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October 27, 2008
WFMU's Beware of the Blog recently held a photoshop contest involving the image of John McCain apparently trying to grope Obama. The results were hilarious. Check it out HERE.
Old School Hip Hop Sundays – Big Daddy Kane
October 26, 2008
I went to WFMU's record fair today not knowing quite what to expect other than 10,000 square feet of vinyl and nerds. It was awesome, but overwhelming to say the least. My ultimate priority was to find some cool old school hip hop records, but in an environment that catered primarily to the rock crowd, this was more difficult than I would have imagined. I did score a copy of Hieroglyphics Third Eye Vision, which is worth it for "Miles to the Sun" alone. I also picked up Big Daddy Kane's Long Live the Kane, a classic.
When Kane hit the scene in the late 80s, he was immediately recognized as an innovator, contributing to the popularity of faster rhymes and break beats as well as style trademarks like his high top fade and four finger rings. Dude was smooth. Check out a couple of dope tracks, including "Warm It Up Kane," probably my favorite Kane song.
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205. Why Congress Provided for Monetized Installment Sales
204. Here's How to Do a Financial Analysis of the Probability-weighted Benefit and Tax Risk with M453
203. If a Seller Uses a Monetized Installment Sale (M453), Can the Resale Be an Installment Sale, Too?
202. Solve the Double-Tax Problem for Earnings of C Corporations with a Long-Term Installment Sale Coupled with a Monetization Loan
201. When You Can, and When You Cant, Change a Deal after the Fact, for Better Tax Treatment
199. Are We Really Able to Hear Each Other? Or Are We Locked in by What We're Sure We Know?
198. C453 is Presented in Meeting of Professionals, Principals and Advisors Connecticut
197. An Insured Can Defer the Tax on Sale of a Life Insurance Policy, But Partly on One Ground, and Partly on Another.
196. Liquidate a C Corporation with Minimal Tax Cost, with C453
195. Heres a Strategy for Your Benefit if Your LLC Partners Dont Need Tax Deferral when Your LLC Sells
194. With C453, Help Yourself and Your Favorite College, University or Other Charity, Too
193. The Doctor, the Tardis, Time Travel and Taxes
192. Find Out Whether a 1031 Exchange or a C453 with a Monetization Loan is the Better Choice for You
191. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Approves C453 for Sale of High-Value, Low-Basis Asset
190. With Higher Tax Rates, Our Business Enjoys a Substantial Uptick, Both Overall and in Deal Size
189. Can C453 Be Used for Sale of a Business to an ESOP?
188. "Who Gots It Don't Want It": 1099-MISC Income and Schedule D Income
187. Defer Tax on Commission Income, and Increase Your Disposable Cash Flow
186. IRS Chief Counsel Blesses Tax Deferral through an Installment Sale Coupled with a Monetizing Loan
185. Can a Residential-subdivision Developer Obtain Capital-Gain Treatment on Lot Sales? And Defer the Tax, Too?
184. A 1031 Exchange Scandal: Who Cares about the Taxpayer?
183. Can C453 Repeatedly Achieve Tax Deferral for the Same Money, As in Hopscotch?
182. Business-Normal Practice to Know Your Counterparty: Coherence, Reasonableness, Verifiability and Understandability
181. Keep Your Romance Alive, with Some Help from C453
180. C453 Can Avoid a Tax Hit on Disposition of Assets on Divorce, and Simplify Division as Well
179. Liquidate U.S. Investments and Invest the Gross Proceeds Internationally, without Having to Pay U.S. Taxes First
178. Sell Capital Assets without Current Tax Cost; Make Tax-deductible Gifts to Charity; Reduce Tax as Well as Defer; and Substantially Increase Cash Available for Other Uses
177. An Occasion for Sadness: When Advisers Let 1031 Exchanges Fail, or Cause Them to Fail
176. Does an Installment Sale Defer the Tax on Recapture of Accelerated Depreciation? No. Can the Tax on Recapture of Accelerated Depreciation Nevertheless Be Deferred When an Installment Sale Occurs? Yes.
175. Should You Choose a 1031 Exchange, or a Collateralized Installment Sale?
174. When to Use a Collateralized Installment Sale (C453) with, or in Place of, a Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT)
173. Hear about Collateralized Installment Sales on Smart Money Talk Radio Nationally on Monday, January 28
170. Will the New 3.8% Investment Tax and the Higher Capital-Gains Tax Actually Increase the Government's Revenues?
168. The New 3.8% Medicare Tax Can Be Deferred in Installment Sale Transactions.
167. Four CPE Credits for CPAs, January 15
166. Twelve Days of Christmas Tax Readings
165. How an Installment Sale Reduces Estate-Tax Liability
164. With Tax Deferral, You Needn't Rush to Sell Before the Tax Increase on January 1
163. Not in Good Health, a Taxpayer Finds a Solution to the Dramatic Increase in the Estate Tax Coming on January 1.
162. Transfer a Family Business to the Next Generation During the Parent's Lifetime, Retain an Asset for Income, Give the Transferee a Stepped-up Basis, Defer the Gain on Sale, Support the Parent with Deductible Rent, and Finance the Transaction, Too
161. Use C453 to Eliminate Estate Tax and, with Life Insurance, to Transfer Assets and Cash to the Next Generation
160. The Price of Economic Uncertainty: 1% to 2% Higher Unemployment
159. A New Reason Why S.Crow Collateral Corp. Isn't Just Another Intermediary: Standing Advance Loan Commitments and Credit Enhancement for Our Sellers and Potential Sellers
158. How Markets Differ from Gambling and Pyramid Schemes
157. Here's a New Way to Achieve the Equivalent of Tax Deferral.
156. Don't Fence Me In: When Government Makes an Entrepreneur Feel Claustrophobic
155. Action Now Can Help You Cope with the "Tax Cliff" at the End of This Year.
154. A Case Study: Deferring the Debt-Over-Basis Tax (and Tax on Other Gain) when Encumbered Property Is Sold
153. Would You Like to Move to a Low-Tax State, without Paying an Exit Tax?
152. Here's a Better Solution for the Tax System and the Economy: A Graduated Retail Sales and Services Tax
151. Thinking Dangerously: When Docile Taxpayers and Their Advisers Give Away Legal Rights
150. For Doctors Who Sell Their Practices to Hospitals: Watch for Hidden Risks, Costs and Traps
149. An IRS Ruling and Collateralized Installment Sales
148. New Scientific Research Looks at How the Human Brain Deals with Taxes
147. The "Jevons Paradox", "Sustainability", Gasoline Prices, and Opting for Growth Rather than Decline
146. Why Our Sellers Want to Say to Us, "Please, please, don't pay, or at least don't pay now!"
145. How Does a Collateralized Installment Differ from a Deferred Sales Trust?
144. The IRS Has Issued Detailed Guidance on "Economic Substance". Let's Learn It and Use It.
143. Why Lenders Like to Lend to Those Who Sell to S.Crow Collateral Corp.
142. About Tax Advisers Who Think Installment Sales Equal Cash Sales. Sure, and I-95 Equals I-90.
141. Let's End the Confusion about the Tax Treatment of "Real" Transactions.
140. New Information, New Understanding and New Tools, Available Now, Avoid Regrets Later
139. Does Your Tax Adviser Read the Law, or Merely Read or Hear What Others Say the Law Is?
138. Avoid Tax at the Entity Level on Sale of a Business, Regardless of the Legal Form of the Entity
137. When Your Company Moves up in the Marketplace, the "Lake Erie" Criteria Help the Shareholders Select the Company's Board Members.
136. What Can Be Done for Tenant-in-Common Investors in Commercial Property Facing Foreclosure?
135. Can the Tax on Depreciation Recapture on the Sale of Equipment Be Avoided or Deferred?
134. Say It Isn't So: Political Risk Is Affecting American Business and Americans' Freedoms
133. No Dollar Limit Applies to Tax Deferral on Installment Sales of Agricultural Properties or Rights
132. How a Business Owner's Creative Thinking Led This Week to a Solution for Sale of His Business
131. CPI Rises to 3.9%, and Treasury Sees the Heaviest Bidding in 13 Years for TIPS; Maybe There's a Connection?
130. Today's Producer Price Index Report: Inflation Hits 0.8% in September (a 10% Annualized Rate)
129. For a Better Understanding of the Tax Code, Try Looking First at the Forest, Before Looking at Each Tree
128. Will the Now-Fainting 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchange Industry Ever Come Back?
127. The Flavor of the Week, Based on Customer Requests, Is the Looming Tax Cost of Commercial-Property Foreclosure.
126. Try to Be Calm about This News, But the Tax Problem on the Sale of a Business Is Solved.
125. The Federal Reserve Succeeds in Its Fight Against Deflation--But Inflation Rises.
124. Alert! Defer the Tax on Your Sales Commission Income, with DEFCOMM.
123. So, How Is That Advice That You Gave in 2007 Working Out?
122. Today's Market Rout, and When You Have Assets Which You Could Sell, But Not at a Price Anyone Is Willing to Pay
121. Selling Property at Auction Can Trigger Tax, Even if You Don't Net Any Cash--unless You Combine the Auction with a Collateralized Installment Sale.
120. Just the Facts, Ma'am: How to Minimize Tax-audit Fear.
119. How Can One Shelter Interest Income from Tax? Or Convert It to Capital Gain?
118. Follow These Practical Guidelines to Preserve Tax Deferral for Your Installment Sale, If You Borrow Money at the Same Time
117. The Government Has Painted Itself into a Corner Because of Debt, and Can Do Very Little to Help the Economy. The Private Sector Has Some Options Left, However.
116. Did You Hear about the 3.6% Tax Increase Just Now Quietly Announced? Or about the Further Tax Increase Coming Next Month?
115. How an Average Person Can Tell Effective Economic Stimulus from Ineffective Stimulus
114. Here's the Silliest Argument Yet, in Favor of Raising Taxes--and It Was Made With a Straight Face.
113. So, You Have a Property That's about to be Foreclosed. How Can You Save Your Credit, and How Can You Avoid Tax on the Excess Debt?
112. A Nationally Prominent CPA Joins in Conversation about Tax Deferral and Collateralized Installment Sales
111. Are There Hidden Costs Associated with a Collateralized Installment Sale? With Other Tax-Deferral Methods? What Is the Real Cost?
110. Will an Investment Adviser Prefer That a Client Sell in a Collateralized Installment Sale ("C453"), or in Some Other Way?
109. Will a Real Estate Broker Make More Money, or Less, with a Collateralized Installment Sale?
108. The "Economic Substance" Doctrine Is a Safe Harbor for the Tax Treatment of Your Transactions, So Use It.
107. Professionals Who Wing It, and Give Distorted Tax Advice
106. You Can Easily Avoid Tax on Relief of Debt. Here's How.
105. Set Sail Now--and Get Set to Sell Now--with Our Flagship
104. How Do You Feel--or What Do You Think--about the Whole Idea of Tax Deferral? Is It a Wholesome Activity?
103. A Done Deal: Seller Sells a Capital Asset and Defers Tax for 30 Years, But Has Equivalent Cash. How Can This Be?
102. "Wave of Frantic Consolidation in the Health Industry" Calls for Tax, Estate and Investment Planning, Now
101. Plan for Long-term Care, While Preserving Your Wealth with a Collateralized Installment Sale
100. How Do Pigeons, Innovation and Freedom of Contract Relate to One Another?
99. The Golden Egg: Create Your Own Investment Fund with MoneyThat Otherwise Would Be Required for Taxes
98. Subtle Deconstructionism Affects Legal and Tax Advisers, and You, Your Pocketbook and Your Freedoms
97. #2 in a Series: Announcement: You Participate in Loan Fees, And Everyone Benefits
94. #1 in a Series: Announcing: Tax Deferral with Complete Liquidity
93. Thank Heaven for Little URLs: One That Circumvents Tax-Deferred Exchange Problems
92. How Can the Seller Sell at 2007 Prices, While the Buyer Buys at 2010/11 Prices?
91. Buying a Property? Want to Reduce the Tax on the Lease Income after You Buy?
90. A Key to Growing Your Business: Use Your Knowledge of Yourself (Your Theme) As a Lens to See Opportunity
89. Better than an IRA: Pre-tax Money Buys "Underwater" Homes at Market or Less and Produces Income Not Taxable to You. Then You Finish by Deferring the Tax on Resale.
88. A Conversation about Saving a Particular "Underwater" Home Loan
87. Put Your Defense in Place Now, against the Estate Tax Beginning January 1
86. At Last: A Private-Sector Solution Shows up, for Underwater Home Mortgages
85. Are We There Yet? --Not Now, Not Later, if "There" Means Paying the Capital Gains Tax
84. A New Philosophy of Tax Benefits: How to Obtain Happiness and Tax Benefits, Too
82. Minimizing the Tax on Marcellus Shale Mineral Rights Income
81. "That's the way it's always been done."--How Government and Business Really View Innovation
80. Selling into a Down Market: Why Sellers and Buyers Should Stop the Waiting
79. "If only I'd Known Then What I Know Now": Q&A about Commercial Loan Portfolios, While There's Still Time.
77. Defer the Tax on the Sale of Your Business, and Pay the Tax Later in Cheaper Dollars
75. S.Crow Collateral Corp. in Business Week
76. How Can Your Bank Profitably Reduce Its Exposure to Commercial Real Estate?
74. Avoid the Power Trip: Don't Get Above Yourself
73. Two Moves Ahead: Playing Dynamically to Win in Today's Economy
72. Take a Number, for Bank-owned Commercial Properties: How the Bank Can Sell High, and You Can Buy Low
71. Reading the Warning Signs: Is Is Worth Trying to Do Business with a Narcissist?
70. On Being #1: A Largely Unobserved Incoherence about Innovation and Leadership, in American Business
69. Part 5: Is It a Gimmick, or Is It Worthy of My Time to Hear? It's *Not* Whom You Know
68. Part 4: Is It a Gimmick, or Is It Worthy of My Time to Hear? About Loopholes vs. Substance
67. Part 3: Is It a Gimmick, or Is It Worthy of My Time to Hear? About Black Swans, and Surprises
66. Part 2: Is It a Gimmick, or Is It Worthy of My Time to Hear? How Excited Is the Proponent?
65. Part 1: Is It a Gimmick, or Is It Worthy of My Time to Hear? The Role of a Stated Economics Rationale
64. In a Short Sale of Your Commercial Property, Why Not Pay Your Loan in Full?
63. We Can't Cause Market Values to Rise, But We Can Increase Your Equity Immediately
62. Let's Opt Out of a Decade of Stagnation in Commercial Real Estate Prices
61. It's a Roller Coaster around Here, As We Work with Those Who Are at the Top, and Those Who Were at the Top
60. A Rescue for TIC Investors in Troubled Properties or Who Just Want Out without Being Taxed to Get Out
59. The Ever-Present Logical "Fallacy of Division" in Public Discourse Makes a Dumb Argument Sound Good
58. I Sang for My Father: For Optimism in Opportunity
57. Red Flag #2 about DSTs: Invitation to a Conflict of Interest
56. About Clamor at Parties, to Learn about Tax Deferral or Resolving Troubled Commercial Loans
55. How Does a Collateralized Installment Sale Differ from a Sale to What Is Called a Deferred Sales Trust?
54. 1. Dealburt Retires. 2. "Regulatory-Risk" Aversion Will Reduce Economic Growth.
53. Ready for Prime Time: Our Criteria for Resolving Troubled Commercial Loans
52. What's the Easiest Way to Minimize Your Risk of Investment Loss? Postpone the Tax on the Previous Investment.
51. One Size Fits One: Because Every Situation Is Unique, Every Transaction Should Be Unique, Not a Formula
50. The Creative Process, Categorical Reasoning, and Tax Minimization
48. New: A Perpetual Collateralized Installment Sale: Permanent Tax Deferral in Unlimited Amounts
October 26, 2010
More years ago than I care to admit readily—before most people were born—I attended law school in a really quite wonderful New England city. My attachments there grew stronger with each succeeding year of law school, so much so that I've often thought it possible that if completion of law school had required four years rather than three, I might never have returned to Idaho. (That's really saying something, given how compelling Idaho is!)
Law school was a wonderful experience for me, as was living in New England. I have countless happy memories.
A memory that is more in the amusing category concerns an occasion when I was shopping, early in my law-school career, for various items in the university's department store. As one might expect for a university department store, there was a section of men's clothing (much of it bearing the university colors and logos, and others not), sections for women's and children's clothing), a section of school supplies, another for household supplies, another for personal care items, another for furniture, another for technology (such as it was then), and the largest (of course) for books used in university classes. As I shopped, I went from department to department to gather the items I needed that day.
Each of these departments was served by at least one clerk at a cash register. I looked for one with the shortest line of customers and took my items there. Although every item was marked with the price, the clerk told me that I would have to pay for each item in its own department, even though the cash registers for two departments might be immediately across the aisle from one another. That meant that I would have to stand in one line for one item, then stand in another line for the next item, and so on, through my collection of purchases.
I asked, "Why do I have to do that?"
She said, as if it were an irrefutable and obvious answer, "That's the way it's always been done."
I wanted to say, "What does that have to do with it?" It was apparent, though, that her job was to follow procedures, not to think about better ways to do things. In fact, in her mind, "better" was a non-concept, in the face of long-standing precedent. Also, it never crossed her mind that her answer showed that the university's department store was not organized to please customers, but to satisfy the store's chosen organizational scheme.
At the time, I attributed the "that's the way it's always been done" answer to a rather quaint New England traditionalism, influenced by living within so much ever-present history—unlike the new, vibrant, ever-changing West.
Well, since then I've learned that "that's the way it's always been done" not only is prevalent in much of business everywhere, but also is becoming more dominant.
Why? Although I was wrong about the reason those many years ago, I'll venture to propound some reasons why "that's the way it's always been done" is becoming a more dominant theme today.
1. Regulation
Government regulations presuppose that how things should be done is both (a) known and (b) decided—and that what is decided is the definition of what is known. Regulations place a premium on doing things by the book, and place a penalty on not doing so, regardless of what otherwise would be the merits of the matter. Expansion of regulation therefore expands the area within which action is more by rule than by free agency.
2. Fear of reprisal
Rarely is there a penalty for doing things in the way they've been done before, but one can be (a) sued, (b) reprimanded or (c) fired, if one ventures to try a new way.
3. Company emphases on predictability and targets
The "Schumpeter" column (http://www.economist.com/node/16888745?story_id=16888745) (named after the Austrian economist Joseph A. Schumpeter, http://homepage.newschool.edu/het//profiles/schump.htm) in the August 28, 2010, edition of The Economist cites a new book, The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge, by Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. The Schumpeter column says this: "Established businesses are built for efficiency, which depends on predictability and repeatability—on breaking tasks down into their component parts and holding employees accountable for hitting their targets. But innovation is by definition unpredictable and uncertain. Bosses may sing a pretty song about innovation being the future. But in practice the heads of operational units will favour [The Economist is English, after all] the known over the unknown."
Because of the free market's "creative destruction", as popularized by Schumpeter (http://transcriptions.english.ucsb.edu/archive/courses/liu/english25/materials/schumpeter.html), businesses which get too hide-bound usually fail eventually or are broken up and reorganized. Therefore I really don't worry too much about "that's the way it's always been done" within free enterprise.
Government regulation is another matter, because it almost always favors big, established businesses over small, vibrant, upstart ones. We need to find a way in which regulation will place less premium on "that's the way it's always been done", if the United States is to return to strong economic growth.—Stan Crow
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Marketing people are doers. We never want to admit we don't know something. Given the chance, we prefer to just figure things out on our own and make the best decision with the information at hand. But in this industry of doers, a dirty little secret lurks. I've seen it in so many of the companies I've worked with.
The truth is, we sometimes suck when it comes to using technology effectively. When people who don't understand what it takes to properly run these technologies try to be in charge, they can't accurately predict how long something will take. Managers are especially notorious for assuming something like nurturing or scoring can be done in a week (not super feasible without a Marketo ninja), simply because they just don't know better. The management team needs to set expectations, but also be sure those expectations are reasonable and clearly understood by the doer.
This little secret is a big problem, because it causes costs, resources and frustrations to spiral out of control. Projects that start out promisingly ultimately end up devolving into a convoluted, low-performing mess. This is usually for one of three reasons:
- The marketer/project manager leading the project doesn't understand the technology in play, so they make unreasonable demands.
- The developer has narrow platform expertise and can't recognize when a different one might work better for the project
- There's a lack of "right people in the room" kind of planning at the start
The problem with all of these scenarios: planning out timeframes and budgets becomes a serious hassle. And that's how good projects go bad.
You can take steps to fix this, guys. You don't have to accept being technological dunderheads, ignoring the snickers of our more knowledgeable counterparts (mmmm, Snickers…brb). Instead you can move in a more knowledgeable direction and do stuff like:
Invest in some training. You don't have to become expert coders, but having SOME understanding of what goes into creating a landing page or a website or an app will go a long way toward understanding why one request is doable while another elicits laughter.
Arm your developer(s) with the right knowledge. Developer expertise is a bit tricky. Most developers will have some experience working with more than one platform, but not all—and you certainly can't expect them to be experts at every platform on the market. Training in this instance is good, if only so your developer can make strategic decisions about platform use. This can help you forecast whether you can build campaigns in-house or need budget for outside help.
Get everyone in the same room. Creative teams love coming up with "the big idea." And a lot of times, that big idea gets pretty far along in the creation process before someone consults a developer or tech expert. Bad move, my friends. Try this instead: kicking off projects with a stakeholder from every area that will be involved—a developer, a social media expert, a marketing automation admin—and keeping them apprised along the way. This will eliminate a lot of those ugly surprises that tend to divide teams.
Go agile. There's a reason the agile methodology is so popular with product developers: it breaks projects down into clear, manageable chunks, delivered on a regular schedule. Bonus—if you have the budget for it, spring for an experienced agile project manager to help you set up the process to work for your needs.
The days of hiding our lacking technical prowess are over. With some strategy and training, we can change marketing's dirty little secret to something else – like Dave the lead gen guy and his weird obsession with The Real Housewives of Orange County. Come on, that's way more fun to uncover than missing the mark with tech – right?
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Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "Most of the population of Madagascar lives in extreme poverty caused largely by the lack of distribution of the resources of which the country is rich", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Cosimo Alvati, a Salesian with a long experience of mission in Madagascar, in commenting on the strong warning launched by Pope Francis during his visit to the Big Island, against corruption. "When "family" becomes the decisive criterion for what we consider right and good, we end up justifying and even "consecrating" practices that lead to the culture of privilege and exclusion: favouritism, patronage and, as a consequence, corruption", said Pope Francis in his homily on Sunday 8 September at Antananarivo's Soamandrakizay diocesan field, which was attended by 1 million people.
"Madagascar is among the last 5 poorest Countries in the world. It is a little forgotten. It is true that there is no war but people live with a few dollars or euros a day", said Fr. Alvati. "The Malagasy population has always lived in poverty but the situation has worsened in the last 10 years after the coup against former President Marc Ravalomanana in March 2009, because acts of banditry and violent thefts have increased. Since then the Country has been in free fall: basic food and medicines like aspirin are lacking".
During his visit to the City of Friendship of Akamasoa, founded by Fr. Pedro, Pope Francis shouted that "poverty is not a fatality". "In his speech, President Andry Rajoelina made a commitment to fight poverty. We will see if it is a concrete commitment or propaganda", says the missionary.
Finally, Pope Francis praised the Church of Madagascar in meeting the local clergy, calling it a "poor Church at the service of the poor". "In fact if there were no dispensaries and Catholic schools the population would be completely left to itself", concludes Fr. Alvati. (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides, 9/9/2019)
EUROPE/SPAIN - The PMS Director: "Spreading the message of Jesus' love is a mission that involves all the baptized"
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You should always understand how to manage money when you were a kid. If you're one of the people who have had to set out in your adult life without adequate financial training, take heart! It is never too late to learn new things about personal finance issues. Here are a few easy ways in which you can do so.
Don't waste your time and money on get-rich-quick schemes or any other instant cash program. This is a trap that many marketers. Learn how to make money the old fashioned way, but taking action is more important that spending all your money on books and courses; taking action is the only way you will actually make a profit.
If your stock is performing well, try to sit on it for a while. You can certainly take a second look at stocks that aren't doing as well in the meantime.
When you are investing in the Forex market it is important to watch the trends. Don't ever sell on upswings or downswings.
Buy your food in bulk to save both money and time. Buying products in larger quantities is almost always cheaper if you actually use what you purchase. A lot of time will be saved by cooking everything in one day which will leave you with food for the rest of meals all at once.
Patience can save you a lot of money when it comes to managing your personal finances. Many people buy the cost.If you can be patient and wait just a little while, those prices will go down by up to 50%.This will leave extra cash in the long run.
The payments on two smaller balances can be lower than trying to pay off a single card that has reached its limit.
Avoid eating out to save a lot of money. You will save a lot of money by preparing meals at home.
Save a set amount from each of your checks.
Don't take out large amounts on student loan debt unless you expect to be in a financial situation to pay it back. If you attend an expensive school while you aren't completely sure what career you are wanting, private school tuition may not be your best bet.
The number one way to keep your finances clean is to avoid consumer debt like the plague. Think about the length of time a particular purchase will end up paying for that item. You should stay away from any credit card charge that's not imperative and can't be paid off within a month.
If you want your property to stay under control, you will always have a good handle on your finances. Keep track of your cash receipts and expenses to assess your investment's performance each month. Keep a firmly established property budget to keep you on track.
One of the most important skills of a mature adult is the ability to handle personal finances. You can become this person if you want to. It only takes a little bit of discipline and an understanding of where you can pinch some pennies and save. Applying these tips could transform your financial situation and provide the knowledge you need to get yourself standing on the right financial path.


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Corvette teams dominate at Barber Motorsports Park for a clean sweep
Adding to Chevrolet's celebration was the victory of the Camaro in the GT in Grand-Am's Rolex Sports Car Series action.
Corvette Daytona Prototypes finished one-two-three Saturday in the Porsche 250 Rolex Sports Car Series race at Barber Motorsports Park, capping off a weekend that also saw them sweep the top-three spots in qualifying.
Max Angelelli in the Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP crossed the finish line first, with Alex Gurney in the pole sitting Bob Stallings car and Richard Westbrook in the Spirit of Daytona entry finishing second and third, respectively. It was the 22nd Rolex Series win for Angelelli and the first overall win for his co-driver, Jordan Taylor – the son of team-owner Wayne Taylor.
"We knew we had strong cars at Daytona and Austin," explained Taylor after his first Daytona Prototype win. "And we didn't really execute. At Austin we had the car to win. To win this early in the season is nice, especially being on my dad's team and Max being a mentor all these years. So it's special in that respect. But we knew we had the speed, the team, the pit stops; everything was there to win races. So I am glad we were able to execute (today)."
While Taylor and Angelelli had a near perfect race, Gurney and his teammate, Jon Fogarty, were lucky to finish second as Gurney had a misfire in his engine and then ran out of fuel with about four laps to go, forcing him to switch to the car's reserve fuel tank.
"We were pushing hard the whole way," explained Gurney. "When I got a clear traffic, I could gain a little bit on (Angelelli). And that kept happening back and forth. We would catch a little traffic and then split up. There was a lot of give and take within about three seconds. And that never changed the whole race."
Westbrook and Ricky Taylor -- yes another son of Wayne Taylor -- could taste the desired win but kept the BMW-Riley team from taking a podium finish.
The Ganassi Racing BMW Riley was the best of the non-Corvette finishers, ending up fourth. The fact that Ganassi drivers Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas could not keep up with one car saving fuel (Westbrook) and another with a balky engine says a lot about how dominant the Corvettes were this weekend.
Why were the Corvettes so strong? Taylor chalked it up to the quality of the teams fielding the cars, sound race strategy, and driver lineups that feature two professional drivers in each car (as opposed to one professional driver and one amateur driver). The third-place finishing Westbrook attributed the Corvette success to the layout of the Barber track, which does not feature long straightaways and puts a premium on handling. "We're a little slow in the engine department at the moment," he explained. "It's not Chevy's fault. It's just the rules. When we come to a track (that is) not engine dependent, then we're very strong. The Chevy teams probably got it right today."
Both drivers are right. At tracks that do not have long straights, the Corvettes seem to have an edge over everyone else. But at longer tracks – like Daytona – they have trouble matching the pace of the BMW- and Ford-powered Rileys. The Corvette teams also generally have stronger driver lineups than most of the Riley teams, with the exception of Ganassi. Whether the Corvette teams always have better strategy is probably subject to debate.
While Corvettes dominated the Daytona Prototype class, another Chevrolet – a Camaro driven by Robin Liddell and John Edwards – won the GT class. The Scuderia Corsa Ferrari of Alessandro Balzan closed to within a half second of Liddell in the final laps, but had to settle for second. The Marsh Racing Corvette, which has been fast in the last two races in the hands of Boris Said and Eric Curran.
The BGB Motorsports Porsche Cayman, shared by Jim Norman and Spencer Pumpelly, won the three-car GX class.
The next Rolex Series race is April 20 at Road Atlanta – a track that may not favor the Corvettes nearly as much as the Alabama road course did this weekend.
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Mega-investment by Borealis creates excellent chemistry vibe @EPCA
During the EPCA annual networking conference, the main get-together for petrochemical companies worldwide, Port of Antwerp laid on a lavish entertainment for the chemical giants attending, to thank them for their confidence in the port of Antwerp over the years. An extra boost was given by the announcement of a mega-investment by the petrochemical company Borealis, to build one of the largest PDH plants in the world. Can you too feel the chemistry in the port of Antwerp?
2,700 international chemical players met in Vienna this year for the 52nd annual conference of the European Petrochemical Association, taking the opportunity to network and to catch up with the latest developments in the chemical industry.
Attraction of the chemical cluster in Antwerp
The port is home to Europe's largest integrated chemical and petrochemical cluster. Many of the market leaders have built their production facilities here. Antwerp has been deluged by a wave of investments, with projects large and small. Recently Ineos, Nippon, Sea-Mol en Oiltainking/AGT, among others, announced that they would opt for Antwerp.
Port Authority CEO Jacques Vandermeiren at the EPCA conference with Borealis CEO Alfred Stern
|"The unique advantages of the world's largest chemical giants and the newly announced investments and services continue to secure Antwerp's place as the chemical hub 'par excellence.' As a result the port of Antwerp is able to reinforce and indeed expand its role as the largest chemical cluster in Europe. Our port continues to exert a great power of attraction for potential investors
Borealis invests billion euros in construction of propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant
The Austrian petrochemical company Borealis recently announced that it is to spend one billion euros on construction of a new plant on its existing site in Kallo, in the Antwerp port area. This will be a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant, converting propane into propylene. Propylene in turn is used to make polypropylene, a very versatile plastic with many uses in among others the car industry. The mega investment will make this plant the largest PDH facility in the world. The plant will make use of a recyclable, chromium-free catalyst, thus reducing energy consumption, CO2 emissions and the amount of waste produced.


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How to test brand recognition and advertising impact?
Students conduct study for Enterprise Rent-A-Car using eye-tracking glasses
SRH Hochschule Berlin has a pair of eye-tracking glasses that students are able to use in their study, company and research projects as well as in their entrepreneurial ventures.
Our "International Management" Master students have had the opportunity to put the technology to use in their current company project with the international car rental company Enterprise Rent-A-Car. The students design and conduct an empirical study that measures the general view on the rental car industry as well as the specific brand impact of Enterprise Rent-A-Car's 2017 TV advertisement campaign.
The Master students had the opportunity to present the company's TV advertisement to guests during our Open House Event in order to gather more data.
After analysing the results of the study our students will compare them to Enterprise's own image assessment and will make final recommendations to further enhance the company's image and brand recognition.


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An Interview with Jillian Jackson of Hats on Salamanca.
Hats on Salamanca can be found at Salamanca Market every Saturday – 281-282 Summer – Stall site 290 Winter
What's the name of your business and what do you sell at Salamanca Market?
My business is Hats on Salamanca. I sell a large range of Women's and Men's Hats.
Tell us a bit more about your products…
I sell hats and accessories for women and men of all ages, for both summer and winter seasons.
In winter I have a large Range of Women's Wool felt hats which have a point of difference, and lovely chic boiled wool hats for the casual everyday wear. Leather wool and acrylic gloves in all colours, and trendy scarves.
Men's range in Winter has wool felt Trilby's in a large range of colours – Men's Bogart Fedora's and a huge range of the latest trendy beanies, scarves and gloves.
What led you into this business?
Sitting on a beach in Bali back in the early 80's. My partner and I said "what are we going to do for work when we get back home?" We knew that we did not want to work for anybody else so we started our own importing and wholesaling business.
Why Salamanca?
The atmosphere and the interesting people you can meet.
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This is such a logical combination. When vibraphonist Milt Jackson and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra appeared together at the Jazz Bakery near Los Angeles during the same period as this CD was recorded, Jackson (who usually frowns when he plays) could not stop smiling. He loved both John Clayton's arrangements and the sound of the 19-piece orchestra. Jackson, a major voice on his instrument since at least 1946, seemed as happy listening to the band as he did playing with it. And although he has the most solos, he does not overshadow the mighty ensemble on this CD. Longtime fans of the big band are used to hearing the orchestra feature drummer Jeff Hamilton's brushes on a slow rendition of "Indiana," and both the bowed bass of John Clayton and the lyrical alto of Jeff Clayton on Johnny Mandel's classic "Emily." Both of those selections are give definitive treatment on this CD and some of the other better numbers are Jackson's trademark "Bags' Groove," Thelonious Monk's "Evidence," "Along Came Betty," and a few originals. Throughout, the swinging by the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra is worthy of Count Basie, Milt Jackson often sounds exuberant, and together they have collaborated in creating an instant classic.
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Album Credits
Performance CreditsClayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Primary Artist
Jeff Hamilton Drums
Milt Jackson Vibes
Charles Owens Clarinet,Tenor Saxophone
Steve Clayton Track Performer
Clay Jenkins Trumpet
Oscar Brashear Trumpet
Lee Callet Bass Clarinet,Baritone Saxophone
Jeff Clayton Clarinet,Flute,Alto Saxophone
John Clayton Conductor,Bowed Bass
Bill Cunliffe Piano
Keith Fiddmont Clarinet,Flute,Alto Saxophone
Ira Nepus Trombone
Bobby Rodriguez Trumpet
Maurice Spears Bass Trombone
Byron Stripling Trumpet
Jim Hershman Guitar
Christoph Luty Bass
Technical CreditsMilt Jackson Producer
John Clayton Arranger,Producer
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Joel Moss Engineer
Ed Fotheringham Illustrations
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1 First edition publication information (publisher, place, date, etc.)
The Viking Press
New York, NY
2 First edition published in cloth, paper, or both? If both, simultaneous or staggered?
clothbound (first edition)
3 JPEG image of cover art from first edition, if available
4 Pagination
(602 pages +1 title page leaf) = 302 leaves
5 Edited or Introduced? If so, by whom?
The novel itself contains no reference to editors. However, biographical research reveals that Steinbeckís publisher and close friend Pascal Covici lent a hand in editing the initial manuscript.
6 Illustrated? If so, by whom?
7 JPEG image of sample illustration, if available
8 General physical appearance of book (Is the physical presentation of the text attractive? Is the typography readable? Is the book well printed?)
The text size is easily readable with enough space between the lines to prevent eyestrain, well centered on the page. The ink is not smeared or blotchy. The lines are straight and even across the page.
9 JPEG image of sample chapter page, if available
10 Paper (Assess the original quality of the paper used for the book. Is the paper in the copy or copies you examined holding up physically over time?)
The paper is about medium thickness and slightly yellowed. It is not cracked or dry; neither does it tear easily.
11 Description of binding(s)
The binding is of light green cloth, with "East of Eden" and "John Steinbeck" printed on the cover and the spine. The spine also carries the publisher, Vikingís, name. All of the spine text is contained in a brown box.
12 Transcription of title page
(all caps)JOHN STEINBECK East of Eden 1952 (all caps)THE VIKING PRESS (bullet) NEW YORK
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14 Manuscript Holdings
The complete manuscript is held at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Their internet address is http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/HRC/HRHRC/.
15 Other (typograpical information from title page, etc.)
Title centered (top-bottom and left-right) on title page.
Dear Pat,
You came upon me carving some kind of little figure out of wood and you said, "Why don't you make something for me?"
I asked you what you wanted, and you said, "A box."
"What for?"
"To put things in."
"What things?"
"Whatever you have," you said.
Well, here's your box. Nearly everything I have is in it, and it is not full. Pain and excitement are in it, and feeling good or bad and evil thoughts and good thoughts- the pleasure of design and some despair and the indescribable joy of creation.
And on top of these are all the gratitude and love I have for you.
And still, the box is not full.
[It is interesting to note just who "Pat" is and what the content of this dedication means. Pascal Covici, AKA, Pat, was Steinbeck's publisher starting in the early years of his writing. Covici's publishing business went bankrupt in 1937 and Covici, with Steinbeck's publishing contract, moved to Viking Press. At Viking, Covici remained in charge of Steinbeck's publications and over the years the two developed a deep friendship. Thier professional and personal reltionships were put to the test with the writing of East of Eden, as the two worked closely to get the manuscript into a publishable form. Steinbeck once said that he never would have finished the book without Covici's proddings. Thus, when the book was finished, Steinbeck placed the 250,000 word manuscript into a mahogany box he had carved, and sent it to Covici with a note on top...the note, as you may have guessed, became the dedication page of the novel.]
The first edition of East of Eden had a special printing when it was first published. Viiking Press printed 1500 copies of the book to serve as autographed versions. They contain an extra page stating that it is one of 1500 (750 for sale to the general public) signed by the author. Steinbecks autograph is on that page, in blue ink.
The autographed book is hardbound with a rich green cloth cover. The printing on the cover is the same as the other first editions, except in gold, not black. The only other noticable difference was on the title page, where "EAST OF EDEN" is in red print instead of black.
1 Did the original publisher issue the book in more than one edition? If so, briefly describe distinguishing features of each (illustrations, cover art, typography, etc.); if not, enter N/A
Autographed Cloth bound edition, (Viking Press) 1952.
Trade paper edition, (Viking Press) 1952.
(Viking Penguin) 1979, 1986, 1992.
2 JPEG image of cover art from one subsequent edition, if available
3 JPEG image of sample illustration from one subsequent edition, if available
4 How many printings or impressions of the first edition?
5 Editions from other publishers? If so, list their dates and publishers; if not, enter N/A
Bantam Books, Inc., 1952
Bantam Books, Inc., 1967
Bantam Books, Inc., 1976
Grosset & Dunlop, 1961
Ulverscoft Large Print Books, Lim., 1976
Mandarin (UK), April 1995
Minerva (UK), December 1995
6 Last date in print?
October 1992,(last Viking Penguin printing)
7 Total copies sold? (source and date of information?)
8 Sales figures by year? (source and date of information?)
9 Advertising copy (transcribe significant excerpts, briefly identify where ads were placed)
(a)Coming Friday, EAST OF EDEN. The great novel youíve been waiting for, by JOHN STEINBECK. (NY Times Book Review, Sept. 14, 1952, pg.22)
(b)STEINBECK, John. FIC.
East of Eden (it), 602 p. c. N.Y., Viking 4.50
A large-scale family novel that begins is Connecticut at the time of the Civil War and moves to the Salinas Valley of California and the time of the First World War. Adam, a respectable farmer, marries a woman who leaves him after the birth of their twin sons to become again a prostitute. The sons grow up in conflict with each other and their strange heritage. (Publishers Weekly, September 20, 1952.)(c ) Overwhelming enthusiasm from advance readers- in the book trade- for JOHN STEINBECKís great new novel. [picture of the book, publishers logo, full page, 17 brief reviews from publishers editors ect.] (NY Times Book Review, Spetmember 21, 1952. Pg. 9)
10 JPEG image of sample advertisement, if available
11 Other promotion
None found.
12 Performances in other media? If so, list media, date, title, production information; if not, enter N/A
Motion Picture (1955). Warner Brothers. Director- Elia Kazan. Starring- James Dean, Julie Harris. MPAA- NR. Genre- Drama. Runtime- 115 minutes.
[Television mini-series and Musical adaptation]
13 Translations? If translated, give standard bibliographic information for each translation. If none, enter N/A
a. Jenseits von Eden: Roman. Zurich: Diana, 1984. (Swiss)
b. Jenseits von Eden. Wein: Zsolnay, 1993. (Swiss)
c. La valle dellíEden. Milano: Arnoldo Mandadori Editore, 1994. (Italian)
d. I-tien yuan tang. Tíai-pe hsien Chung-ho shih: Shu hua chíu pan shin yeh yu hsien kung ssu, 1995. (Chinese)
e. Al este del Eden. Barcelona: Caralt, 1990 1975. (Spanish)
f. Np Iztok ot rp*ia. Sofi*ia [Russia]: Narodna Kaltwa, 1986. (Russian)
g. Eden ui tongtchok. Soul: Pomusa, 1993.
h. Edentol keletne: regency. Budapest: Europa Konyvkiado, 1979. (Hungarian)
i. Eden no higashi. Tokyo: Hayakawashobo, 1955. (Japanese)
j. Oster om Eden. Stockholm: Bonniers, 1952 1977. (Swedish)
k. Eedenista itaan: romani. Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtio Tammi, 1953. (Finnish)
l. Jenseits von Eden: Roman. Berhi: Darmstadt, 1970 1979
m. Kidmat Eden. [Tel Aviv]: Zemarah Bitan, 1994. (Hebrew)
n. Na wschod od Edenu. Warszawa: MUZA SA, 1994. (Polish)
o. Na vychod od raje. Praha: Melantrich, 1968 1992.
p. A líest díEden. Paris: Editions Mondiales, 1954. (French)
q. Ost for paradis. Kobenhaun: Gyldedwe, 1959.
14 Serialization? If serialized, give standard bibliographic information for serial publication. If none, enter N/A
"Sons of Cyrus Trask." Colliers, 130 (July 12, 1952). Pg. 14-15.
15 Sequels/Prequels? Give standard bibliographic information for each. If none, enter N/A
1 Paste your biographical sketch here (maximum 500 words)
John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California. It was a home birth and from that day on, he spent his childhood in Salinas with his three sisters, his emotionally distant father, and his sternly puritanical mother. The strictness of his mother's rule and the cold disdain of his father instilled in Steinbeck a keen urge to get away from Salinas. Thus when his mother insisted that he attend college after high school, Steinbeck took the opportunity to get away. He attended classes at Stanford University on and off, focusing what little academic attention he had on courses and professors who would help him cultivate his writing skills. Finally, after the publication of his first short story, Fingers of a Cloud, in the Stanford Spectator at the age of 22, Steinbeck gave up on academia and entered the "real world." He worked for a number of years, doing everything from building dams in Colorado to construction in New York City; always continuing to write.
Finally in 1929 he published his first novel, Cup of Gold. Many more were to follow: The Pastures of Heaven (1932), To God Unknown (1933), Tortilla Flat (1935), In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937), The Red Pony (1937), The Long Valley (1938), The Grapes of Wrath (1939), The Moon is Down (1942), Cannery Row (1945), The Pearl (1947), The Wayward Bus (1947), Burning Bright (1950), East of Eden (1952), Sweet Thursday (1954), The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication, and The Winter of Our Discontent (1961).
After launching himself as a novelist, Steinbeck moved about in the publishing world working with a number of people on his many novels. There were two agents with whom he worked so closely and frequently that a personal relationship developed between them. First was Elizabeth Otis of the McIntosh & Otis Company which took Steinbeck on as a writer early in his career (about 1931). Otis worked closely with Steinbeck on his writing, even when he worked through other agents. She was, according to the last of his three wives, one of Steinbeck's best friends. Then there was Pat Covici. Covici was part owner of Covici-Friede, which undertook the publication of Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat in 1935. They established a friendship so solid that when Covici's business went bankrupt in August of 1938, Steinbeck allowed him to use his contract to bargain for a job with Viking Press. Steinbeck claimed he never would have completed East of Eden (his most personally prized work) if not for Covici's constant support. The novel is dedicated to Pat Covici.
Steinbeck was married three times, first to Carol Henning in 1930; then to Gwyn Conger in 1943. Gwyn was the mother of Steinbeck's two sons, Thom and John, and is widely believed to be the "inspiration" for Cathy in East of Edenb, a despicable character at best. His third wife, Elaine Scott, he took in 1950, and she was with him until he died.
After a series of heart attacks resulting from serious heart disease, and with no hope of surgical recovery from the damage, Steinbeck died on December 20, 1968, in the arms of his wife Elaine, in their apartment on East Seventy-Second Street in New York City. He was survived by his wife, his two sons John and Thom, and a smattering of close friends.
Steinbeck's many manuscripts and letters are scattered about the US. Some locations of their keeping include: U.Texas at Austin, U.C. Berkley, Stanford University, and the Salinas Public Library in California.
1 Paste contemporary reception history in here (maximum 500 words)
By the time Steinbeck published East of Eden in 1952, he was already one of the preeminent authors of his time. As a result the book was reviewed repeatedly in the week of its publication by numerous magazines of high repute. The New York Times, Time Magazine, the Saturday Review, and The New Yorker, to name a few. Although what aspects of Steinbeck's writing individual reviewers did and did not like, the book was received with a universal tone of ambivalence.
Most reviewers seemed to like the conceptual framework of the novel. The idea of using two generations of an American family to document the westward movement of the nation and to embody the multitude of American themes during that almost 100 year period appealed to most critics. But many of those same critics were skeptical about how much East of Eden lived up to its task. The characters seemed to take the brunt of this line of attack; critics railed against the stock quality of the characters in the novel. Cathy's evil is SO evil it is unbelievable. Adams goodness and purity do not reflect the harshness of his life. Lee is so much the Eastern mystic/wise-man that its surprising he does not wear a fu-man-chu mustache and speak regularly in Zen koans.
Aside from the characters, many critics took issue with Steinbeck's narrative form. The book is actually two stories, about two families. They are related and intertwined only on a superficial level. While most critics liked both stories, many did not like that he claimed it was one novel.
Perhaps the most frequently mentioned thing, for good or bad, was the sharp break this book takes from everything Steinbeck had written up to the time of its publication. Almost every review opens commenting on how East of Eden was nothing like Grapes of Wrath, a totally different style from Cannery Row, and likewise divergent from every other style and emphasis Steinbeck had ever used.
Despite all of the criticisms, however, East of Eden was almost universally hailed as one of the best novels of the decade. It seems that, whatever problems they may have found in the novel's style and development, the reading public very much enjoyed it overall. Steinbeck's powerful language, intriguing story, and lovable (even if stock) characters seem to have pulled it through the critical ?rings of fire'.
"As it stands, East of Eden is a huge grab bag in which pointlessness and preposterous melodrama pop up as frequently as good storytelling and plausible conduct."
TIME, Sept. 22, 1952
"[East of Eden] isn't a great novel according to strict conventions of formal purity so widely accepted ... but it will take almost equal quantities of pride and stupidity to deny that it is one of the best novels of the past 10 years ... Most people will like it, and many will buy it."
SATURDAY REVIEW, Sept. 20, 1952
NY Times Book Review, Sept. 21, 1952
The New Yorker, Sept 20, 1952
New Republic, Oct 6, 1952
NY Herald Tribune, Sept 21, 1952
see also-Book Review Digest Vol. 48
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There is quite a bit which has been written about the novel since East of Eden's publication in 1952. However, most, if not all, of what has been written is academic in its focus. For example, an article in the Spring 1997 issue of THE EXPLICATOR discusses the "messianic undertones" of the novel. Another article from THE STEINBECK QUARTERLY (which tells you something about its content right there) discusses the often overlooked influence of the Greek myth ?Pandora's Box' on Steinbeck's epic novel.
Most modern commentary on the book is of this sort (and, in fact, much of it is to be found in THE STEINBECK QUARTERLY). As such, this material does not so much deal with how well the book is liked, but more with how well the book reflects the attitudes of its time, what literary influences may have effected its writing, and what effect it has had on subsequent American authors.
Some periodical academic literature is found in:
*The Steinbeck Quarterly
The Unesco Courier
San Francisco Chronicle
Man in Modern Fiction
The Young Rebel in American Literature
In addition to this periodical academia, there are books on academic literature which contain references to East of Eden.
One may also note that there is periodical literature surrounding the 1955 movie East of Eden, starring James Dean as Adam Trask. Coming so close on the heels of the novel itself, however, most of these articles center on Mr. Dean more than the movie in which Mr. Dean was starring.
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Paul McCarthy, in his book John Steinbeck, tells us that "despite good sales, critics as a rule found serious flaws in the characterizations [and] thematic development" of East of Eden. Indeed, when one routes through the review literature surrounding the books publication, there is a definite critical frown surrounding the whole affair. While most reviewers laude Steinbeck's verbiage and descriptive power, there is a fair amount of ambivalence about the story-line itself and how successfully Steinbeck uses it. But the critical reception is only one half of the novel's receipt. It seems that McCarthy's comment ought to be reversed: despite the critics somewhat negative response, it had good sales! This curious fact leads us to ask just what gave East of Eden such popular success? What about the novel caused the public to defy the critics and turn out in droves to purchase the book? Why was East of Eden a bestseller? By the time of East of Eden's publication, Steinbeck had been publishing novels for 23 years. Some were bestsellers, and one of which (The Grapes of Wrath) was a wild bestseller and the subject of a critically acclaimed movie as well as numerous productions in other media. In other words, by the time Steinbeck published East of Eden, he was already an established author in the American pantheon. It is likely that a large portion of his book sales came from his fame as an author. But certainly that is not enough? While fame certainly plays a major role in the success of any mass market commodity, that commodity must still supply its audience with something of value.
The most obvious place to start, having moved beyond the author himself, is the content of the book. East of Eden is, as critics pointed out, quite a convoluted story. It traces the history of two families through several generations. In many ways, Steinbeck uses this wide time scale to examine various historical aspects of America: technological advances, wars, and political agendas, to name a few. But the thrust of the story is its allegorical reference to the Biblical myth of Cain and Abel.
Almost every character is a version of one or the other of these two brothers. Adam Trask, the first main character of the tale, is an Abel; his brother Charles is a Cain. Adam's twin sons carry this dichotomy into the next generation with Aaron being another Abel character and Caleb being a second Cain. With these two subsequent pairs of brothers, Steinbeck plays out the traditional struggle between good and evil. Steinbeck's take on the Biblical tale, however, is different. Levant explains Steinbeck's new interpretation:
"Cain murders Abel because he feels unloved and rejected by God; that is, he feels that he is evil by nature ? Abel does not murder because he feels loved and accepted by God. But his serenity precludes self-knowledge, he does not have to find good, as Cain may ? Cain's self-equated guilt and physical ugliness are the index of his humanity. Abel is too pure to be believably human."
Levant is right about Steinbeck's take. Adam and his son Aaron, the two Abels of Steinbeck's novel, are too good to be true. They are shallow characters who unerringly and unwittingly do the right thing. Their effortless and blasé good is almost insulting to the reader. Real people never have a natural moral perfection. Caleb, however, as the Cain of Adam's loins, is made to struggle for love, acceptance, and good. His battle to achieve some moral ground is indicative of the real persons struggle in the real world.
How might this new take on the classic story have contributed to East of Eden's success? To get a little perspective on the issue, I spent some time looking at bestseller's lists and advertisements in Publisher's Weekly and The New York Times Book Review from the weeks surrounding East of Eden's publication. What I found was rather revealing.
Assuming that we may determine popular trends from details about the book market, examining publication lists ought to give us some insight into what the public was looking for in 1952. Two major trends which immediately jump to one's attention are particularly relevant to the central theme of Steinbeck's East of Eden. Religious books by the score were published around this time. Indeed, the Holy Bible itself was the number one non-fiction bestseller of the year. In both Publisher's Weekly and NTBR, the Bible received full two page ads! (The importance of this is most revealed by the fact that most books get only one corner of a page. Even wildly popular contemporary authors like Steinbeck and Hemingway never got more than one page.) Other religious materials include titles like Religion and the Modern Mind, The Big Fisherman, Religion in the 20th Century, The Christian Reader, and Why I am a Christian. Given this market for religious literature, it doesn't seem so surprising that Steinbeck's Biblical allegory would be wildly popular.
There's more. A second trend which is easily identified from the publication lists is self-help books. Titles like Where to Find Opportunity Today, and How to Get the Breaks, were widespread and popular. How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying was on the bestseller list for over a month (Publisher's Weekly Sept.-Oct.) Numerous books about psychology, the dynamics of successful marriage, even books about getting dates were published in this time.
If we combine these two facets, the Biblical trend and the self-help trend, what do we get? I suggest that what we get is Steinbeck's new interpretation of the Cain and Abel myth. Steinbeck suggests that moral goodness is something to strive for, as Caleb must do in East of Eden. The natural goodness of Adam and Aaron is not what we experience, nor what we seek. Find your own salvation, Steinbeck says: a philosophy which nicely fuses the modern help yourself ideology with the Biblical ideology of moral fortitude.
This ?self-help-salvation' idea is directly found in East of Eden through the philosophical voice of Lee. He discusses, around the middle of the book, a curious passage from the Old Testament. After his punishment, Cain is told by God that he shall triumph over sin. The point of Lee's contention is in the "shall". The Hebrew word timshel, he says, is translated in one place as "thou shalt", in another as "do thou" and in the correct Hebrew as "thou mayest". Peter Lisca sums the argument: Steinbeck gives a "new translation of the Hebrew word timshel, which in the King James version reads as "thou shalt". He proposes that the word is more meaningfully ? rendered as "thou mayest", for this gives men responsible moral choice." In other words, if Cain is told he may overcome sin, he has a choice. He either may or may not. But if the old translation is right, "thou shalt," then it is promised to Cain that he will overcome sin and there is no responsibility to try.
Steinbeck effectively uses the Cain and Abel story to present morality as a self-responsibility. This taps into two popular trends in 1950's literature and may serve to explain some of the books popularity.
Along these lines, there is even more to be revealed by examining the publication trends surrounding the book. East of Eden, Steinbeck said, was originally to be a history of his own family. Indeed Samuel Hamilton and all his progeny are actually Steinbeck's relatives in Salinas Valley, California. In a way, the book is a biographical account of his family history. Event the fictional Trask family is presented in a biographical form as we trace three generations of them from the start of the novel to its end.
This biographical aspect was not an unknown style in 1952. Herbert Hoover, Adalai Stevenson, Anne Frank, Tallulah, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Elizabeth Barret Browning are some of the more notable subjects of biographies published within two weeks of East of Eden's September 1952 release date. If biographies were so popular, it would not be surprising that Steinbeck's multi-layered biographical tale would benefit from the trend.
Likewise, the popularity of books about sex may have lent a hand. While publishers were not pushing pornography, they were selling books like Glands, Sex, and Personality, Sexual Feelings in Married Men and Women, and The Sexually Adequate Male. With this sort of topic already on the rise, it couldn't have hurt Steinbeck's book sales that one of his main characters is a prostitute! Cathy, the pure but simple Adam's wife, and father of the brothers Aaron and Caleb, starts the novel as a prostitute and later become the madam of a whorehouse. The sexual relations in the book (both Cathy's and others) are sketched in some detail and certainly must have played upon the budding interest in reading about such topics.
As a final note on trends and popularity, Steinbeck also seems to have cashed in on the growing market of scientific books as well. Titles published in September of 1952 include Atomic Imperialism, Modern Science & Modern Man, and Man: The Chemical Machine. At several points throughout his book, Steinbeck draws upon the rising technology. The laying of train tracks, the use of trains for business, even the mystery of the Model-T Ford is incorporated into Adam Trask's world. It seems possible that the audiences proclivity to these popular themes may have influenced their reaction to Steinbeck's use of them. Hence enhancing the book's popularity. It seems even more likely that his is the case when we remember that the critics received Steinbeck's book rather poorly. They criticized his writing technique, the organization of the book and, in some cases, the storyline itself; but if the readers were attracted to the subject matter, these "literary" aspects might matter fairly little to them. Thus the critics might be overlooked in their dislike of Steinbeck' s narrative style, if the reader was attracted to his themes.


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We just can't describe how much we love to photograph intimate celebrations like this elopement in Santorini. Although we are three professionals at the studio, two lead photographers and our associate that makes us a great team for covering big weddings, we have a soft spot for capturing exclusive celebrations, like Alex and Alferdo's elopement in Santorini. We cannot wait to go back to this amazing island and capture more of what makes intimate elopements really special.
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I've followed the steps as described in this link https://support.sugarcrm.com/Resources/Environments/Development_Environments/Vagrant_Development_Environment/ to set up my local vagrant box.
Some technical clarification:
MAC Machine
Box Used sugarcrm/php71es56
I get the following error
Vagrant cannot forward the specified ports on this VM, since they
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on the host machine.
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I changed the Vagrantfile and added the following directive
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Thursday 24 May: Fonderie di Montorso has presented its first integrated report to its main stakeholders.
The integrated report is an evolution of the social report, which the company has been publishing since 2014. At the same time, it marks the natural conclusion of the major program of strategic growth that the company embarked on 2017, which saw the completion of the Borsa Italiana Elite project.
While the main purpose of an integrated report is to demonstrate to stakeholders how the company can create value over time, it is underpinned by the need to structure and express a specific strategic plan.
An essential part of this process was the creation of an integrated strategic map, produced in collaboration with the consulting firm Mixura, which involved various stakeholders in defining the objectives and measuring the results.
The strategic map is a well established, consolidated management tool, but Fonderie di Montorso has taken an innovative approach, as its map is integrated. It considers the value generated not only for customers, but also for all the other stakeholders involved in the business: employees, suppliers, shareholders, competitors, supervisory bodies, banks, trade associations and the local community. The report also contains details of the performance on the Six Capitals indicated by the International Integrated Reporting council: not only economic and financial but also production, human, social, relational and natural.
Five strategic lines have been identified: improving the working environment, sector leadership, Industry 4.0, developing the supply chain and protecting the environment.
The company's commitment in various areas translated into significant results in 2017: sales of more than 80 million with distributed added value of more than 25 million (74% of this was in the remuneration of more than 400 staff), with all the profits put back into the company, with production-related, environmental and structural investments of more than €6 million.
"The route that led us to our integrated report has strengthened our vision of being an innovative company, and a landmark in the foundries industry, also when it comes to social and environmental aspects" confirmed the company's chairwoman Patrizia Comello. "We certainly intend to grow this culture of sharing, positioning ourselves as a trendsetter when it comes to regulatory requirements for international corporate reporting".
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