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Communications Assistant reporting to a Communications Manager overseeing two external PR agencies to ensure daily PR Targets and projects are executed precisely and to brand standards. -Assisting the communications manager with daily communications plan. - Total planning and execution of social media strategy. - Website maintenance - Supporting comms manager with LFW show production, product launches, sales events, - VIP dressing. -Closely working with the in-house studio and atelier on collection development. -Arranging design teams to create creative materials, invitations & communications tools. -Working with sponsors and investors when executing events. -Supporting external Production and Creative agencies with projects and events. -Overseeing communication strategies and results from the PR & Sales agencies. -Sample coordination. -Ensure daily social media content is on brand and communicates the brand identity. -Intern management.
Working within a small press team, being the first port of call for the international press and partners. The hands on role consisted of Intense relationship management and report compiling. I became results driven and able to juggle multiple projects ad responsibilities in high pressured environments. -Sample & PR coordination for all EU Franchise markets inc. Scandinavia & Middle East. - Monitoring print & online coverage for 18 Frsee countries inc. Russia, Turkey & India. - Directly liaising with international partners & press. - Executing press days & collection management. - Ensuring product placement in key shopping pages maintaining a high end luxury brand image. - Maximising all opportunities to secure strong editorial coverage. - Pushing long & short leads to feature special projects in Print and Online. - Assisting communications strategies & events calendars. - Supporting Worldwide Bottega Veneta offices in EU, US & APAC. - Collating monthly & quarterly coverage reports. - Managing Interns, showroom logistics & operations.
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Did Bard Forge An FDA Document Regarding IVC Filters?
There have been many questions regarding the use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters manufactured by C.R. Bard in recent years. These filters are used to block blood clots in the lower body, to keep them from migrating to the heart and lungs. One of the key questions has to do with Bard's actions with regard to getting the device cleared for market. Now, it seems that issues regarding a key element of that process may have been uncovered and it doesn't look good for the company.
As part of a recent investigation by NBC News regarding the potential health risks posed by Bard IVC filters, questions were raised regarding the process Bard engaged in to clear their IVC filters for market. According to an insider who once worked for the company, back in 2002, after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had turned down one application for the device, Bard recruited regulation specialist Katy Fuller to help them gain the clearance they needed for their Recovery IVC filter.
Unfortunately for Bard, Fuller expressed major concerns about the Recovery IVC filter, especially after an extremely small human clinical trial raised some red flags in her mind. The company also refused to hand over the results of performance safety tests, which she also took as a serious red flag, as did the repeated admonitions by Bard officers to stop asking questions and be a team player. Finally, Fuller claims she refused to sign the FDA application until they resolved the issues she brought up to her satisfaction before resigning from the company and subsequently expressing her concerns to officials at the FDA.
Bard's IVC Filter May Have Gone To Market Fraudulently
Yet, Bard submitted their application to the FDA with what appears to be Fuller's signature on it. During her on-screen interview, Fuller stated unequivocally that the signature that appeared on the application was not hers and a sample of her signature from roughly the same time period shows significant differences. The FDA has said that they take such accusations very seriously and they are looking into it. For their part, Bard calls any accusations of forgery "flatly untrue."
Every year, nearly 250,000 IVC filters are implanted. They are manufactured by eleven different companies, but based on statistics alone, Bard's product stands out as the most dangerous. After they received FDA clearance for the Recovery IVC filter, Bard sold Recovery filters to nearly 34,000 patients, resulting in at least 27 deaths that have been confirmed and a few hundred medical problems that were non-fatal.
Despite Safety Problems, Bard Refuses To Recall IVC Filters
Despite this record, Bard has still refused to issue a recall for its IVC filters. Instead, the company hired a public relations firm to stem the tide of the bad press and keep their stock price healthy. They also reportedly hired a doctor from outside the company to perform a confidential study, who found that the Bard filters had a higher risk than those of competitors and suggested that the company conduct further investigation of the problems.
As lawsuits involving Bard IVC filters move forward, the question of whether or not a signature on an application C.R. Bard submitted to the FDA was forged will undoubtedly loom large. If Katy Fuller's signature was forged, then questions arise as to whether Bard officials knew their product was potentially dangerous when they put it on the market. Because the health and safety of our people is dependent upon the honesty and integrity of everyone in the medical field, including pharmaceutical companies, this is a very serious issue that should be looked into. It is unacceptable for any company to risk the health of patients to make a lot of money.


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What is a Thing? Volkswagen's attempt at a Jeep? A 4-door convertible sedan? Whatever it is, the name is appropriate, and this 1973 Volkswagen Thing is one of the very best we've seen. With just 92 miles on a frame-off restoration, it's far, far cleaner than the beat-up one your weird neighbor used to have and you'll probably discover that with the passage of time, the Thing has become an icon in its own right.
It's pretty rare to see one of these restored to this level despite being incredibly rare today. Volkswagen only built 25 Model 795 Things in 1973 and 1974, so finding one today is none too easy. This one was fully restored by Larry Dustmann of The Thing Shop and just about every single part has either been restored or replaced, making this quite likely the finest Thing you'll find anywhere. Finished in 2007, it remains in fantastic condition, and that comes from starting with good base stock: a car with only 7000 miles before the build started. Yes, you read that right; they started with a 7000-mile California car and then gave it a nut-and-bolt restoration. The paint is beautiful two-stage urethane called Jet-Glo Orange and it is just about the most perfect Thing color you can imagine. All the various angles and reinforcing ribs are plainly visible here, which is probably why Things are so endearing. How could you not love something that lives so far outside the norm? Its angular body is almost like the anti-Beetle or something. However you want to define it, you'll quickly realize that you've never seen one this nice, and probably never will again.
It's cool inside, too, with a freshly upholstered interior featuring tan buckets up front and a split folding bench in back. The funkiness continues with wooden floor slats for mats, a roll cage over the rear compartment for safety, and compartments built right into the doors. A fat leather-wrapped steering wheel is easy to grab and if you've ever driven a Beetle, you'll feel right at home after you see the single round instrument pod with speedometer and built-in fuel gauge. The same vague 4-speed shifter is between the seats, and the driving position offers great sight-lines and a commanding view. There is no radio (why bother) but you do get a full folding top and side curtains that all fit remarkably well and give the Thing a trim appearance when the weather turns foul. Those side curtains stow easily in a pair of fleece-lined bags. The forward-mounted trunk is functional, too, with a full-sized spare and jack assembly, plus a correct tool kit.
The familiar 1600 cc flat-four engine does a great job here, moving the Thing with gusto and that famous VW sound. Both the engine and transmission were fully rebuilt during the restoration and all the hardware was correctly plated or painted before it went back onto the car. Service access is great in the larger Thing's engine bay and there are no deviations from stock, including the Bosch coil and heater ducts. The low mileage shows everywhere you look and the quality of the restoration is impossible to ignore. Underneath, the frame was powdercoated for durability, then lined with spray-on bedliner material to control noise and all of the components here are new, too. The dual exhaust sounds great, the 4-speed manual transmission has well-spaced gears, and the brakes are perfectly adequate for the Thing's performance and weight. And to their credit, they resisted the urge to upgrade the rolling stock, choosing stock steel wheels and hubcaps and wrapping them in 195/70/14 blackwall radials.
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Apocrypha of the New Testament.: Chapter 3
Chapter 3 (19).
While John, therefore, was thus teaching those in Hades, the first created and forefather Adam heard, and said to his son Seth: My son, I wish thee to tell the forefathers of the race of men and the prophets where I sent thee, when it fell to my lot to die. And Seth said: Prophets and patriarchs, hear. When my father Adam, the first created, was about to fall once upon a time into death, he sent me to make entreaty to God very close by the gate of paradise, that He would guide me by an angel to the tree of compassion and that I might take oil and anoint my father, and that he might rise up from his sickness: which thing, therefore, I also did. And after the prayer an angel of the Lord came, and said to me: What, Seth, dost thou ask? Dost thou ask oil which raiseth up the sick, or the tree from which this oil flows, on account of the sickness of thy father? This is not to be found now. Go, therefore, and tell thy father, that after the accomplishing of five thousand five hundred years 1939 from the creation of the world, then shalt come into the earth the only begotten Son of God, being made man; and He shall anoint him with this oil, and shall raise him up; and shall wash clean, with water and with the Holy Spirit, both him and those out of him, and then shall he be healed of every disease; but now this is impossible. 1940
When the patriarchs and the prophets heard these words, they rejoiced greatly.
5300 b.c. was the date commonly assigned to the creation. See Clem., Strom., i.; Theoph. Ant., ad Autol., iii.; comp. Just., Apol., xxxix.436:1940
For this legend, see the Revelation of Moses.
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Every era has its great narrative art form, stories delivered via the au courant medium that simultaneously show us the small characters of individuals and the vast social panoramas that limn their decisions and lives. The Anglo-Saxons and ancient Greeks had epic poetry, its tropes, rhythms, and assonances perfect for delivery via roving troubador or bard. Urban Greeks and Elizabethans saw the peaks of their cultures' theatrical drama, where everyone from the aristocracy to the masses gathered for social and moral insight peppered with bawdy jokes. Nineteenth-century England had its sweeping novels, ranging from Austen to ; the 1970s gave us Chinatown, Taxi Driver, Nashville, and their kin.
We are living in the age of the great television series. From Hill Street Blues to The Sopranos, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Rome, I know I'm not the only one who's more eager to find out what's happening with "my" characters and plotlines than to go see some cinematic blockbuster. (I might make an exception for Pixar movies, which deserve their own post: truly great kids' movies are being made these days. But I digress.)
Of course, The Wire—does this even need to be repeated?—is the greatest of them all. I've watched its five seasons twice; it was even better the second time, as this former lit major could see what David Simon was doing in much more awe-inspiring detail. Academics are (rightly) falling all over themselves to delve into its intellectual and visual riches, including the great urban sociologist William Julius Wilson. For those who don't know the series, one academic look at its credit sequence (eek!) introduced it well, noting that on the surface, it's about the war between Baltimore's police and drug dealers. But beyond that, it's about:
The similarities between organizations on both sides of the law, and how their struggle affects individual citizens and failing public institutions. Each main plot and subplot affirms that every part of society is somehow connected to every other part—that we're all part of the same (to use a phrase that often crops up in discussions of Deadwood) "human organism."
Unfortunately, that organism is made up of people who are mainly interested in protecting their turf.
(Lesser "interrogations" of the show can be highly mockable. But once again, I digress.)
Sociologists and media professors have been all over it. Former lit majors have known that The Wire is Dickens in a more contemporary form, what with its narrative sweep, its nuanced individuals who are also symbols, and the crushing social structures.
At long last, literature geeks can think about all this in our own special language, with a new faux-Victorian academic book that simultaneously transforms The Wire into a Dickens-like novel by a long-neglected writer they name Horatio Buckelsby Ogden; they analyze the series as as literature. I loved the serious playfulness of authors Joy DeLyria and Sean Michael Robinson in this article, "When It's Not Your Turn," which starts thus:
There are few works of greater scope or structural genius than the series of fiction pieces by Horatio Bucklesby Ogden, collectively known as The Wire; yet for the most part, this Victorian masterpiece has been forgotten and ignored by scholars and popular culture alike. Like his contemporary Charles Dickens, Ogden has, due to the rough and at times lurid nature of his material, been dismissed as a hack, despite significant endorsements of literary critics of the nineteenth century. Unlike the corpus of Dickens, The Wire failed to reach the critical mass of readers necessary to sustain interest over time, and thus runs the risk of falling into the obscurity of academia. We come to you today to right that gross literary injustice….
The genius of The Wire lies in its sheer size and scope, its slow layering of complexity which could not have been achieved in any other way but the serial format. Dickens is often praised for his portrayal not merely of a set of characters and their lives, but of the setting as a character: the city itself an antagonist. Yet in The Wire, Bodymore is a far more intricate and compelling character than London in Dickens' hands; The Wire portrays society to such a degree of realism and intricacy that A Tale of Two Cities—or any other story—can hardly compare.
The book, Down in the Hole: the unWire World of H.B. Ogden, is every bit as much fun. Reading it made me jones for the series all over again. I'm going to start making it through a third time.


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Unusual Gifts for Men : 10 Unusual yet useful gift ideas for Men
To find some unusual gifts for men could be quite a difficult task for you, isn�t it? This happens with everyone because for men you can�t think beyond usual and very common gifts. i.e shirt, bag, perfumes, etc.. I know you also might stuck in those very common gift ideas. But for a change you want to gift some unusual and very different kind of presents.
To find some of the unusual gifts, you must look in Online gifts shops as there you can find some of the gifts that you are looking for. For your convenience I explored hell lot of sites to find some of the great gifts that are unique & unusual and very different from the one you might be gifting from years.
So here you can find some of the best gifts ideas that you might have never gifted to any man. Below you can find a list of gifts ideas that are unusual and very interesting. These are very general gifts that you can present men (dad, husband, friend, boyfriend or brother) and on any occasion.
List of some Unusual gift ideas for a men
These are some of very general gifts ideas that you can present to any man. So whether you might be looking out for a gift for you dad, husband, friend, boyfriend, brother, these gift would work for every one is these gifts ideas are very general. But if you like some specific ideas for the person whom you are looking, then better you discuss with us using comment section. You can discuss with us for whom exactly you are looking for so that we can give you some more specific gifts ideas.
Anyways let us now get back. For you convenience I have researched on different forums, websites and dug a lot of gifts items in different gift shopping sites. So I came up with these gifts ideas that are very unusual, yet very useful. Because generally you lookout for very unusual gifts but they are of no use. So it is better to find gifts which are of some use.
Pocket Mobile Projector
What can be great than having a nice pocket mobile projector as a gift. It is worth a product which you can consider as a gift. It is very small in size that you can carry it anywhere very comfortably. You can carry it in your pocket or may be any pouch or bag.
Beer bottle Opener
A matured men loves to enjoy his time in weekends and having beer is a common option for many men. So if you are looking for a gift for a men who loves having beer, then this is a very nice gift. You can find different types of beer bottle openers in very attractive and unusual shapes.
Virtual Keyboard
It is a very nice gift to present a men. A matured man is always found to be working in laptops ( office work or business work ). So carrying a laptop to anywhere is very hectic at times as it is little heavy to carry. So here a virtual keyboard can do wonders.
A virtual keyboard is a small little object, square in shape. With its laser technology it provides a virtual access to a keyboard. You can attach with mobile or tab or any screen device which is enabled to connect keyboard. You can carry it very easily as it is very small in size like a mobile. I think this is one of an unusual gift that you might have thought about, yet it is very useful.
Unusual Spectacle holder
If you are looking out for a gift for a person who wear spectacles or may be he wear shades, then this gift would be very useful.
I know you might be thinking what is very unusual in a spectacle holder. But as I told you I will only share ideas that are useful and little unique. So this one I found fulfilling both and what unusual about it is the shape of it. You can find different types of very unusual shaped spectacle holders.
Multitasking Pen
A matured working men must be working somewhere or have his own business, but in anyways he must require a pen for his paperwork. So gifting a pen would be a nice option as a present. But wait a minute, is it an different or unusual gift? Not, but what about gifting a pen which is way more than any normal pen. There are many pen available in the market which are manufactured to do multiple work. i.e writing pen, screw driver, scale, etc. These all works are frequent part of a men�s life.
Automatic Tie Rack
What about gifting a automatic tie rack which rotates periodically and looks very amazing as it comes with inbuilt light system which gives a great look and makes your cupboard more attractive. So for a working men who go to office daily, this gift would be as very nice option.
Lens shaped Coffee mug
If you are looking a gift for a men who loves clicking pictures with his DSLR camera or have interest in photography, then this is a very a very nice gift that you can consider.
You generally might have sipped coffee or tea in a cup or mug, but have you ever thought of having a sip in lenses shaped cup. I know it might be little wired for you, but not for a person who loves photography. So I believe its shape makes this mug, an unique and unusual gift.
Body balance Bracelet
A matured man needs to do a lot of work in his daily life. He is busy with his office work all the day or you can find him busy with family responsibilities. So through out the day he feels very low and his energy level goes down. So keeping this in mind I came up with this idea.
A body balance bracelet is a bracelet which looks little different from a usual bracelet, but it comes with a very different technology. It is a bracelet which provides a great boast in the energy level of a person who is wearing. It helps in maintaining the energy level through out the day.
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So these were some of the unusual gifts for men. Hope you have liked few of these. These are very general gifts so if you want some specific gifts ideas, then please use the comment section to discuss with us.


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The Regal Cinema opened on 29th November 1928 with Al Jolson starring in "The Singing Fool". The architect was Clifford Aish, assisted by Frederick Ernest Bromige, and they designed an imposing structure located on the corner of Edgware Road and Oxford Street that had three entrances. Construction took seventeen months.
The interior decorative scheme was the work of Charles Muggeridge who created what is known as an Atmospheric style, which in this case had the setting of a Roman temple that had glades of trees and garlands of creepers that were visible behind the colonnade on the side walls. The ceiling had a massive pergola which was covered in golden creeper, through which could be seen an imitation sky with twinkling stars and cloud patterns.
The Regal Cinema was equipped with a Hill, Norman & Beard designed Christie 4Manual/36Rank theatre pipe organ, the largest in Europe which was opened by Quentin Maclean. There was a fully equipped stage and another facility was the provision of a restaurant.
Within six months of opening, the Regal Cinema had been taken over by Associated British Cinemas(ABC) who operated it until early-January 1945. Odeon Theatres then took control and refurbished it, but before they could re-open, the Regal Cinema suffered damage from one of the last flying bombs to hit London and it remained closed until September 1945 when it re-opened as the Odeon Marble Arch.
The Odeon closed on 22nd March 1964 with "The Long Ships". It was demolished, to be replaced by an office block and a new modern single-screen Odeon Marble Arch, which operated until it closed as a five screen cinema on 8th May 2016 and was demolished in October 2016.
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The rebuilt Odeon Marble Arch was a gem…Saw Oliver there in the 60's and The Doors and Terminator 2 there in the 90s…The decline of 70mm and roadshow style attractions made this theater hard to programme towards the end…it day dated a lot with Odeon Leicester Sq and rollout runs but lost its exclusive feel therefore plexing was the way to go. The plexing isnt terrible but no joy – have seen Speed 2 and The Tailor of Panama here. The programming is generally along the lines of a wide rollout keeping in mind the neighborhood is now made up of primarily upscale Middle Easter residents
The rebuilt Odeon Marble Arch has its own page here /theaters/1830/
A 1948 exterior photograph of the original Regal/Odeon, Marble Arch here:
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A night view of the Odeon Marble Arch in November 1955. The main corner entrance is on the left:
I was told by a high up Rank contact I dealt with regular. That there is or was an interesting conditon on the lease from the Freeholders. That a number of Seats had to be on permenantly reserved for them…
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Roberto Carlos Garcia
Roberto Carlos Garcia's second poetry collection, black / Maybe, is available from Willow Books. His first collection, Melancolía, is available from Červená Barva Press. His poems and prose have appeared or are forthcoming in The Root, Those People, Rigorous, Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day, The New Engagement, Public Pool, Stillwater Review, Gawker, Barrelhouse, Tuesday; An Art Project, The Acentos Review, Lunch Ticket, and many others.
He is founder of the cooperative press Get Fresh Books, LLC.
A native New Yorker, Roberto holds an MFA in Poetry and Poetry in Translation from Drew University, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
His website is http://www.robertocarlosgarcia.com/


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The Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan comic for May 16, 2001 has been remastered.
Getting it out early before we go to the caravan.
The Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan comic for May 16, 2001 has been remastered.
Getting it out early before we go to the caravan.
There is a lengthy Star Wars argument behind the readmore. You have been warned.
…ooh, plot bunnies.
The Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan comic for May 15, 2001 has been remastered.
If owning a gun and knowing how to use it worked, the military would be the safest place for a woman. It's not.
If women covering up their bodies worked, Afghanistan would have a lower rate of sexual assault than Polynesia. It doesn't.
If not drinking alcohol worked, children would not be raped. They are.
If your advice to a woman to avoid rape is to be the most modestly dressed, soberest and first to go home, you may as well add "so the rapist will choose someone else".
If your response to hearing a woman has been raped is "she didn't have to go to that bar/nightclub/party" you are saying that you want bars, nightclubs and parties to have no women in them. Unless you want the women to show up, but wear kaftans and drink orange juice. Good luck selling either of those options to your friends.
Or you could just be honest and say that you don't want less rape, you want (even) less prosecution of rapists.
The Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan comic for May 14, 2001 has been remastered.
I won't lie: the raw scans for this episode were an unholy train wreck, as was the originally published version, in which big errors from the raw scan were left uncorrected. This new version has been cleaned up, but is still not what I would call good. Only a full redraw would make it good, and I'm not willing to do that right now.
I wonder why the quality of the art dropped so steeply in the second half of "Babble, Banter, Brouhaha". It started off very well, but something changed. Did I get bored? Did I rush those last pages out because something else was taking up most of my time? It was twelve years ago, and I can't for the life of me remember. This is why you should journal, everyone.
Upon first listen, I enjoyed this a lot. Big sound, unconventional song structures, great playing, very proggy, occasionally even taking side trips into Yes-land. Not sure yet if the songs are memorable; for that, I need a few more listens. Lead-off single "Hell To Pay", a fist-pumping rocker, is not representative.
Sorry, meant to share the whole album. As it turns out, it really is very good.
Now What ?!, an album by Deep Purple on Spotify.
It's heee-eeeere!
The Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan comic for May 11, 2001 has been remastered. This one had a huge set of footnotes for some reason, which I'm not reproducing here.
This comic, the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan comic for May 10, 2001, was missing from the archives for years, probably since the move to Modern Tales in 2002. It has now been restored in remastered form.


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DHAKA (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Thursday called for "decisive measures" to resolve the political crisis causing mostly Muslim refugees from neighbouring Myanmar to flee to Bangladesh.
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In which Emily encourages you to celebrate calendrical oddities by watching a smart, morally complex, awesomely intertextual story about human society in a post-nuclear age.
Holy Kara Thrace.
The 100 is a compelling television show. Yeah, the beginning was a bit heavy-handed. (Although honestly, most pilots are a bit sketchy, aren't they?) By the end of the first season, though, this CW dystopia had built itself into a complicated, ambitious, and wildly fast-paced story about what it means to be human in the wake of nuclear apocalypse. This Monday, we've got an extra twenty-four hours to enjoy. And sure, we're all looking forward to using that extra day to check things off to-do lists so we can start March with fewer deadlines and responsibilities hanging over our heads. But you can't spend all of Leap Day being productive. Breaks are important — especially when you have an extra day in your year!
So this year, we at TTLP would like to encourage you to check out The 100 (which is currently — super conveniently! — streaming on Netflix). The show's airing its third season right now. And to be honest I've only seen the first so far. But in that first season, The 100 becomes a self-reflexive, morally complex show about environmental destruction, moral leadership, and the nature of humanity. Moreover, with a fantastic cast of iconic sci fi actors as well as the prerequisite attractive CW folk, The 100 is an (occasionally stressful, yet) awesome and intertextual show that ends up helping unpack we mean when we talk about genre television.
Here then, in honor of weird random holidays and awesome sci fi television, are eleven reasons to spend part of your Leap Day watching The 100.
1. In many ways, The 100 is a classic dystopian story. Ninety-seven years after nuclear apocalypse, a few thousand humans survive on a space station called "The Ark". Their space-station-centered existence is really reminiscent of Battlestar Galactica — Lt. Gaeta's even there!
But resources on the Ark are limited and life-support is failing. So a bunch of juvenile criminals (our eponymous 100) are sent down to Earth to see if it is liveable. Even as the Ark navigates political coups, resource shortages, and all of the troubles of an established society, the 100 engage in a much more Lord-of-the-Flies-type struggle to create a stable, just, and moral society in the first place. Drawing upon a tradition of dystopian storytelling, The 100 uses each half of its split cast (the ship and the ground) to explore big issues in a high-stakes environment.
2. Dystopias catch our attention because they become thought-experiments and limit cases. Because a dystopian world has super high stakes, dystopian fiction allows writers to consider philosophical issues in a real-world context. In its first season, The 100 explores utilitarianism, state-sanctioned killing, Marxist economic policies, libertarianism, environmental catastrophe, and religion. Characters argue about guilt and culpability, trust, revenge, redemption, grief, and hope. Ultimately, The 100 becomes a consideration of leadership, of the nature of civilization, and of the value of hope in desperate times.
3. In this dystopian context, The 100 finds a way to explore both the survivors-in-space trope and the rag-tag-group-attempts-to-create-a-civilization trope. With the teenagers, we get Lord of the Flies — or, perhaps more accurately, Lost without the mysticism and weirdness. With the adults back on the space-station, we get Battlestar Galactica — again without the mysticism. The 100 gets to explore the best of both tropes and to revel in the twinned inhospitable environments of post-nuclear, post-human Earth and of space itself.
4. In these parallel dystopias, The 100 is able to stage its own dialogue about leadership, hope, and the goodness of mankind. In the first episode, self-appointed leader of the 100 Bellamy Blake proclaims independence from the Ark, leading a chant of "Whatever the hell we want!" Over the course of the first season then, Bellamy and our other main characters must come to terms with what it means to be a leader and to enforce justice. And to not just do whatever the hell you want.
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5. Moreover, The 100 is able to explore the idea of environmental devastation in a way that resonates powerfully with our own era and contemporary concerns about humanity's impact upon the earth. The inciting incident of The 100 is, in a way, a nuclear apocalypse that devastated earth and its lifeforms. In the first few episodes, we see organisms poisoned or mutated by nuclear radiation. Even more powerfully, there's a moment where it looked like The 100 was going to straight-out copy the Smoke Monster from Lost. But in the post-anthropocene world of The 100, the Smoke Monster isn't a mystical island force: it's acid fog. It's a show that looks like it's setting up the mystical weirdness of Lost, but instead imagines what the world will look like after the anthropocene.
6. On that note, The 100 is ridiculously intertextual and — through its casting and its references — becomes a show about genre tv itself. I refuse to believe that acid fog isn't intended to evoke the Smoke Monster. And this is a show that casts Alessandro Juliani (Lt. Gaeta from Battlestar Galactica), Dichen Lachman (Sierra from Dollhouse), and Henry Ian Cusick (everyone's favorite Scotsman, Desmond Hume from Lost). With its pedigree of classic sci fi actors and its deep attachment to the tropes of dystopian fiction, The 100 becomes a self-aware consideration of genre television and what we turn to genre television for.
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7. While we're on the subject of Dichen Lachman, the show has a lot of awesome ladies — and is relatively good at diverse representations in general. I have complicated feelings about representation in The 100, but it does enough interesting things that I'm looking forward to seeing more of the show and seeing how the racial politics of the show evolve. The main cast has many people of color and many awesome women. Moreover, I've only finished the first season, but I've heard tell that the show is currently also working through a queer relationship between two ladies. (Which is always awesome, of course.) To be honest, I think I need to see more of the show to be sure how I feel about its racial politics: although the main cast has a lot of interesting and complicated characters of color, the first season also involves a conflict with a group of threatening indigenous Others who are almost entirely played by people of color. Which is, you know, not exactly great. But with interesting women, diverse main characters, and the potential for queer relationships, I'm hoping that future seasons make good on this potential and show sophistication in their treatment of the racial politics of post-apocalyptic earth. There's enough good happening here that I remain cautiously optimistic about representation in the world of The 100.
8. Post-apocalyptic earth itself is beautiful and the show itself is beautifully shot. In the ninety-seven years since nuclear apocalypse, the eastern United States has returned to woodland and swampland. Except now there are a lot of bioluminescent butterflies.
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9. The aesthetics of the show in general are really engaging. In the final moments of the season one finale (no plot spoilers I promise), we hear Radiohead's "Exit Music (for a Film)" play over the action. This is a show that delights in jamming along to Imagine Dragons's "Radioactive" but also sits in the discomfort and alienation of Radiohead. And in that combination of abandon and introspection, The 100 becomes a story about what it means to be a teenager — or just a person — in the modern world.
10. Also, while I'm talking about aesthetics, the narrative development is pretty great. The CW has figured out how to plot genre shows. The speed of plot developments in this first season of The 100 reminded me of nothing so much than the second season of The Vampire Diaries or the first season of Jane the Virgin. Like both of those shows, plot ricochets by and character alliances shift, but everything remains highly motivated. It's super captivating tv.
11. Ultimately, the situation is pretty ridiculously bleak at times, but The 100 isn't nihilist and despairing. Instead, there's always room for hope, goodness, love, and courage. The 100 finds space for a belief about the strength and morality of humanity. Yeah, in this show, humanity did stage a nuclear war. But we are not just our baser instincts. Instead, we are also people who manage to re-form civilization out of the wreckage of apocalypse. We are people who love, and protect, and fight for what is right.
So I'm really looking forward to starting the second season soon — as soon as I catch up on episodes of Agent Carter (because Holy Katharine Hepburn, that show is FANTASTIC and TTLP will certainly cover it at some point). And as you're enjoying your extra day on Monday, why not take some time to check out The 100?
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Alessandra Ambrosio models Diesel's "Divina" bag on Sunday (April 17) at Diesel Island Brunch during the Coachella Music Festival at a private estate in Bermuda Dunes, Calif.
The 30-year-old Brazilian model, who also rocked a Diesel Black Gold hat, was just one of several celebs to come out for a fashion forward brunch.
Also attending and pictured inside are Emma Roberts, who was spotted customizing an omelette next to the caterers, and Rosario Dawson, who picked up goodies from Diesel!
Rosario was also seen at the Belve Music Lounge trying on Luxottica sunglasses and dancing with her girlfriends.
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Catfight: Women and Competition is Leora Tanenbaum's dissection of the gender war waged among women. Tanenbaum meticulously analyzes the roots of destructive competitiveness among women, asserting that "catfights" thrive because, despite women's many gains, American women are conditioned to regard each other as adversaries rather than allies. She investigates the arenas-from diets to dating, from the boardroom to the delivery room- in which American women are apt to compare their lives with the lives of others in a tacit contest over who is the "better" woman, a contest in which no one wins. Throughout Catfight, Leora Tanenbaum puts her own life experiences under the lens of scrutiny. As a writer, a friend, a mother, a wife, and a daughter, she analyzes her own insecurities and background and how these influence her relations with other women. With the sociologist's perspective of a Barbara Ehrenreich and the feminist outrage of a Gloria Steinem, Tanenbaum demythologizes the age-old "catfight."
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The Exotic Baobab TreeBaobab oil is extracted from the fruit seeds of the Baobab tree. There are eight species of Baobab, six are native to Madagascar, one native to Africa (Adansonia digitata), and one to Australia (Adansonia gregorii).
The Baobab is often referred to as the tree of life, upside-down tree, bottle tree, monkey bread tree. Some Baobab trees are thousands of years old. The Baobab is highly regarded and has been used for centuries by the indigenous people. The leaves, fruit, and roots are used as food and medicine, and the oil used for it's soothing, moisturizing benefits on the skin and hair to protect from harsh weather conditions.
Baobab Oil Skin BenefitsBaobab oil is rich in omega fatty acids 3, 6 and 9 and contain vitamins A, D, E, and F. The seeds are typically cold pressed and filtered, to maintain the beneficial properties of the oil. Baobab can be applied directly to the skin, it's a medium viscosity oil, highly emollient, absorbs easily, does not clog pores, improves tone, elasticity, renews and regenerates cells.
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Dan Cruz is a self taught artist, designer, and director.
A native New Yorker born to a father who emigrated from Peru and a Puerto Rican mother who was born in the Bronx, Dan grew up in his child hood home on the border of East NY, Brooklyn and Ozone Park, Queens.
As an 80s baby Dan remembers when New York was a dangerous drug and gang infested terrain and has witnessed and been a part of the vast cultural changes which have occurred over the years.
He attended and dropped out of Murry Bergtraum High School in the Lower East Side of Manhattan eventually receiving a GED. Later he earned an associates degree in Electronic Engineering from DeVry University and while working on his bachelors he again left school early, after receiving an opportunity in the banking industry.
His work as an artist began in part in 2006 when he decided to start a screen printing company with his best friend Miguel Mendez.
The economic downturn of 2008 thrust him into the role of full time self employed artist and entrepreneur after the company he worked for (Washington Mutual) went bankrupt and he subsequently became unemployed.
With 2 years of experience screen printing and designing he took to the streets of New York city to sell t-shirts at Union Square and later Soho. Although being fairly successful immediately with apparel on the streets due to strict street vending laws Cruz was arrested 5 times within a two year period. The latest of which had Cruz facing weeks in jail.
As a result it became obvious he needed to create new products and a different business strategy. He sold shirts at house parties thrown with friends and live concert venues.
In order to keep his street work alive he began painting and selling paintings, sculptures and screen prints on canvas and paper.
To this day he can still be found on the streets of Soho on a regular basis. He is a staple on Prince st. between Wooster and Greene and has helped keep Soho's reputation for maverick outsider art alive. He continues to hone his craft and expand upon his skills as a craftsman in fine art, illustration, sculpture, fashion design, photography and video.
Major Art Influences: Comic Books, Street Fashion, Jack Kirby, Andy Warhol, MC Escher, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ron English, Robert Williams, Banksy, Pablo Picasso, Frank Stella, Francis Bacon, Rene Magritte
Philosophical Influences: Charles T. Russel, Noam Chomsky, Jacque Fresco, George Carlin


text: When we buy Xrumer, we get two licenses. One of my partners (with whom I have a JV) bought it and we wanted to use it on a project. He wants to use one license and give the other to me so that we can work on the project. So do how do we go about doing that? Help will be appreciated!


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Formal Gala
7:00pm Saturday, Cocktail Hour
8:00pm Saturday, Main Event Banquet
1. 8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer
2. 9:00 a.m. Breakfast for clergy
3. Open afternoon for all including clergy and delegates
4. 5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer at the hotel
5. 7:00 p.m. Cocktail Hour followed by
Main Event Banquet – $135.00 (per person) music by Fadi Karat
Introducing of His Holiness, clergy and delegates
Dinner served
The grand formal event of the weekend is sure to make memories for everyone. Dance with the music of Fadi Karat to Suryoyo and Arabic, and enjoy a full course meal.
Sightseeing: Both trips allow for lunch, at will, Faneuil Marketplace, Aquarium and souvenir shopping.
9:30 a.m. round trip bus from hotel and Boston Trolley Tour —– $50.00 per person
9:30 a.m. round trip bus from hotel to Boston Harbor Cruise —– $50.00 per person
At the hotel: Supervised crafts, games, arcade rooms, food, and pool with lifeguard—-$25.00/child, 3-12 years old.
For adults there will be a complimentary game room
Mix & Mingle in the beautiful atrium, check there for local attractions
Evening babysitting during the banquet includes games, food and videos $25.00/child, 3-12 years old. Please register early.


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It turns out that the question above is not that fanciful. Two items on the Internet in just the past few days, in fact, raise some real food for thought about whether we are rapidly heading into a world where we really need to be careful what we wish for.
The first was a posting from the Associated Press writer Youkyung Lee with the disturbing title, "Wired SKorea to stem digital addiction from age 3." The survey provides some granularity as to how U.S. cell phone users have a love/hate relationship with their devices which for the moment is a case of "all you need is love," and points out some interesting differences in attitudes between what they call "smartphone owners" and "cell-mostly internet users." As noted, both shed some light on the larger question at hand, which appeared on phys.org. The second was the latest release survey done by the Pew (News - Alert) Internet Project, The Best (and Worst) of Mobile Connectivity.
Are we all going to be like South Korea?
For those of you unaware, South Korea is already what the rest of the world hopes to be in the distant future (i.e., it is a "digitopia). This is a country where 98 percent of households have broadband access and over two-thirds of its citizens have smartphones. Plus, the government plans to digitize all textbooks in the country from 2015 and base all primary schooling around the use of tablet computers. In short, South Korea is fully wired and very nearly fully wirelessed (fixed as well as mobile).
What do we know from the grand leap into the future other nations aspire to in terms of its impacted on the average citizens "connected life"? Here are a few factoids to mull over:
As the article points out, many South Korean children become addicted to the Internet through gaming before they can read or write. The habit is hard to break, and while heavily broadband covered Asia-Pacific countries are leading the way on trying to figure out if Internet addition should be recognized as a mental illness, the South Korean government as the article points out is already implementing efforts to prevent digital addition.
In fact, starting next year, it will be requiring that children as young as three be taught to protect themselves from overusing personal devices and the Internet. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security is revising laws so that teaching the danger of Internet addiction becomes mandatory from pre-school institutions to high schools.
As the anecdotal information in the article illustrates, the actions by the South Korean government likely align with the seriousness of the problem. Children who are "addicted" have trouble with human interactions that are online, are easily distracted, and can ultimately suffer physical disabilities caused by excessive repetitive stress from device usage.
Addiction to devices that are "distractions" are nothing new in terms of being viewed as detrimental to the human condition. This has been the dark side of technology since the introduction of the radio, and has been echoed through the decades with the advent of the television (aka "the idiot box"), the personal computer, game consoles and not smartphones. What is different about the present is that the digital platforms as well as their ability to be always on and keeping us connected, is that we have amped up the distraction level by making the devices we use for work and learning the same ones we use for the rest of our lives. Boundaries that are contextual are certainly in order.
A big "phew!" from Pew: not so dire but food for thought
If you are not familiar with the work done by Pew Research Center on a variety of social trends you might wish to bookmark their home page. They never disappoint when it comes to creating food for thought. With 85 percent of Americans now owning a cell phone of some type, Pew wanted to find out what U.S. cell phone users liked and did not like about their devices, and how they relate to them and how this impacts relationships with others.
I won't spoil all the fun of looking at their survey, but thought readers would be interested in a few findings and the chart below from the survey.
First, and not surprisingly Pew found that:
Pew added that "despite this connection to their devices, most cell owners don't worry too much (or get many complaints from their friends) about spending too much time with their phones," and had some interesting data to back this up.
The chart is a nice summation of the answers to the questions Pew posed.
The last two seem to point to the issue that South Korea is grappling with and trying to head off so that dystopia as a result of spending too much time in the ether, as opposed to under its spell in a medical setting, does not become a major societal problem.
As noted above, this is not actually a new problem. Indeed, the television is a nice analog here. This is especially apt given that much of the time spent online is eating into the over eight hours per day people have traditionally watched TV, although getting a true fix on this is hard based on people multi-tasking on multiple devices that are interconnected. Television has always been loved because of its entertainment value (in fact, its value as a non-human baby sitter for harried parents), and despised to the point where detractors have written memes about Sesame Street being a major cause of attention deficit disorder (ADD). The answer regarding the TV has always been the same, i.e., "there is an off switch." Indeed, the idea of "parental controls' on viewing were harbingers of such capabilities on protecting young adults from viewing unsavory content or interacting with bad actors on the Internet.
As with most things in life moderation and balance are the goals, but to use a biblical reference getting us humans not to bite the apple when offered by the snake can be simply irresistible. Whether digitopia becomes dystopia is a matter of free will and choice. That is a good thing. However, we all need to keep a close watch on what is going on in South Korea. The old axiom that "bad habits are hard to break," is old for a reason – it is accurate.
The younger generation not just in South Korea but in growing portions of the plant, live or soon will live in a totally broadband connected world. In that world, they can/may/will literally live most of their lives online in an alternative reality that I hesitate to call "distorted" at the risk of being identified as a modern Luddite. Actions have consequences. Given the power of addictions, South Korea is smart to follow the McDonald's approach to marketing which is to "get them while they are young." Smartphones, tablets, PCs and game consoles when connected to the Internet are powerful aphrodisiacs indeed.
This may be worrying too much on my part because of the similarity to the concerns being raised to those of prevision generations over other technology distractions. However, I stick to what I said, the ubiquity of access, the pervasiveness of the allure and the fact that the attraction never sleeps wherever you may be, makes this different.
It will be interesting to see in the next Pew report how the U.S. is doing on balance regarding the love/hate relationship with personal devices. I do not believe there is some type of tipping point ahead where there will be no turning back on a precipitous slide into dystopia. However, we should all take what is going on in South Korea as a reason to start thinking about what we want to do, personally and as a society. One can only hope that balance and moderation prevail.
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Shopping with toddlers feels like a three-ring circus at the best of times. Shopping around to get the best product for the best price with a two and three-year-old is ridiculousness personified. So as a mom, aside from grocery shopping, I shop as little as humanly possible… maybe even less than that. Sure, I could online shop. But I avoid it because I spend enough time online that the idea of having a bunch of windows open to compare prices and read product descriptions sounds just slightly less painful than a root canal. Thanks but no thanks. So I don't shop for myself. I get gifts at Christmas and my birthday, and that's about it. Kind of sad isn't it?
When I was asked to use an invite-only online shopping site, I wasn't sure. In theory, Scratch sounded great because there are personal shoppers who chat with you, get information on what you're looking for, and then give you personalized suggestions. The problem is I'm the type of person who will walk an extra mile to save a few bucks. So I didn't think this would be a good fit for me. I didn't want to spend more than I would elsewhere even if it was convenient.
Oh boy, was I wrong! Scratch is luxurious. So luxurious. When you click on the site, you have two options to select from.
You can either jump into personalized shopping or get familiar with what the site has to offer by clicking Browse For Ideas. I chose the latter and was immediately struck by the incredible comeliness of the photos representing each category. Think the best of Pinterest crossed with Vogue or Better Homes and Gardens; that beautiful.Some of my favourite categories in a montage
Though the site epitomizes opulence, guess what? Scratch guarantees its prices. That is, its personal shoppers seek out the best possible prices for the items they sell. If you happen to find the same item for less, you will be credited the difference between the price on their site and what you found yourself. LOVE this!
Once I had a sense of what they offer, I had two burning questions for their shoppers.
The first, I am in desperate need of a good running bra. Right now I'm using ones from when I wasn't nursing and having to double bra to get some support.
Second, I asked about a gift for my husband. See below:
The chat is not live, but I had a response for both questions within minutes. Both of my personal shoppers asked me for some additional details, and then gave me a specific time they would have their answers to me by. Both sets of answers came earlier than the time they quoted me.
For my sports bra, I will admit, I had a card up my sleeve. I used to work for lululemon. I had asked my shopper about sports bras knowing that there were only two I would recommend a runner when I worked there. One I LOVED, the other is something I would never practice yoga in. And, I had specifically asked my personal shopper for maximum support while running, but comfortable while practicing yoga. Because I practically have shares in lulu, I was interested in something other than what I've always defaulted to as well as the familiar. Lo and behold, Megan completely nailed it. She recommended my favourite jogging bra (which I used to own but since has gone MIA), as well as others that would be perfect for me.
In the case of my second question, I didn't have any hidden advantages or insights. When it comes to buying gifts for my husband, I just don't know what to get. I had really hoped I had given Erin, my personal shopper, enough info because I was hopeless. When the message came in my personal shop selections were in, I opened up Scratch to see exceptional ideas. While I was pleased with how astute my results were, the selections for my husband were totally 'him'.
Here are a two of the many ideas sent my way for him:
Once you have your selections, simply press on the price of the item you would like to purchase, enter your credit card info and address, and you're set!
There is a waitlist to join Scratch and I'm so grateful to have been invited. You too can get front-of-the-line access, simply click here. In a two hour turn around, you should have access to this truly sublime shopping experience.
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Marilyn Manson Says Lana Del Rey Comments Were Misquoted
Lana Del Rey keeps it casual in jeans while spending time with her parents Patricia and Robert on Friday (January 9) in West Hollywood, Calif.
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Since the leak, Marilyn Manson has denied that he worked with Lana on the film.
"I was misquoted in the press about saying that working with Lana was a problem," Marilyn shared in Billboard's latest issue. "What was a problem was trying to get into a situation where she and I could work together, because we didn't have a story yet. Eli [Roth] and I are friends, and I wanted to work with Lana, but this was not a Marilyn Manson video, although it came across that way when it was released."
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Legislature has voted to pardon the Scottsboro Boys, more than 80 years after the nine young black men were convicted by all-white juries of raping two white women.
The bill still must be signed by Gov. Robert Bentley to become law. The governor's press secretary, Jennifer Ardis, says Bentley will study the legislation. But he has said he favors the pardons.
The House approved the legislation Thursday morning in a unanimous vote. The measure already had been unanimously passed by the Senate.
The nine black youths from Georgia and Tennessee were accused of raping two white women on a train in north Alabama in 1931. They were convicted by an all-white jury during a racially charged trial in Scottsboro. All but the youngest received a death sentence but later won new trials.


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The Fork Alert System, from Amskan , provides an activation of a warning device that a Forklift is within a specified area. The system uses an invisible infrared transmission from the forklift which is detected by a remotely placed receiver.
The receiver has a wide filed of vision and detects the forklift from 2 metres to 15mm. The footprint of the receive range is adjustable to suit the requirements.
- Only triggers by forklift fitted with transmitter
- Are covered can be tailored in both distance and spectrum
- Only works when the forklift is operational
- Long range
- Once set does change
- Transmitter beacons have to be mounted to every vehicle
Motion Detectors use a Photo Electric Beams to detect passing vehicles (of any sort) and trigger off an alarm. They can be programmed to detect the direction of the vehicle also.
- Does not need a specific device to be fitted to vehicle
- Once set does change
- Must have wall or infrastructure to mount to
- One Forklift (leaving) may block the beams while another forklift approaches
- Cannot detect forklift approaching from different angles
Motion Detectors using a Passive
Infrared Detector (PIR) to detect passing vehicles (of any sort) and trigger off an alarm
- Does not need a specific device to be fitted to vehicle
- Not specific. Movement of any kind triggers off the PIR (ie. People, Forklifts, etc)
- Range can be indeterminate
- In ground inductive loops
- In ground inductive loops detect the presence of vehicle
- Does not need a specific device to be fitted to vehicle
- Once set does change
- Cons
- Limited Distance from doorway
- Any large metallic body may activate it
- Cannot detect forklift approaching from different angles
- Ground needs to be cut for lying of loop.
- Not relocatable
Fork Alert is readily adaptable to many if not all scenarios. A key aspect to the operation of the Fork Alert system is that it warns a pedestrian or other forklift driver that a forklift is out of sight in a danger zone.
The only real downfall of the Fork Alert system is that every vehicle you wish to detect needs to be fitted with a transmitter (Beacon). With a large fleet, that may add up to a large capitol investment initially.
Once the fleet is fitted however the system can be utilised in many areas without major investment, and can even be used as an effective long range door opener.
Additionally the cost of the transmitters can be incorporated into the cost of the lease of the Forklifts. The Fork Alert system is also easily relocatable should the premises change layout or operation, as is often the case of a growing organisation.
PE Beams to activate the warning system are probably the next option in that they can be set up to also detect the directionality of the forklift.
The major advantage of PE Beams is that you can detect any vehicle, including cars and trucks without having to fit a Transmitter to them.
The major downfall of PE beams is that you need a structure to mount the beams on and if the forklift approaches the danger area from the fact that because they have to be at the forklift height to work they are a target for physical damage.
Unfortunately many premises show the marks of forklifts hitting bollards, walls, racking etc, so the PE sensors themselves would quite possible be struck on occasion. They also are only effective when aligned properly. When there are multiple forklift operating within an area the PE beam has trouble distinguishing which vehicle it is detecting.
PIR Sensors provide a means of detecting forklift, however also are triggered by just about any other movement. So while they are a less expensive option to Fork Alert and PE beams they are not a reliable method and likely to provide many false alarms.
In Ground Loops while reliable in detecting Vehicles also are limiting in the area they can cover. They do not provide multi angle approach to doorways and provide no adjustment in detection range or angle.
There is also the need to cut up the floor area that they are to be installed in and as the building layout changes they are not relocatable.


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|by Rick Swig - Nov. 1998
Risking a look into the hotel industrys 1999 crystal ball requires a glance back at the recent past when from a real estate point of view the hotel sector has gone through some radical changes in the last 24 to 36 months. The highlights have included the invasion of Wall Street, consolidation of owners and operators (REITS and C-Corps), and assets traded at premium pricing levels.
Real estate issues aside, hotel occupancies have peaked due to market capacity or new supply introduction, while room rates are still growing yet slowing. Positive influences have included a favorable supply and demand climate, better revenue management skills, and a booming, less price sensitive economy. Expense management controls and a favorable inflation rate have allowed operators to maximize profitability.
Wall Street investors have responded to this mostly favorable news with increasing bearishness. Shares of public companies have plummeted and more than extinguished any recent growth in stock price. For the most part, the hotel IPO class of 1996 is selling at or below their entry level pricing. Enthusiasm for this beleaguered sector has faded.
As fast as the frenzy to purchase hotels mushroomed throughout 1996 into 1998, the pace has slowed as 1999 approaches. Transactions continue. Public companies will strategically refine and pare portfolios to regain some focus and raise capital which might not be as available through secondary offerings or cash flow. The previous drivers of peak pricing and purchasing activity may now be the sellers, while the sales of assets may not be as automatic as they have been. Trading values are plateaued and will slip along with the expectations of sellers.
Low stock pricing may now breed the possibility of leverage buyouts, as the sum of individual asset value may outweigh any combined corporate or REIT value. Another side effect should be a greater opportunity for further consolidation, hostile or otherwise. The scenery should be anything but calm.
The operating future of the hotel business may be more predictable. Occupancies will at best stay stable due to new supply dilution and some guest room capacity limitations. Otherwise, occupancy percentages will fall due to new supply in markets with low barriers to entry, global economic influences, and growing price resistance from various market segments. Room rates will not reduce, while revenue trends will stabilize at not so unfavorable 5%-7% growth levels.
Wall Streets reaction aside, hotel real estate will find success. The winners will be the long term owners of real estate with primary locations, well maintained high quality buildings, good management, and strategic brand names (chain or independent). Subsiding REVPAR growth requires the basic fundamentals of quality (regardless of price segment) as the best prescription for survival.
Owners with the financial capacity to improve and differentiate products then flexibly reposition assets will prosper. Adequate capital reserves will provide the support for product embellishments to sustain customer response and offset unfavorable market trends.
The strongest hotel brands with a critical mass of locations, product consistency, frequent guest programs, and other influences will build on their domination. Effective brand development will continue to pay off well for owners of established franchised or chain operated products, as the best brands bring impact:
The best independent operators are proving that brand affiliation is not always necessary to succeed. Segment leaders are creating winning formulas with differentiated products or quasi-brands with focuses on lifestyle orientation, peer group influences, and the creation of environments.
New development is and will be a positive activity, when strategically planned in terms of fundamental market segment demand generators which are broad enough to sustain long term staying power. Some of the current supply growth unfortunately may only be responding to only periodic or temporary demand pressures with limited absorption potential.
Only a historical perspective will prove whether the high prices paid for hotel assets over the last twenty-four months were wise investments. Many buyers used the less than replacement cost justification to stretch cap rate trends and decision making standards based on historical or trending operating activity. Some investors justified their premium purchases based on the fundamental strengths of location, brand, management, and building infrastructure. This strategy, although not offsetting any immediate return on investment limitations, should provide some cushion and a defense against market downturn, as customer preferences have always favored the fundamentals of location and well managed, high quality product.
Who knows whether Wall Street will again respond to the hotel industry in a positive fashion? Stock prices indicate a rejection of one the most lucrative periods in the hotel industrys operating history. This may mean that the public market marriage to hotel real estate investments should be annulled, as the basic fundamentals plus the cycles of owning and operating hotel real estate may not be compatible to investor expectations.
There are still and will continue to be good high yield investment opportunities with underperforming assets plagued by physical problems, poor management, weak product positioning, or a historically stable location hampered by a weak market situation. Other circumstances, associated with over leverage, change of a portfolio strategy, or insufficient funding to make necessary physical improvements for repositioning, will also stimulate transactions.
In 1999 sellers must recognize that the premium pricing days for hotel assets are mostly over. To maximize financial opportunity and to minimize the effect of negative market trends, continuing transactions, including new development, should be based on more traditional market demand and asset fundamentals: real (not imagined or anticipated) demand generators for stabilization and growth, reasonable barriers to entry to prevent over-supply dilutions, plus the elements of location, product strength, and management.