says he lost his favorite Carmex jar! What a sap. Here's to the sap and to his bag, wherever it is! Hah, hah, hah, hah!"
The eternal pessimist, I have given it up for lost. Which means I need a new pair of glasses. Which brings me to the point of this post.
I taught a couple classes on the UW campus this spring and took careful note of the glasses worn by hip young people. They have taken on a decidedly Mad Men feel. Big, heavy and dark is in, like the glasses worn by Vince Lombardi or Robert McNamara. Glasses that remind us that winning is the only thing, and that the numbers prove that we can't possibly lose to the Viet Cong.
So, wanting to catch the eyeglass fashion wave at its peak this time, I went to this store in town and tried on a few pair. A fashionable young woman in big, dark, heavy glasses approached me. Dianne and the eyeglass fashion specialist evaluated several pair. I found a couple that I liked. Then I made the mistake of looking at the price.
"Holy Mary Mother of God, Jesus Christ and all the Saints!" I said or something very much like that. The cheapest ones were $400. I quickly calculated how many rounds of golf at one of our fine city-owned Madison courses that would buy. Or how many very nice bottles of Scotch. Or how many Brewers games we could go to. Or, if we didn't want to go to a Brewers game, than maybe a professional baseball game instead.
The clerk had clearly seen this reaction before. I could tell she had me pegged from the start. She was going through the motions, but she could see that I had cheap written all over me. Dianne just kind of rolled her eyes. She too had seen this reaction before. It's what got me into those Trotsky glasses over a decade ago and what keeps us driving our beloved 1997 Honda Accord Wagon with 145,000 glorious miles behind it!
Anyway, I escaped the store and fled eventually to the internets, where I found Warby Parker. For only $85 a frame, you can choose from a selection of highly fashionable eyewear from New York City! You can even try on this eyewear virtually from the comfort of your own home where nobody is there to make you feel guilty about giving up the equivalent of fourteen rounds of golf for a single pair of frames.
I chose two pair: the "Fillmore Hazelwood" and the "Roosevelt Striped Chestnut." I chose the Roosevelt not just because I thought it looked virtually good on me, but also because I am a big FDR fan. I imagined myself in those glasses mixing cocktails and inventing Social Security. (Like most Americans I have no strong feelings one way or the other about Millard Fillmore, thirteenth President of the United States. I just liked the frames.)
Then the glasses arrived in the mail. I tried them on. Dianne looked at them and she pronounced them good. I took this as major vindication as I had just spent less than half as much on two pair of frames than I would have spent on one pair at the (I admit it) locally owned store.
But then things took a turn for the worse. The problem is that I am virtually blind. The next click on my optometrist's machine says "white cane and dog." So I need lenses the width of the windows at the White House. I don't know. They weigh something like twenty pounds each. This wasn't such a problem with the tiny Trotsky glasses, but when you're wearing glasses the size of football fields, well, it adds up.
Plus, when you're looking at my eyes from the other side in the Roosevelts, the effect is to shrink that part of my face visible through the frames, so that it looks like the band of my face between my nose and my forehead is a about a third smaller than the rest of it. This creates a look that fashion experts describe as "really kind of creepy."
Anyway, you be the judge. I have provided a helpful photo. My glasses: too big or fashion forward? Am I making a statement for hipness, or a statement for, as Dianne now charges, Mr. Magoo
McGoo? Do I come off more as FDR, McNamara, or Magoo McGoo, or should I go back to Trotsky?


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New This week is Safira a New Mesh 3 Piece Set and 2 Texture Change Sets, Taylor and Gail.
Safira is a mesh cascade of flowers in a v shaped necklace to the chest with sparkling photo real diamonds on precious metals. The Necklace also comes with a single flower earring to match.
There are 3 colors in the collection Diamonds on Gold, Diamonds on Silver and in Black and White Diamonds on Dark Metal.
Group Members may buy each set for less than half price at only L$150 each.
Taylor is an elegant and unique jewelry design with pearls, now with a choice of 21 pearl shades, 21 gemstones and 8 metal colours. This makes the necklace and earrings very versatile to match most outfits.
On offer to the group at less than half price at only L$180.
Gail is a large jewelry set with art nouveau shapes and hanging gemstones, now offered with a choice of 21 gems X2 and 8 metals. This set and the one above are low lag with one script per object.
This set also is offered to members this week for only L$200 which is less than half normal price.
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Thanks, Ms. Monkey - UPDATED
Thanks Ms. Monkey - From Jillian
We came home the other day to discover this letter in our mailbox. I think it's for you, Ms. Monkey.
It is the season for Monkeyshines. It's a time to find creative ways to pay it forward, to generate good karma, to think about ways to bring more joy into the lives of those around us...
We also hear saying thank you might bring good fortune and inspire the monkeys. Do you have a story to tell? Do you want to draw a picture?
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p.s. If you need some inspiration or background, just look back at Monkeyshines 2015.
p.p.s. Oh, and if you want to help make the magic happen, the monkeys are still accepting donations and support. It's not too late ... yet.
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Are monkeyshines happening on the 8th this year ? I keep trying to find some confirmation of when I should go on the prowl to find some. :O Help?
February 4, 2016 at 1:47 pm / Reply / Quote and reply1 | 0
I'm getting the impression that they're releasing them over multiple days, and that they've already started. When in doubt, they've said there's still ones from past years that no one has found, so there's some well hidden ones still out there year round.
February 4, 2016 at 5:46 pm / Reply / Quote and reply3 | 0
That's all part of the fun. No one other than the organizers knows when the Monkeyshines will go out.
February 4, 2016 at 1:59 pm / Reply / Quote and reply3 | 0
Ms. Monkey, we love what you have started…oh the magic of lunar new year in TTown! Mystery, anticipation, beauty, art!!!
February 4, 2016 at 9:02 pm / Reply / Quote and reply6 | 0
DeeBee Cooper
Searched all thru South Park and along the Water Flume Trail down to the Asian Pacific Cultural Center but no monkey did shine for me. I found a very nice round piece of granite from some long ago glacier spill but it was just a tease from afar….don't forget us in the South oh Ms. Monkey…
February 5, 2016 at 5:15 pm / Reply / Quote and reply3 | 0
Lovely morning for a walk. Anyone find anything out there?
February 6, 2016 at 9:11 am / Reply / Quote and reply0 | 0
I headed out there this morning. Haven't found anything yet.
February 6, 2016 at 9:33 am / Reply / Quote and reply0 | 0
Anxious Hunter
Have been out looking for 2 days and have found nothing. I did however speak to a lovely lady with 3 girls out looking too. They were having a fun time looking in trees, climbing trees and but hadn't found anything either. The thing is that we were outside enjoying the adventure and getting exercise at the same time. It's easy to spot fellow monkeyshiners as we're off the path searching bushes, trees , bodies of water. We all want the prize but looking is half the fun. Thanks for the hunt Ms Monkeyshiners and all the people involved.
February 6, 2016 at 11:54 am / Reply / Quote and reply8 | 0
Marie and BoysRegistered
Dashing out to look,
Maybe in a brook.
And if we see a ball,
We'll think we've made a haul,
A good luck charm might do-
Or leaving monkeys too!
We hope this year will bring
A special kind of thing!
Thank you hiders! Tacoma Rocks!
February 6, 2016 at 3:14 pm / Reply / Quote and reply3 | 0
That guy
Walked around titlow this morning around 6 am with no accord to finding anything. Oh well that pup had a good time and it woke us up.
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Chicago police this morning shot a 23-year-old man in the Lawndale neighborhood who aimed his weapon at officers after they had stopped his car in connection with another shooting, officials said.
The incident happened on the 1900 block of South Trumbull Avenue at about 1:30 a.m, Chicago police said in a press release.
Ogden District police were assisting units from the Mobile Strike Force that responded to a call of shots fired near the 2100 block of South Homan Avenue. When police responded, they saw a vehicle speeding away from the area, according to police.


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Coronation Street's Antony Cotton was among the big winners at last night's Stonewall Awards, held at the V&A and supported by Gender Gap.
The soap favourite was commended for his decade of walking the nation's favourite cobbled street as a proud gay role model. He was joined by Mamas & Papas, CBBC's Marrying Mum and Dad and the Cardiff Lions who also took home awards for their support of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Britain.
Nearly 500 people, including celebrities, sports stars, politicians and writers, joined host Susan Calman at the ceremony to honour those who've made a positive contribution to the lives of Britain's 3.7 million gay people.
Thousands of Stonewall supporters voted to name Lord Alli and the Russian LGBT Network as joint Hero of the Year, supported by Gender Gap. Lord Alli has been a tireless advocate for equality since he became the first openly gay member of the House of Lords 15 years ago. He was instrumental in successfully navigating equal marriage through the House of Lords this year.
The Russian LGBT Network was recognised for its courageous work to support gay people in Russia despite gay 'propaganda' bans and ever increasing hostility. In a statement the Russian LGBT Network said that Britain's 'journey from Section 28 to marriage equality inspires us as we campaign against those who seek to deny us our fundamental human rights'.
The Quaker LGBT Fellowship was named Community Group of the Year by Stonewall supporters for their long-standing commitment to equality. The group was presented with a cheque for £5,000 – kindly provided by The Inclusive Foundation and supported by Square Peg Media – to continue their work to promote equality and religious freedom.
Stonewall supporters overwhelmingly voted US TV evangelist Pat Robertson as 2013's Bigot of the Year – the award reserved for an individual who has gratuitously caused hurt and offence to gay people around the world. Robertson – a long standing and vocal opponent of equality – hit headlines in August by saying that gay men viciously spread HIV when shaking hands by using 'special rings'.
Metro was named Publication of the Year for its frequent and incidental coverage of gay issues throughout the newspaper as well as its support for tackling homophobia in football.
CBBC's Marrying Mum and Dad became the first children's show to be named Broadcast of the Year in recognition of the shows sensitive and moving portrayal of children planning the civil partnership of their proud parents.
In a landmark year for equality Baroness Stowell was named as Stonewall's Politician of the Year for her unstinting work to secure marriage for same-sex couples. The Conservative Peer was applauded for her deft handling of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in the House of Lords.
Scottish writer Damian Barr took home the prize for Writer of the Year for his biography Maggie and Me which was praised for its honest and compelling narrative of growing up gay.
Wales' only gay-friendly rugby club, the Cardiff Lions, beat tough competition to take home the Stonewall Sports Award of the Year, supported by Paddy Power, in recognition of their grassroots work supporting gay people in sport and defying stereotypes.
The Independent's Grace Dent was named Journalist of the Year for her unflinching support of equal marriage in the mainstream media. The columnist, author, TV critic and restaurant reviewer was applauded for her humorous and honest coverage of gay issues throughout the year.
Yummy Mummy and Dreamy Daddy favourite Mamas & Papas scooped the first ever Stonewall Award for Advert of the Year for its campaign featuring same-sex parents. The brand proudly declared 'This is how we roll' with its commitment to support different families.
Stonewall Chief Executive Ben Summerskill said: 'In a landmark year for equality the Stonewall Award winners really do exemplify the very best of British. Each and every one of our winners has made the world a better place for gay people and will continue to inspire millions of people through their work'.
Sam Jones, CEO of Stonewall Award 2013 supporters Gender Gap, said: 'We're incredibly proud to support the Stonewall Awards. The individuals and organisations recognised this evening have campaigned tirelessly to make the world a better place. That's a vision and a mission we share at Gender Gap.'
The winners:
Hero of the Year (supported by Gender Gap) – Lord Alli and the Russian LGBT Network
Broadcast of the Year – CBBC's Marrying Mum and Dad
Entertainer of the Year – Antony Cotton (Coronation Street)
Journalist of the Year – Grace Dent (The Independent)
Politician of the Year – Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Publication of the Year – Metro
Sports Award of the Year (supported by Paddy Power) – Cardiff Lions
Writer of the Year – Damian Barr (Maggie and Me)
Community Group of the Year (supported by Square Peg Media and the Inclusive Foundation) – Quaker Lesbian & Gay Fellowship
Advert of the Year – Mamas & Papas
Bigot of the Year – Pat Robertson


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Tribute, the contemporary American restaurant aiming for a June opening in the South Loop (800 S. Michigan Ave.), already has made a chef change. Lawrence Letrero, a Kendall College culinary grad who has logged time at Karyn's On Green and Perennial, has been named executive chef.
Letrero replaces Brandon Baltzley, the former chef de partie at Alinea. Baltzley says his departure was "amicable" and that, although he has no immediate chef gig lined up, says, "I have no intention of leaving the Chicago area."


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Five things for pharma marketers to know: Friday, November 11, 2016
1. President-elect Donald Trump released new information about his healthcare plan. He plans to replace the Affordable Care Act, reform the FDA, and modernize Medicare. The plan does not address drug costs. (Bloomberg)
2. Analysts say that Trump's presidency will likely mean an influx in pharmaceutical M&A activity. Life sciences companies have made far fewer deals this year than in the past, with dealmaking down 65% in August 2016 versus the year-ago period. (Reuters)
3. A superbug is causing life-threatening infections in people with cystic fibrosis and has become increasingly virulent, researchers said. The bacteria can cause severe pneumonia. (Reuters)
4. Private equity firm Advent International closed its deal with InVentiv Health. Advent and Thomas H. Lee Partners are now equity owners in inVentiv Health, which is valued at $3.8 billion.
5. ICYMI: Alexion Pharmaceuticals' board of directors is investigating allegations that the company engaged in improper sales practices for its drug Soliris, which is used to treat the blood disorder paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and hemolytic uremic syndrome. A former employee made the allegations. (WSJ)