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I believe it's AAC/AAC+ btw (will remove this message post-edit)
V-MODA Crossfade Wireless a Mixed Bag
I know it's anathema to audio purists, but wireless headphonesin principleare terrific. No, I'm not going to give up on wires for my reference level listening; heck, I don't even give it up when i'm traveling (Bose QC20,25) or mowing the back yard (Westone ES5, JH Audio JH13FP). But when I'm around the house needing to take part in a conference call or when I watch a movie on my iPad I much prefer life without the wire. When sound quality isn't critical for me (phone calls and video) the added convenience of wireless headphones wins the moment.
My personal favorite wireless headphone is the Sennheiser Momentum Wireless ($499). It's bloody expensive and the sound is somewhat hard and shouty, but the comfort and ergos are stellar, phone calls are clear on both ends, and the noise canceling is pretty darn good. But to my ears the MEE Air-Fi Matrix2 AF62 (discontinued and now available as the Ausdom M05 for $51.28) sounds quite a bit better. Why don't I use it instead of the Momentum Wireless? Well, it just feels cheaper; the controls aren't quite as conveniently placed; the isolation isn't as good; and I just love the feel of the real leather cushions of the Sennheisers up agains my ears. Comfort, convenience, and pride of ownership can compete with sound quality when it come to wireless headphones, given the way I use them.
Enter the V-MODA Crossfade Wireless ($300); which pretty nicely splits the difference between the two headphones mentioned above. It doesn't have noise canceling like the Sennheiser, but it seals you away from outside sound better than the MEE. It doesn't have an apt-X Bluetooth codec, but it does have ACC+, ACC, MP3 codecs. (Which is arguably just as good or better.) It's got great battery life (~12 hours), and sounds virtually identical wired or wirelessso your experience is consistent regardless of battery charge. When I put it into the mix of wireless cans here around the house, I was perfectly happy to use it interchangeably with the Sennheiser and preferably over most others. That's the first thing you should take away from this review: The V-MODA Crossfade Wireless is very competent BT headset for use with portable devices at, what seems to me, a very fair price.
The second thing you should take away from this review is that the build quality of the Crossfade Wirelesslike all V-MODA productsis simply first rate. I go back and forth on the stylingwhich many will like but they're not strongly appealing to mebut there's no question in my mind that V-MODA headphones are one of the best built headphone brands in the world. Everything from the bullet-proof and well-fitting headband, to the myriad cable and earpad options, to the custom shields tells me that this is a company that knows how to build headphones, and does it well enough that I consider them to be a leader in the field. Both the V-MODA M-100 and XS were reviewed very positively by me, and have found a place on InnerFidelity's Wall of Fame. To me, the only questionable decision V-MODA made in the build of this headphone is not including the CliqFold(TM) hinge found on the M-100 and XS.
The CliqFold(TM) hinge allows the headphones to very conveniently fold upwards into the space within the headband. This makes the stored size of the M-100 much smaller than the similarly sized Crossfade Wireless without CliqFold(TM) hinges. The thing is, it's quite likely that including these rather complex and expensive hinges might have driven the cost of the Crossfade Wireless above the $300 markwhich to my mind that would have made them a much more questionable purchase.
The third thing you should take away from this review is my evaluation of the sound quality of these headphones, and how it speaks against weighting the first two thing too heavily in your purchasing decision.
I'll tell you all about that on the next page.
Maybe the marketing team got their dirty little red pens on that text before it was published to the VMODA website. :-)
Something happened to the sound and perhaps video quality of your reporting.
I started listening with my RS120s and noticed the crappy sound. So I switched over to my Big System and the quality was even worse.
The Colors and Image quality also seems deteriorating.
Are you having to use a cheapie jiggle Cam?
I bought a gifting pair of V-Moda phones, the folks love em. ( not wireless ) I bought them because of your review! Thanks, nice work!
Tony in Michigan
You should have a look at www.magiclantern.fm - a must have on Canon, especially for video!
Best regards
I'd refrain from using in camera audio, especially when your video quality is that of the 7D. Buy a cheap audio recorder and add that in afterwards. Just my two cents. A homemade clapboard and $50-100 recorder investment would go a long way.
Appreciate the honest review both in the article and the video. Your videos help people like me, who want to make an informed decision before purchase, unlike the product announcement reviews published by various websites these days who love everything and find everything amazing!!!!
BTW are you going to review the HD 800 S this year?
Audio Stream is pretty bad about that. Nearly everything they review gets added to the Greatest Bits, and to top it off, it's almost always really expensive stuff. There is certainly a following for that kind of stuff but I actually prefer reading about products that might actually be at a price I may be able to afford. To each his own.
The 7D does far better work.
Call Canon's 800 number and have them look at the Video!
I'll bet they'll send you a New replacement.
They simply can't have their stuff performing like this. I've never seen Color Quality that rough from anything they offer including their Elphs. Betcha you got a bad processor!
On top of all that, I couldn't hear any background sounds that are quite typical of your work on Big Sound.
Something failed, anyway, they'll fix it.
Tony in Michigan
Tyll - I umderstand your comments about neutral sound but as you know there are a lot of closet "bass heads" in our hobby that actuallu prefer a more colored sound signature.Also i believe this type of headphone is more apt for potable use. I found that for portable use in a noisy enviroment the colored sound signature of the Vmodas is more to my liking than even the Oppo PM-3 which in noisy enviroments i found them boring. I guess something to consider as a future topic would be how sound preferences changes in different environments.
Sorry if this is going off topic or if you've mentioned it already but are the Ausdom M05 and Mee Audio Air-Fi/Air-Fi matrix2 essentially the same headphone but just the Ausdom M05 at a lower price?
Nice review Tyll! Have you ever tried this product? http://thebtunes.com I use it with my Oppo PM-3s to add wireless functionality for my Apple TV and iPad movies etc. It works and sounds great and BTunes even makes a model for some of the Bose QC cans. .
Hi. I have been looking at the BTunes as an option and also have Oppo PM3. Does it have enough power to make the Oppo's loud enough? I heard that the BTunes lacks volume. Would appreciate your take on it. Cheers.
The discontinued MW600 or it's current day equivalents in the SBH52/54. I've been using the former for years, mainly with my V-Moda XS (and the M-80 previously) but also occasionally at home (NAD HP50, X2, etc).
Yeah you do need to use a cable in between (it and the headphone), but no one says it has to be a long one. I think the cable + clip on the receiver looks more ergonomically versatile than something hanging right off the bottom of the headphone cup.
I tend to use my MW600 with very short 1-3' cables and I just clip it to my shirt collar or even to the headphone's headband if I'm at home. With larger headphones you could even get away with it in the go (having it directly on the headphone that is).
The screen, playback controls, and call functionality are all nice bonuses tho Sony has a smaller/cheaper model without all but the playback controls. The MW600 has a decent amp/DAC section, at least by phone standards.
and found that they list 53 different on-ear or over-ear Bluetooth wireless headphones!!!!
There were even more in-ear headsets. This looks like an entirely new category for your reviews Tyll. Where to start?
I was mainly interested in the Noontec Bluetooth 4.0 Zoro II, with lossless transmission encoding. I really like the Noontec Zorro II HD, and thought that these might be a good choice for Bluetooth. It goes for $150.
NA Blur gave it a rave review at Head-Fi, so I ordered one to give as a gift. Are you thinking about starting a section of tests and reviews of your own on the latest and greatest Bluetooth cans?
I wonder how many different headphones are on the market now. It must be a staggering number. Fifteen years ago there were only a fraction of models of headphones available. Even then I remember a little shop in Bozeman MT, on Peach Street, where the staff was swimming in cans. Trivia question; Who said "We handle headphones with pitchforks here." ?
I have a number of the headphones you mentioned, right down to wearing ES5 for lawn work... the MEE wireless, which continues to baffle me by how good it sounds at the price or forgetting about price, but how little environmental isolation they have. Over ear sealed... but they don't sound that way. I also have a set of V-Moda, and specifically to listen to some types of music that I think are compatible with them, but I've found each of the V-Moda to be also very poorly isolating compared to other sealed headphones. Almost an echo of environmental noise. I've also found that the V-Moda seem to sound better with my i-devices and terrible with the few high def players I've got, for the same reasons you identify here.
I've pretty much abandoned wireless other than for bluetooth talk - one ear. I love my music, and the wires are a minuscule price to pay for great sound. My wife's a books on tape enthusiast and loves her bluetooth earphones, which I find put my teeth on edge.
Your review was as accurate as a first-rate studio monitor.
I hope M05 changes a lot compared to OOB because otherwise I have no clue what You're writing about. Yes it's cheap and sound is kinda OK but kinda at best. Soundstage is practically nonexistent, bass is boomy and uncontrolled and highs are very muted. For me it's at least as bassy as VMODA but lacks nice sparkle, details and some soundstage that was present in VMODA
Tyll, based on your recommendation I've just bought the Ausdom M05. Initially I thought they had a great mid range, but seemed a bit bloated in the bass and dark in the treble - but after a week's listening I really like them. I find them non-fatiguing and fun. Any chance you could measure them? Also as I'm a vinyl fan I listen to them mostly wired rather than wireless. Would they measure differently wired v wireless. (Note: I bought the cheapest Audioquest cable I could find which made them sound even better.) Thanks
Tyll, can you review the Shure SRH940's? I wanna here your take on them


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Family Gather Daily In Air-Conditioned Comfort
- All family members sleep in this room after dinner.
This family has one air conditioner and it sees duty everyday. The room where it is installed is used for meals as well as being the children's playroom and the family's bedroom. When Linh comes home from work, the first thing she does is turn on the air conditioner then waits for her kids and husband to return. "Rather than cooling the entire house, I think of saving energy and electricity so I close the door and only cool this room," she explained. Before purchasing their Panasonic air conditioner they relied on fans to stay cool. Now they can't imagine life without it.
As is common in Vietnamese homes, Linh's floors and walls are tiled, and people usually go barefoot inside to enjoy the coolness of the floors. The family's air conditioner helps in this respect, set at a constant 26°C in Swing mode to fill the room with a gentle, cooling breeze.
- Anh lives with his grandparents during the school term but is home for summer vacation. He sits on the cool tile floor while surfing the web.
- Eating meals on the floor Vietnamese style.
Panasonic's reputation for safety and durability were the main reasons the family chose their particular air conditioner. Another was the unit's power efficiency: the ECONAVI function (http://panasonic.asia/ecoideas/econavi/) detects people's presence and level of activity then optimizes cooling accordingly.
- Panasonic air conditioner installed in the main living room.
- The ECONAVI button in the upper-left corner, a favorite function. "This helps us use less electricity than our previous unit," said Linh.
Refreshing Shower After a Long Day
- The shower is installed high to protect the kids from accidentally scalding themselves. When they take a shower, they first fill a bucket with water and draw from that.
Days are hot in Ho Chi Minh City but mornings and evenings can get chilly. That's why hot shower units are increasingly popular these days, becoming signs of status and wealth. Linh's family bought a Panasonic home shower and they absolutely love it. They say it's great after the rigors of the day, and the cool room feels so much nicer when preceded by a hot shower.
But although the shower is a pleasant luxury, Linh makes sure that it is only used when needed. The city has a serious shortage of water and electricity so she frequently turns off the tap to save water and show her children the importance of conservation.
- A typical bathroom in Vietnam. No divider between the toilet and bath means the seat gets wet, but people don't seem to mind. "I can clean the toilet while taking a shower, so it's convenient," laughed Linh.
Reliable And Durable Panasonic Products
Linh's family is not especially wealthy but they also owned other Panasonic air conditioners in the past. When she bought the new air conditioner last year, she sent the old one to her parents so they could enjoy its pleasant coolness.
Hotels and taxies are typically well air conditioned in steamy Ho Chi Minh City since many businesses believe that welcoming customers into a cool space is the proper show of hospitality. But a special status is accorded homes with air conditioners, and because Panasonic is generally more expensive than other brands, having one is a sign of wealth to be proudly shown off to friends and family.
As the Vietnamese economy expands and a new generation of consumers is created, air conditioners and home showers are joining refrigerators and washing machines as 'must haves' for the home. In the future, microwave ovens will undoubtedly be the next new wave in home appliances.
It's interesting to see the lifestyle changes these new gadgets have engendered, with Panasonic firmly establishing itself as a reliable and durable choice for Vietnamese who want the most from their appliances.
(Reported by Ayumi)
The latest air conditioner and home shower available in Vietnam


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The Daily Telegraph
Front page of The Daily Telegraph on 12 May 2010, the day after David Cameron became the British Prime Minister
|Daily newspaper
|Telegraph Media Group
|Ian MacGregor
|Political alignment
|111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT
|544,546 Daily[2] (as of March 2014)
|OCLC number
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning UK English language broadsheet newspaper, published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in June 1855 as The Daily Telegraph and Courier, and since 2004 has been owned by David and Frederick Barclay. It had a daily circulation of 523,048 in March 2014,[2] down from 552,065 in early 2013.[3] In comparison, The Times had an average daily circulation of 400,060,[3] down to 394,448.[4]
It is the sister paper of The Sunday Telegraph. It is run separately with a different editorial staff, but there is some cross-usage of stories, and the two titles share a website.
History 1
- Founding and early history (1855–1900) 1.1
- 1900 to 1945 1.2
- 1945 to 1986 1.3
- 1986 to 2004 – The Black/Hollinger years 1.4
- 2004 to present – The Barclay years 1.5
- Political stance 2
Sister publications 3
- The Sunday Telegraph 3.1
- The Young Telegraph 3.2
Website 3.3
- History 3.3.1
- My Telegraph 3.3.2
Notable stories 4
- Notable mistakes 4.1
- Awards 5
- Charity and fundraising work 6
- Editors 7
- See also 8
- Notes and references 9
- Further reading 10
- External links 11
Founding and early history (1855–1900)
The Daily Telegraph and Courier was founded by
- Official website
- TMG Careers
- TMG Academy
- The digital edition of The Telegraph
- GuardianLeaping into the future at the Telegraph's Camelot – from The
- : The plight of HollingerGuardianThe
- BBC: Telegraph empire in tycoons' grip – 18 Jan 2004
- 'Daily Telegraph "will not be the house organ of the Conservatives"' – from BBC News Online
- The continuing takeover saga – from BBC News 7 March 2004
- Plunkett, John (21 November 2007). "'"Telegraph 'told to spike Blunkett story. The Guardian (London).
- Russia Now on The Daily Telegraph, produced by Russia Beyond the Headlines
External links
- Burnham, E. F. L. (1955). Peterborough Court: the story of the Daily Telegraph. Cassell.
- The House The Berrys Built by Duff Hart-Davis. Concerns the history of The Daily Telegraph' from its inception to 1986. Illustrated with references and illustrations of William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (later called Lord Camrose).
- William Camrose: Giant of Fleet Street by his son Lord Hartwell. Illustrated biography with black-and-white photographic plates and includes an index. Concerns his links with The Daily Telegraph.
Further reading
- ^ a b c "'"The UK's 'other paper of record. BBC News. 19 January 2004. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
- ^ a b "The Daily Telegraph - readership data". News Works. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ a b "ABCs: National daily newspaper circulation February 2013". London: News Works. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "The Times - readership data". News Works. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ a b Burnham, 1955. p. 1
- ^ Burnham, 1955. p. 5
- ^ Burnham, 1955. p. 6
- ^ Verne, Jules. "Michael Strogoff Book 1", 1997–2010, Great Literature Online. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Kaiser Wilhelm II". History.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "The Daily Telegraph Affair: The interview of the Emperor Wilhelm II on October 28, 1908". wwi.lib.byu.edu The World War I Document Archive. Brigham Young University Library. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ a b Watt, Donald Cameron "Rumors as Evidence" pages 276–286 from Russia War, Peace and Diplomacy edited by Ljubica & Mark Erickson, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004 page 278.
- ^ The Daily Telegraph, "25000 tomorrow" 23 May 2006
- ^ Shah, Saeed (27 March 2004). "Desmond withdraws bid for 'overpriced' Telegraph". The Independent (London). Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ Gibson, Owen (17 June 2004). "Barclays favourites to land Telegraph". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ Hear all about it' as the Telegraph launches podcast"'". Press Gazette. 18 November 2005.
- ^ White, Dominic (22 December 2005). "Telegraph moves to Victoria". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "Daily Telegraph unveils full-colour redesign".
- ^ Private Eye, Issue 1369, 27 June - 10 July 2014, pg. 7.
- ^ Daily Telegraph (September 2014). "Head of Interactive Journalism", Daily Telegraph, 10 September 2014. Retrieved 02 October 2014
- ^ Spence, Alex (July 2014). "Telegraph and TV channel criticised over crash reports", The Times, 22 July 2014. Retrieved 07 October 2014
- ^ Spence, Alex (July 2014). "Telegraph spikes 'Russian propaganda'", The Times, 30 July 2014. Retrieved 07 October 2014.
- ^ Private Eye No. 1374, "Street of Shame", 5–18 September 2014, pg. 6.
- ^ a b Curtis, Bryan (25 October 2006). "Strange days at the Daily Telegraph". Slate.com. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ Barrett, Patrick (19 February 1998). "NEW MEDIA: Telegraph CD-Rom move. – By Patrick Barrett – Marketing Magazine". brandrepublic.com. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ "AOP Award Winners 2007". Ukaop.org.uk. 3 October 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ "AOP Award Winners 2009 in full". Ukaop.org.uk. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP) | News | Newspaper brands shine at AOP Awards
- ^ "Telegraph: Jason Seiken confirms MacGregor and Evans in editing roles". Guardian. 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Shane Richmond's Telegraph blog". London: Blogs.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ "Ian Douglas's Telegraph blog". London: Blogs.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ Kiss, Jemima (22 May 2008). "ABCe: Telegraph website overtakes Guardian". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ Kiss, Jemima (21 May 2009). "ABCe: Guardian.co.uk takes top spot". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ Halliday, Josh (21 December 2010). "Guardian.co.uk passes 40m monthly browsers". The Guardian (London).
- ^ Bishton, Derek (5 February 2010). "From ET to TD". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ Oliver, Laura (9 October 2007). "My Telegraph wins international new media award". Journalism. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ "Vince Cable criticises Murdoch takeover in secret tapes". BBC News. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ Wintour, Patrick (21 December 2010). "Humiliated Vince Cable stripped of Sky role after 'war with Murdoch' gaffe". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ^ Robinson, James (10 May 2011). "Daily Telegraph censured by PCC over Vince Cable tapes". The Guardian (London).
- ^ Halliday, Josh (23 July 2011). "News Corp boss 'linked' to leak of Vince Cable's Rupert Murdoch comments". The Guardian (London).
- ^ a b c McKie, Andrew (30 August 2001). "The day I managed to 'kill off' Tex Ritter's wife". The Daily Telegraph (London).
- ^ Anderson, Jack (4 December 2003). "Katharine Sergava, the Star Of 'Oklahoma!' Ballet, Dies". The New York Times. (followed by a correction of the error)
- ^ a b c Press Gazette, Roll of Honour. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
Notes and references
- Katharine Birbalsingh, columnist
- Roger Highfield, former science editor
- Anthony Loyd, one-time war correspondent
- J. H. B. Peel, columnist
- Mark Steyn, former columnist
- Auberon Waugh, a previous columnist
- Peter Simple, the pseudonym of Michael Wharton, who wrote a humorous column, "Way of the World", from 1957 to 2006.
See also
- 1855: Thornton Leigh Hunt
- 1873: Edwin Arnold
- 1888: John le Sage
- 1923: Fred Miller
- 1924: Arthur Watson
- 1950: Colin Coote
- 1964: Maurice Green
- 1974: Bill Deedes
- 1986: Max Hastings
- 1995: Charles Moore
- 2003: Martin Newland
- 2005: John Bryant
- 2007: William Lewis
- 2009: Tony Gallagher
- 2014: Ian MacGregor
The newspaper runs a charity appeal every Christmas, choosing different charities each year. In 2009, £1.2 million was raised.
In 1979, following a letter in The Daily Telegraph and a Government report highlighting the shortfall in care available for premature babies, Bliss, the special care baby charity, was founded. In 2009, as part of the Bliss 30th birthday celebrations, the charity was chosen as one of four beneficiaries of the newspaper's Christmas Charity Appeal. In February 2010 a cheque was presented to Bliss for £120,000.
Charity and fundraising work
At the 2010 British Press Awards The Telegraph was named the "National Newspaper of the Year" for its coverage of the 2009 expenses scandal (named "Scoop of the Year"), with William Lewis winning "Journalist of the Year".[42] The Telegraph won "Team of the Year" in 2004 for its coverage of the Iraq War.[42] The paper also won "Columnist of the Year" three years' running from 2002 to 2004: Zoë Heller (2002), Robert Harris (2003) and Boris Johnson (2004).[42]
- Cockie Hoogterp, the second wife of Baron Blixen, in 1938 after the Baron's third wife died in a car accident. Mrs. Hoogterp sent all her bills back marked "Deceased" and survived her premature obituary by over 50 years.[40]
- Dave Swarbrick in 1999, prompting much embarrassing publicity for the newspaper, and Swarbrick's remark "It's not the first time I have died in Coventry."[40]
- Dorothy Southworth Ritter, the widow of Tex Ritter and mother of John Ritter, in August 2001.[40]
- Ballet dancer Katharine Sergava in 2003, which also caused The New York Times to print an erroneous obituary based on The Telegraph 's.[41]
The Daily Telegraph has published at least four premature obituaries:
Notable mistakes
In December 2010 Telegraph reporters posing as constituents secretly recorded Business Secretary Vince Cable. In an undisclosed part of the transcript given to the BBC's Robert Peston by a whistleblower unhappy that the Telegraph had not published Cable's comments in full, Cable stated in reference to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation takeover bid for BSkyB, "I have declared war on Mr Murdoch and I think we are going to win."[36] Following this revelation, Cable had his responsibility for media affairs – including ruling on Murdoch's takeover plans – withdrawn from his role as business secretary.[37] In May 2011 the Press Complaints Commission upheld a complaint regarding the Telegraph's use of subterfuge: "On this occasion, the commission was not convinced that the public interest was such as to justify proportionately this level of subterfuge."[38] In July 2011 a firm of private investigators hired by the Telegraph to track the source of the leak concluded "strong suspicion" that two former Telegraph employees who had moved to News International, one of them Will Lewis, had gained access to the transcript and audio files and leaked them to Peston.[39]
In May 2009 the daily and Sunday editions published details of MPs' expenses. This led to a number of high-profile resignations from both the ruling Labour administration and the Conservative opposition.
Notable stories
My Telegraph offers a platform for readers to have their own blog, save articles, and network with other readers. Launched in May 2007, My Telegraph won a Cross Media Award from international newspaper organisation IFRA in October 2007.[35] One of the judges, Robert Cauthorn, described the project as "the best deployment of blogging yet seen in any newspaper anywhere in the world".
My Telegraph
An early coup for the site was the publication of articles by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard on Bill Clinton and the Whitewater controversy. The availability of the articles online brought a large American audience to the site. In 1997, the Clinton administration issued a 331-page report that accused Evans-Pritchard of peddling "right-wing inventions". Derek Bishton, who by then had succeeded Rooney as editor, later wrote: "In the days before ET it would have been highly unlikely that anyone in the US would have been aware of Evans-Pritchard's work – and certainly not to the extent that the White House would be forced to issue such a lengthy rebuttal."[34] Bishton, who is now consulting editor for Telegraph Media Group, was followed as editor by Richard Burton, who was made redundant in August 2006. Edward Roussel replaced Burton.
The website was launched, under the name electronic telegraph at midday on 15 November 1994 at the headquarters of The Daily Telegraph at Canary Wharf in London Docklands. It was Europe's first daily web-based newspaper. Initially the site published only the top stories from the print edition of the newspaper but it gradually increased its coverage until virtually all of the newspaper was carried online and the website was also publishing original material. The website, hosted on a Sun Microsystems Sparc 20 server and connected via a 64 kbit/s leased line from Demon Internet, was edited by Ben Rooney. Key personnel behind the launch of the site were Matthew Doull and Saul Klein and the then marketing manager of The Daily Telegraph, Hugo Drayton, and the webmaster Fiona Carter. Drayton later became managing director of the newspaper.
In November 2012 international customers accessing the Telegraph.co.uk site would have to sign up for a subscription package. Visitors had access to 20 free articles a month having to subscribe for unlimited access.In March 2013 the pay meter system was also rolled out in the UK.[1]
Telegraph.co.uk became the most popular UK newspaper site in April 2008.[31] It was overtaken by Guardian.co.uk in April 2009 and later by "Mail Online".[32] As of December 2010, "Telegraph.co.uk" is now the third most visited British newspaper website with 1.7 million daily browsers compared to 2.3 million for "Guardian.co.uk" and nearly 3 million for "Mail Online".[33]
Telegraph.co.uk is the online version of the newspaper. It includes articles from the print editions of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph, as well as web-only content such as breaking news, features, picture galleries and blogs. It was named UK Consumer Website of the Year in 2007[25] and Digital Publisher of the year in 2009[26] by the Association of Online Publishers.[27] The site is overseen by Kate Day,[28] digital director of Telegraph Media Group. Other staff include Shane Richmond, head of technology (editorial),[29] and Ian Douglas, head of digital production.[30] The site, which has been the focus of the group's efforts to create an integrated news operation producing content for print and online from the same newsroom, completed a relaunch during 2008 involving the use of the Escenic content management system, popular among northern European and Scandinavian newspaper groups. Telegraph TV is an Online Video on Demand Television service run by The Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph. It is hosted on The Telegraph's official website, telegraph.co.uk.
The Young Telegraph was a weekly section of The Daily Telegraph published as a 14-page supplement in the weekend edition of the newspaper. The Young Telegraph featured a mixture of news, features, cartoon strips and product reviews aimed at 8–12-year-olds. It was edited by Damien Kelleher (1993–97) and Kitty Melrose (1997–1999). Launched in 1990, the award-winning supplement also ran original serialised stories featuring popular brands such as Young Indiana Jones and the British children's sitcom Maid Marian and her Merry Men. In 1995, an interactive spin-off called Electronic Young Telegraph was launched on floppy disk. Described as an interactive computer magazine for children, Electronic Young Telegraph was edited by Adam Tanswell, who led the re-launch of the product on CD-Rom in 1998.[24] Electronic Young Telegraph featured original content including interactive quizzes, informative features and computer games, as well as entertainment news and reviews. It was later re-branded as T:Drive in 1999.
The Young Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph's sister Sunday paper was founded in 1961. The writer Sir Peregrine Worsthorne is probably the best known journalist associated with the title (1961–97), eventually being editor for three years from 1986. In 1989 the Sunday title was briefly merged into a seven-day operation under Max Hastings's overall control. In 2005 the paper was revamped, a glossy fashion magazine being added to the more traditional review section. It costs £2.00 and includes separate Money, Home and Living, Sport, Travel and Business supplements. Circulation of The Sunday Telegraph in July 2010 was 505,214 (ABC)
The Sunday Telegraph
Sister publications
The Daily Telegraph has been politically conservative in modern times.[23] The personal links between the paper's editors and the leadership of the Conservative Party, along with the paper's generally right wing stance and influence over Conservative activists, have resulted in the paper commonly being referred to, especially in Private Eye, as the Torygraph.[23] Even when Conservative support was shown to have slumped in the opinion polls and Labour became ascendant in them (particularly when leader Tony Blair rebranded the party as "New Labour" on becoming leader after the death of John Smith in 1994), the newspaper remained loyal to the Conservatives. This loyalty continued after Labour ousted the Conservatives from power by a landslide election result in 1997, and in the face of Labour election wins in 2001 and the third successive Labour election win in 2005.
Political stance
In July 2014, the Daily Telegraph was further criticised for carrying links on its website to pro-Kremlin articles supplied by a Russian state-funded publication that downplayed any Russian involvement in the downing of the passenger jet Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.[20] These had featured on its website as part of a commercial deal, but were later removed.[21] The paper is paid £900,000 a year to include the supplement Russia Beyond the Headlines, a publication sponsored by the Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the Russian government's official newspaper. It is paid a further £750,000 a year for a similar arrangement with the Chinese state in relation to the pro-Beijing China Watch supplement.[22]
In June 2014, The Telegraph was criticised by Private Eye for its policy of replacing experienced journalists and news managers with less-experienced staff and Search Engine Optimisers[18] On 10 September 2014, the Telegraph Media Group advertised in the Daily Telegraph for a new Head of Interactive Journalism stating candidates should "have demonstrable interest in news and journalism (previous newsroom experience is not needed however)".[19]
In October 2006, with its relocation to Victoria, the company was renamed the Telegraph Media Group, repositioning itself as a multimedia company. On 2 September 2008, the Daily Telegraph was printed with colour on each page for the first time when it left Westferry for Newsprinters at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, another arm of the Murdoch (Rupert Murdoch) company.[17] The paper is also printed in Liverpool and Glasgow by Newsprinters. In May 2009, the daily and Sunday editions published details of MPs' expenses. This led to a number of high-profile resignations from both the ruling Labour administration and the Conservative opposition.
On 10 October 2005, The Daily Telegraph relaunched to incorporate a tabloid sports section and a new standalone business section. The Daily Mail's star columnist and political analyst Simon Heffer left that paper in October 2005 to rejoin The Daily Telegraph, where he has become associate editor. Heffer has written two columns a week for the paper since late October 2005 and is a regular contributor to the news podcast. In November 2005 the first regular podcast service by a newspaper in the UK was launched.[15] Just before Christmas 2005, it was announced that the Telegraph titles would be moving from Canada Place in Canary Wharf, to Victoria Plaza near Victoria Station in central London.[16] The new office features a 'hub and spoke' layout for the newsroom to produce content for print and online editions.
The Barclay brothers purchased the Telegraph Group for around £665m in late June 2004. Sir David Barclay suggested that The Daily Telegraph might in the future no longer be the "house newspaper" of the Conservatives. In an interview with The Guardian he said, "Where the government are right we shall support them". The editorial board endorsed the Conservative Party in the 2005 general election. 15 November 2004 was the tenth anniversary of the launch of The Telegraph's website Electronic Telegraph. Now re-launched as www.telegraph.co.uk telegraph.co.uk. On 8 May 2006 the first stage of a major redesign of the website took place, with a wider page layout and greater prominence for audio, video and journalist blogs.
2004 to present – The Barclay years
On 18 January 2004, Black was dismissed as chairman of the Hollinger International board over allegations of financial wrongdoing. Black was also sued by the company. Later that day it was reported that the Barclay brothers had agreed to purchase Black's 78% interest in Hollinger Inc. for £245m, giving them a controlling interest in the company, and to buy out the minority shareholders later. However, a lawsuit was filed by the Hollinger International board to try to block Black from selling his shares in Hollinger Inc. until an investigation into his dealings was completed. Black filed a countersuit but, eventually, United States judge Leo Strine sided with the Hollinger International board and blocked Black from selling his Hollinger Inc. shares to the twins. On 7 March 2004, the twins announced that they were launching another bid, this time just for The Daily Telegraph and its Sunday sister paper rather than all of Hollinger Inc. Current owner of the Daily Express, Richard Desmond, was also interested in purchasing the paper, selling his interest in several pornographic magazines to finance the initiative. Desmond withdrew in March 2004, when the price climbed above £600m,[13] as did Daily Mail and General Trust plc a few months later on 17 June.[14]
Canadian businessman Conrad Black, through companies controlled by him, bought the Telegraph Group in 1986. Black, through his holding company Ravelston Corporation, owned 78% of Hollinger Inc. which in turn owned 30% of Hollinger International. Hollinger International in turn owned the Telegraph Group and other publications such as the Chicago Sun-Times, the Jerusalem Post and The Spectator.
1986 to 2004 – The Black/Hollinger years
1945 to 1986
During the Second World War, The Daily Telegraph covertly helped in the recruitment of code-breakers for Dagenham who finished the crossword in less than eight minutes.[12]
In November 1940, with Fleet Street subjected to almost daily bombing raids by the Luftwaffe, The Telegraph started printing in Manchester at Kemsley House (now The Printworks entertainment venue), which was run by Camrose's brother Kemsley. Manchester quite often printed the entire run of The Telegraph when its Fleet Street offices were under threat. The name Kemsley House was changed to Thomson House in 1959. In 1986 printing of Northern editions of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph moved to Trafford Park and in 2008 to Newsprinters at Knowsley, Liverpool.
In 1937 the newspaper absorbed The Morning Post, which traditionally espoused a conservative position and sold predominantly amongst the retired officer class. Originally William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose, bought The Morning Post with the intention of publishing it alongside The Daily Telegraph, but poor sales of the former led him to merge the two. For some years the paper was retitled The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post before it reverted to just The Daily Telegraph. In the late 1930s Victor Gordon Lennox, The Telegraph's diplomatic editor, published an anti-appeasement private newspaper The Whitehall Letter that received much of its information from leaks from Sir Robert Vansittart, the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office, and Reginald "Rex" Leeper, the Foreign Office's Press Secretary.[11] As an result, Gordon Lennox was monitored by MI5.[11]
In 1908, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany gave a controversial interview to The Daily Telegraph that severely damaged Anglo-German relations and added to international tensions in the build-up to World War I.[9][10] In 1928 the son of the 1st Baron Burnham sold it to the 1st Viscount Camrose, in partnership with his brother Viscount Kemsley and the 1st Baron Iliffe. Both the Camrose (Berry) and Burnham (Levy-Lawson) families remained involved in management until Conrad Black took control in 1986.
1900 to 1945
In 1876 Jules Verne published his novel Michael Strogoff, whose plot takes place during a fictional uprising and war in Siberia. Verne included among the book's characters a war correspondent of The Daily Telegraph, named Harry Blount—who is depicted as an exceptionally dedicated, resourceful and brave journalist, taking great personal risks in order to follow closely the ongoing war and bring accurate news of it to the Telegraph 's readership, ahead of competing papers.[8]
Levy then appointed his son, Edward Levy-Lawson, and Thornton Leigh Hunt to edit the newspaper, and relaunched it as The Daily Telegraph, with the slogan "the largest, best, and cheapest newspaper in the world".[6] Hunt laid out the newspaper's principles in a memorandum sent to Levy: "We should report all striking events in science, so told that the intelligent public can understand what has happened and can see its bearing on our daily life and our future. The same principle should apply to all other events—to fashion, to new inventions, to new methods of conducting business".[7]
, to expand the size of the overall market. The Morning Post and Daily News Levy took over the newspaper, his aim being to produce a cheaper newspaper than his main competitors in London, the [5] It was not a success, and Sleigh was unable to pay Levy the printing bill.[1] and was four pages long.d, agreed to print the newspaper, and the first edition was published on 29 June 1855. The paper cost 2The Sunday Times, the owner of Joseph Moses Levy [5][1]


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text: Critics say Seoul may have set a dangerous precedent by dealing with the Taliban [AFP] Reto Stocker, the head of the ICRC delegation to Afghanistan, said representatives were on their way to pick up the three remaining hostages from an agreed location elsewhere. The Taliban released 12 South Koreans on Wednesday. Those hostages were also released into the care of officials of the ICRC at three separate locations in central Afghanistan. Deal The Taliban began freeing the Korean hostages after an agreement was reached in talks with a visiting delegation from South Korea. Your Views "Innocent aid workers were abducted and murdered by a band of political criminals"Adolfo Talpalar, Stockholm, Sweden Send us your viewsThe initial group of 23 South Koreans, who had travelled to Afghanistan to undertake aid work, were seized by the Taliban on July 19 in Ghazni. Under the terms of the deal, South Korea agreed to end missionary activities by Christian groups in Afghanistan. The Taliban initially demanded the release of its members held prisoner by the Afghan government. The group killed two of the Koreans and then released another two earlier in what it said was a goodwill gesture. The South Korean government won praise on Thursday for its part in securing the release of the 19 remaining hostages, but critics said Seoul might have set a dangerous precedent in directly negotiating with the Taliban. 'Precedent' There has also been speculation that the South Koreans bought the release of the hostages, though both the Taliban and the South Korean government denied there was any secret deal. Alan Fisher, reporting for Al Jazeera from Kabul, said: "We've certainly heard rumours around Kabul - the figure of around 20 million pounds has been bandied around. "I spoke to one senior Afghan authority who, while not confirming the figure, did say that money was paid - that the South Koreans had paid cash to the Taliban." But Qari Mohammad Bashir, a Taliban commander, denied that a ransom had been paid. "I strongly deny this. It's not true that money was involved," he said. Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley, reporting from South Korea, said: "Most people here [in Seoul] think that South Korea has probably paid a ransom, but that will be debated later when the hostages have returned home safely." Prior to the kidnapping, South Korea warned its citizens not to travel to Afghanistan and blocked many of its growing legion of evangelical Christians from going there due to safety concerns. SOURCE: Al Jazeera and agencies


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It is obvious: I'm right
Irene was born within a few days of me over a hundred miles away. She is a bloody southerner.
We met when I was 29. Her son the same age as my daughter and they lived in the same courtyard.
Roll forward 33 years and this morning she was babysitting for her son, who was away for the weekend to celebrate his birthday, when she had a stroke that has paralysed fully half her body.
You can't take it with you. Do not spend even 30 seconds doing things you do not want to do. Question your reasons for doing anything.
It is obvious: I'm right at least in this.


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Sydney's 'green lung' is a 30-hectare botanical garden, established in 1816 and containing more than 7,500 species of plant. Australia's very first farm was on the site where the garden now flourishes, southeast of the Sydney Opera House. Paths criss-cross the gardens, leading strollers past two sets of ponds, garden sculptures and numerous horticultural areas. Don't miss the Sydney Tropical Centre; the rose, herb and succulent gardens; the First Farm; the Fernery; and the palm grove. Watch out for a young specimen of the rare Wollemi Pine (only about 38 adult trees exist in the world) in the Pioneer Garden.
The gardens also offer some of the best views of Sydney Harbour, the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. The path that skirts the harbour starting at the Opera House and leading around to Mrs Maquarie's Chair provides magnificent views of the harbour, particularly at sunset. The gardens also have a visitor's centre, shop, restaurants and kiosks. Free guided walks are offered at about 10.30am every day, except public holidays. Visitors who prefer not to walk can take a scenic train tour. Inside the gardens you can also admire Government House, formerly the residence of the New South Wales Governor, which sits atop a hillock overlooking the Opera House and Farm Cove. It is open to the public for tours.
Address: Mrs Macquaries Road
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I think "gay relationship" depends on how it is defined. Many very
compelling arguments have been made for the poem as an elegy for
Verdenal or at least elegiac in that relation. The Smyrna merchant has
been linked with homosexual encounters. The Hyacinth girl as boy is also
compellingly argued. None of this means that Eliot himself necessarily
consummated any gay sex. But it does have homosocial erotic tones. I
do not think these arguments can just be dismissed as they are too
carefully and extensively made.
I do not know how to read the list of cities after "falling towers" if it can not
at least suggest or evoke "the collapse of civilizations throughout time."
Ferdinand may be mistaken, but he is "Musing upon the king my brother's
wreck/ And on the king my father's death before him." So the image of a
dead father is present in the poem.
As Eliot's notes send us to the Inferno, a descent into the underworld is
also present as image in, for example, Ugolino. Also, Tiresias says he
has "walked among the lowest of the dead," and Odysseus met Tiresias in
the underworld.
I don't know about pseudo-intellectual, but a reader is certainly invoked at
the end of part I.
So I am very puzzled about how all these are not "in TWL."
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From: Jennifer Formichelli <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: In Defense of Trimalchio, A Reply to Steve (was TWL Epigraph)
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Dear Steve,
I dissent from some of what you say. First, Trimalchio is not exactly a
'psuedo-intellectual' (in fact, this is a better description of Encolpius,
but that's another story); he is a rich freedman, who happens to make
gaffes with a couple of stories whilst trying to one up his learned
company (who are significantly poorer than himself, which is why they
laugh at his jokes and have a good time eating the dinner he provides). It
is not learning but money which concerns him; he is a businessman. On
other hand, the situation declines the gambit of sides (partly why the
Satyricon is so good). Yes, Encolpius and co are cocking a snook at
Trimalchio (especially his bad taste); and he is cocking one back (quid
est pauper, saieth he) at them.
Second, part of what we discover when we engage the context of the
epigraph is that the Sybil situation occurs within another situation, that
of Trimalchio's banquet. This is the major shift between the quotation as
it appears and in its context.
Third, I can't agree with any of the following reasons for selecting the
quotation, because none of them seem to me either in TWL or in the
situation from which the quotation is extracted.
) a trapped woman
> 2) a gay relationship
> 3) the collapse of civilizations throughout time
> 4) a dead father
> 5) a descent into the underworld
> 6) pseudo-intellectual readers who think they understand, but don't
Yours, Jennifer
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October 2015 Newsletter: Canadian Ski Resorts, New Hotels, Just Ahead
The favorable exchange rate for the American dollar continues to ensure that Canada is the place to be this winter. If you haven't looked lately, $1 US will now fetch $1.31 in Canada, an 11-year low for the Canadian loonie. So if you've ever wanted to ski Whistler, Tremblant, or the Canadian Rockies, now would be the time. In this month's ActiveTravels newsletter, we talk about our favorite places to ski in Canada, including off-the-beaten track Red Mountain. We also want to introduce you to Just Ahead, a guided audio tour through many national parks that is easily accessible from your smart phone. Amanera, the ultra-posh resort opening in the Dominican Republic on November 23rd, is one of the new Caribbean, Florida, and Mexican properties we discuss. Another new hotel, The Taconic, will be the first Kimpton property in Vermont when it opens in Manchester, Vermont, this winter. Lastly, I preview the recent trip I took with Dan Austin, owner of Austin Adventures, to Colorado, where the legendary Broadmoor resort has expanded their holdings, opening three boutique properties in the mountains and rivers outside of Colorado Springs. Check it out, and, if you ever have any travel-related questions, please ask.


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Did you get a penalty notice – but you KNOW you filed, and you KNOW you paid your taxes? Well then you, like many others, may have gotten a mistaken penalty notice.
This isn't the first time the IRS has done this. In 2012 the IRS even issued a statement. You can read more about that here.
If you KNOW your taxes are paid then you can choose to disregard the notice. The IRS should be sending out corrected statements around the 20th if your account is in good standing. If you get one, you're in the clear. If you don't get one, I would call IRS just to be safe.
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Only the IRS can tell you if they have received taxes, and sometimes even they need your help to do that. Have your proof of payment handy just in case it's needed. (A cancelled check or a debit to your checking account will work nicely.)
As always, I recommend being super sweet to any IRS Operator you speak with. Write down their name and badge number and save it along with whatever notes you make somewhere you can find it again.
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Muwahahahahahhaha!!!! I'm not sure what's gonna be scarier tonight, the scary stories we'll tell or the scary topics of Systematic Racism & Toxic Masculinity! Non the less, this is Wreckless Intent so we must stay true to the show and get a little Wreckless but within reason! Mike Glendinning, Jay Austin Graham and Zee back in Studio2B for some more Wreckless Intent!!! Today we'll talk about systematic racism and toxic masculinity in the first half of the show, then we'll be getting scary in the studio!!! And who better to have join us than Verna Wilson & Anthony Anderson of Ecto Portal! Ecto Portal is the show to check out if you're into ghosts, aliens or anything spiritual or supper natural! Be sure to check em out in Studio2B on Wednesdays from 6-8pm! We are supper excited to have these guests in the studio today on this Halloween Eve Weekend!!! It's gonna be a spooky show so be sure to tune in tonight 6-8 PM live from Studio2B!!! Only at FCCFREERADIO.COM
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A new TV advertisement attacking Republican candidates Knute Buehler and Bruce Starr -- who are running in the secretary of state and labor commissioner races -- as the "right-wing extreme team" started airing on Wednesday morning.
The $190,000 ad buy was
, the wealthy Portland publisher who is one of the state's largest donors to Democratic causes.
The ad seems to indicate that some Democratic allies are nervous about the prospects for Democrats Kate Brown, the secretary of state, and Brad Avakian, the labor commissioner.
Art Towers, the chief lobbyist for the SEIU local in Salem, said the unions and McCormack wanted to "underscore" that the two candidates are "out of the mainstream."
Towers said the ads will be reported as in-kind contributions to the Brown and Avakian campaigns.
Kevin Curry, a spokesman for Buehler, said the charge that Buehler is extreme is laughable given the "endorsements he has received around the state." Buehler has picked up almost all of the newspaper endorsements, including from such liberal publications as Willamette Week.
The ad accuses Buehler and Starr of supporting "millions in tax breaks to the richest Oregonians," a reference to their support in favor of the Measure 84 initiative to phase out Oregon's estate tax.
The ad also accuses Buehler of questioning Oregon's system of vote by mail. Buehler has said he wants a strong mail-voting system, but the two candidates have disagreed over the impact of tougher voter ID standards sought by many Republicans.
Curry charged that having the union and McCormack spend money on the ad was a way for her to evade her self-imposed $1 million cap on campaign spending.
Jillian Schoene, a campaign spokeswoman for Brown, said that Buehler "surrendered his opinion" on that issue when he refused to join Brown in limiting campaign spending.
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The Usury Battle
by Paul Spilsbury
The crime of usury
The first Council of Nicea forbade the clergy to engage in usury, defined as lending at a rate of more than 1 percent per month. Later Councils extended the ban to the laity. In the 12th century, the second Lateran Council (1139) issued a very strong declaration against usurers. This may have referred only to immoderate or habitual usury, and not against usury in general, but to remove all doubt the third Lateran Council (1179) decreed as follows: "Since almost in every place the crime of usury has become so prevalent that many people give up all other business and become usurers, as if it were lawful, regarding not its prohibition in both Testaments, we ordain that manifest usurers shall not be admitted to communion, nor, if they die in their sins, be admitted to Christian burial, and that no priest shall accept their alms." This, then, was the Church legislation at the time of St Anthony.
A well-known story, related in the Book of Miracles, tells how Anthony was present at the funeral of a very rich man. "He was struck by a sudden inspiration and he cried out that the deceased should not be buried in consecrated ground." Almost certainly, this indicates that the rich man was a notorious moneylender. In the story, the man's body was cut open, but no heart was found. Instead, it was discovered in his strongbox – according to our Lord's words, "Where your treasure is, there your heart is also."
The Saint's most extensive treatment of the social effects of usury comes in his commentary on the Gospel of the sower on Sexagesima Sunday. The avaricious usurer is like the thorns or wild beasts that catch and tear and draw blood. "They have already taken the whole world into their hands. Because of these usurers, churches are impoverished and monasteries stripped of their goods." It was not just poor individuals who were in trouble, but even well-established institutions. The usurer "seizes the goods of the poor, of orphans and widows, and chews them up and swallows them. He makes the vineyard, God's Church, a desert when he holds on to its possessions as pledges of usury. He barks, strips and spoils the Lord's fig-tree (any religious house) when he appropriates to himself the goods given to that community by the faithful." Such abuses must have been widespread for the Saint to write in this way.
Moral appraisal
Anthony distinguishes between private lenders, who are simply obliging some acquaintance; the small public lender who makes a business of it, but only on a limited scale; and the great lenders who make vast profits from their activities. There are dangers even for the smaller lenders – Anthony advises confessors that, "To take any return over and above the principle is called usury" – but the great usurers "will be pursued by the demon huntsmen and slain with eternal death, unless they restore their ill-gotten gains and do penance."
The financial system today is far more complicated than it was in the 13th century, but it is still subject to moral appraisal. The first question is whether a system entirely based on lending at interest is morally sound. The Book of Deuteronomy says, "Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest. Unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it." (Dt 23:19-20) This allowed charging interest to a stranger, but not to a 'brother'; but what if we are all brothers?
Modern capitalism
A modern commentator has asked whether our current troubles are the direct consequence of an interest-based banking system. People believed that property values would continue to rise, and so borrowed on the assumption that such a rise would fund the interest on the loan. As long as interest rates were low, this was sustainable – but with property losing its value and interest rates rising, a crash was bound to come. The wealthy and well-advised could restructure their assets, but the small home-owner had no such option. Inevitably the poor suffer more than the rich. Globalisation, too, has led to a loss of resilience. Chains of supply are long, and more subject to financial vagaries. Public authorities cannot wash their hands of responsibility for regulating the system.
In modern capitalism the role of money has undergone a shift. Its primary role is no longer simply to facilitate the exchange of goods. It has become a commodity in itself. Money alone generates more money, and the principle of usury – defining it as the lending of money at real positive rates of interest (i.e. rates greater than what is needed to cover inflation and risk) – is the inner wheel driving the system. This was precisely why medieval theologians rejected usury – it 'made money breed', whereas it was by nature sterile. This was (for them) a 'sin against nature'.
The Law of Charity
Undoubtedly there is truth in much of this analysis. But for St Anthony, and for us, there is a simpler test. We are all children of the heavenly Father, brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ. We are strictly bound to love one another as we love ourselves. The Saint was not interested in 'systems'. What he could see clearly was rich and powerful people using their position to enrich themselves further at the expense of their poorer brothers. What he could see was a lack of compassion, a failure to recognise Christ in the other person. Our Lord said that we should lend without expecting a return – not, of course, that we should not expect the return of what we lent, but that we should expect nothing over and above. Today, when lending is a business, it is legitimate to charge for the service rendered – staff must be paid and other overheads met. That is fair enough; but no-one, whether in business or in private dealings, is exempt from the Law of Charity.
The dung-beetle
In his Sermon for the feast of St Stephen, Anthony notes that the avaricious and usurious pay no attention to the state of their life, its entry and its exit. They paid nothing to be born, they can take nothing with them when they die. "Where do they get all their possessions from?" he asks. "From robbery and fraud." He quotes the prophet Habbakuk: "Woe to him that heapeth together that which is not his own." Then, in typical fashion, he offers an amusing simile for the rich moneylender. "He is like the dung-beetle, which gathers much dung and with great labour makes a round ball; but in the end a passing donkey steps on both beetle and ball, and in a moment destroys it and all it laboured so long over. In the same way the miser or usurer gathers long the dung of money, and labours long; but when he lest expects, it the devil chokes him. And so he gives his soul to the demons, his flesh to worms, and his money to his family.
The banker as beetle! There's a thought!"


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Do you remember the first time your child had a cough? How about the first time he was running a fever? If you're like most parents you waited about ten minutes and then picked up the phone to call your child's pediatrician, the same pediatrician who has been caring for him since day one. Now for a moment imagine your child with that same cough or fever, but because of tough circumstances you find yourself having to spend the night huddled under an overpass in downtown or in one of the many shelters around Atlanta. You know that your child is getting sick, and you're worried, but you also know that a trip to the Doctor must be weighed against providing food, finding shelter and having warm clothes. So you decide to wait, just a day or two, then three, then four, as your child progressively worsens. Finally, the cough is so bad that your only choice is a trip to the Emergency Room in hopes that your child's condition hasn't worsened to a point it can't be quickly remedied.
For over 10,000 on any given night in Atlanta this is not a story on a screen they are casually reading through, but rather the reality of life. Preventative healthcare and checkups aren't something they dread because of the long wait time in the Doctor's office, but rather a necessity that has become a luxury they can't afford. Statistics show us that having regular primary care, like checkups and routine visits, can have a significant impact on the quality of life and long term health of an individual, however for someone dealing with homelessness this simply isn't an option most of the time.
Homeless patient care has always been a priority for the Good Samaritan Health Center, and one of the three primary demographics we serve. However, in response to the growing need, on August 28th the center will be opening its Homeless Clinic. The Homeless Clinic will operate one day a month, with the normal center closing its doors and all the staff and doctors dedicating their day to closing its normal clinic and opening a full day of free homeless services every month, with hopes of expanding this service in the future. The initial clinic is in partnership with the City of Refuge, as we serve those that are housed within their shelter. The Good Sam staff is leading the way in this initiative, committing over $11,000 from their personal paychecks to show their belief in providing this much needed service. It takes an army of Good Samaritan's to bring a program like this to life, and now is your chance to be a part of turning this unattainable luxury back into a life changing necessity for the homeless in Atlanta. Join us in being a light for the City that shines brightly, providing a beacon of hope to those who desperately need a reminder that God loves them.


text: Contract Extension Comps for Adam Jones by Steve Slowinski February 16, 2012 The Baltimore Orioles recently avoided going to an arbitration hearing by signing Adam Jones to a one year, $6.5 million contract, but there are still rumblings about a long-term deal being in play. According to Ken Rosenthal, the Orioles have started to explore the possibility of signing Jones to a long-term deal, as well they should. Jones currently has one more year of arbitration left before becoming a free agent, and considering that he's a young +2 to +3 win player with the upside for more, he's the sort of player the Orioles should be hoping to build around. Rosenthal reports that Jones wants at least a five-year extension, so that got me curious: what would a five-year extension for Jones look like? Are there any players in a similar situation to him that have signed extensions recently? As it turns out, Jones' situation is a bit unique. There aren't many offensive players that have signed a contract extension with two years of team control remaining; Ryan Howard and Troy Tulowitzki are the only players coming up, and for obvious reasons, neither of them is a good comp for Jones. So instead, let's turn out attention to outfielders that have A) signed extensions, and B) followed a similar path as Jones through arbitration thus far. *Numbers presented are in millions of dollars. *Uggla was included since he was one of the few players to sign a contract extension before his Arb3 season. It's important to note that before signing their extensions, almost all of these players had put up at least one season that was better than anything Adam Jones has done to date. Nick Markakis signed his deal after putting up a+6 win season in 2008; Corey Hart had shown flashes of +4 win ability; Justin Morneau had already posted a +4 win year; and Alex Rios looked like a solid +3 to +5 win player still on the rise. The lone exception to this trend was Chris Young, who signed his contract extension early — he was still one year away from arbitration — after posting a +2.6 win season at the age of 24. So while Jones has tracked many of these players through arbitration, he may have a difficult time arguing to the Orioles that he deserves as much on the tail-end of an extension as players like Morneau, Markakis, and Uggla. As Dave Cameron pointed out earlier this off-season, he has tremendous upside and his young career profile is reminiscent of players like Hart and Morneau. But since he still hasn't been able to convert that potential into more on-the-field production, he can't expect the Orioles to break the bank on him. If I was the Orioles, I'd use Markakis's deal as a general framework for an extension with Jones, but look to shave off some money and structure the tail-end similar to Alex Rios's deal. At $11-13 million, the Orioles would be paying Jones a little bit less than market-rate if he remains at a +2.5 win level, and they would get themselves a bargain if Jones ever broke out. Of course, they would also take on some risk in case Jones regresses, but considering his sustained success at the majors thus far, he seems like a relatively safe bet. Would this sort of a deal be attractive enough to keep Jones from pushing through to free agency? That's impossible for us to say, but the Orioles should at least try because he likely won't get any easier to convince going forward. We hoped you liked reading Contract Extension Comps for Adam Jones by Steve Slowinski! Please support FanGraphs by becoming a member. We publish thousands of articles a year, host multiple podcasts, and have an ever growing database of baseball stats. FanGraphs does not have a paywall. With your membership, we can continue to offer the content you've come to rely on and add to our unique baseball coverage. Support FanGraphs


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by Hina Rajpal on Friday, January 30, 2015
- Section
- Fringe, Geekery & Life Hacks
- Session type
- Debate
- Technical level
- Beginner
To understand the role of leisure and idleness in improving happiness and raising productivity, particularly in the context of a developing country such as India.
"A habit of finding pleasure in thought rather than action is a safeguard against unwisdom and excessive love of power, a means of preserving serenity in misfortune and peace of mind among worries."
80 years ago, mathematician & philosopher Bertrand Russell published a collection of essays in which he argued in favour of more idleness in the developed world. There are now several examples of countries in the developed world that have embraced Russell's teachings and moved towards a 35 hours working week - in fact, countries such as Netherlands, Norway & Denmark have average work weeks that are less than 35 hours!
In this session, I will introduce some of the key concepts laid out in Russell's "In Praise of Idleness" and examine them in the context of the modern world. For example, Switzerland & USA have comparable per capita GDP, but the average Swiss works 150 hours less than the average American. Most importantly, are any of Russell's declarations relevant for a developing country such as India? What possible role can idleness have in a rapidly expanding economy such as ours?
This is a discussion in which I will share some facts and philosophies, but I will not be able to provide any easy answers. If you have any data or information on this topic, please do share that. Most importantly, share your thoughts and experiences, and keep an open mind!
If you would like to collaborate, please drop me a line and I would be happy to discuss.
None, except a curious and open mind.
Speaker bio
Professionally, I am a newbie entrepreneur and an experienced management consultant. I currently run an online platform called My Big Red Bag (MBRB) that looks at current news and popular culture from the lens of feminism. Prior to launching MBRB, I spent over 13 years helping companies transform their business strategies and improve their organization structures and processes. I also spent a considerable time of my corporate stint in nurturing and grooming talent.
Personally, I love books, people, travel and pop culture - which is why we cover these subjects extensively in my e-zine :-) I am a roadtrip junkie who plans vacations around roundtrips, whether in India or in Latin America. Reading is another passion - not just books but also newspapers, magazines, journals and even pamphlets (don't ask). Watching tennis is a bit of addiction for me and if you want a good argument on why Roger Federer should play for another decade, I'm the man (pun intended). I am also a self-confessed idler, possibly in rebellion against my mother who allowed me to watch TV only if I promised to do something "useful" on the side.


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People of Earth has arrived on TBS and the secret is out: The series is Certified Fresh with a 91% on the Tomatometer.
In the series — from producers Conan O'Brien, Greg Daniels, and David Jenkins — the aliens are real. This isn't just some wacky group of delusional nut cases. The aliens show up at the end of the pilot, and they're making plans to stay on Earth. By the fourth episode (spoiler alert — sort of), you'll see the abduction of alien abduction support group leader Gina Morrison, who is played by Ana Gasteyer.
A Groundlings-trained comedian, Gasteyer was on Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2002 and continues to pop in. She was also on Maria Bamford's Netflix comedy Lady Dynamite, as her agent Karen Grisham, which is set to return for a second season. On top of all of this, Gasteyer is an accomplished singer performing live shows throughout the season.
Fred Topel for Rotten Tomatoes: Episode four is really your big one, isn't it?
Ana Gasteyer: It is, and I haven't seen it yet, but it's fun talking to you guys and hearing your impression of it.
RT: When you got the pilot and the role of the therapist, did you know at the time she was going to have her own abduction?
Gasteyer: Yes, I knew that everybody in the group came from an abduction. Oddly enough it was important to me that she had been abducted, because it obviously made the role 3,000 times more dimensional than otherwise.
RT: When that came rather soon in episode four, did it live up to your expectations?
Gasteyer: Yes. I wanted to explore it. That's the problem with half-hour television, right? I would've happily spent more time exploring it, but I love the payoff. I love the idea that on top of all the rest of the bullshit that fell apart in her life, she then gets abducted. It's important, because I think essentially what I find fun about playing anyone, especially someone who's an authority, is that they're a slightly misguided authority. I did have the sense that she was a therapist who maybe wasn't always totally on her game but trying to be. Her heart was in the right place. So the story tells very clearly I think how she arrived at her ambivalence, if that makes any sense.
RT: Is the support group a way to redeem her therapist life?
Gasteyer: Exactly. That's exactly right. It's sort of her way back in. I think what's interesting about abduction per se is it's this very traumatic experience for people. It would be very life altering if it was truly your perception of what had happened to you. Then add to that that you really cannot talk about it with anyone. I imagine it would be like surviving some kind of identity theft where it's very hard to make it a relatable human experience. In some ways, they're very alien in society. They're alien to their families. They're alienated. So I think that explains what was interesting about the true need for the group.
RT: On a practical level, what was it like recreating that classic abduction scene of the human lying on the alien table?
Gasteyer: It was cool. I loved it. One of the reasons I liked the script to begin with is I'm actually married to an alien-obsessive man. Especially around the time of X-Files, he was really, really obsessed. We have a lot of books about it, and there was a time when it was always on TV, the various abduction documentaries and so forth. So the material seemed really fun. It is weird. It's weird to play that feeling of being totally out of control. They put the eyes in Ken [Hall]'s eyes so I couldn't see his eyes. It was fun. It was ridiculous, fun, and terrifying all at once.
RT: Is she over it from the beginning? She kind of calls B.S. on the aliens.
Gasteyer: I don't think that she's saying "bullshit" to the abduction. I think the writers' intention was not feeling special, not falling for whatever it was that made everybody else attracted to the idea of it. I don't think it was a positive. I think she's had a really rough life. Marriage falling apart, lost her practice, moves upstate, and then this bullshit.
RT: And I think she's right, because I think that's something they just say to humans because maybe we're gullible. We believe them if they say, "You're special."
Gasteyer: Exactly. She's not going to fall for it.
RT: Does Gina see Ozzie (Wyatt Cenac) as an ally who can help the other members of the group?
Gasteyer: Oh definitely. That's sort of the function of the pilot, right? She's the one that agrees to let him write about it because she wanted a sense of agency. She wants to not feel like such an outsider in the world. She wants to be recognized as a valid group.
RT: Is there anyone in the group that Gina just can't reach and can't help?
Gasteyer: Yeah, I think a lot of them. [Laughs] I think in particular Chelsea is probably hard for her to reach because she's a pretty stubborn and stoic woman. You can see how defensive she is in the pilot, Tracee [Chimo]'s depiction of her. I think that's probably the one she's most combative with.
RT: Now that the aliens are here, when does Gina get to confront them again?
Gasteyer: I don't know yet. We're not there yet. One of the great things about this show is that when you read a pilot, you sign a seven-year contract in television so you really have to think, "God, could this tell a lot of stories?" And it definitely could. We have so many people. We have the aliens. We have abduction. There's a lot to uncover here.
RT: Did you ever hear from Martha Stewart or Celine Dion when you played them on SNL?
Gasteyer: I heard from both of them and they both could not have been more gracious. I saw Martha as recently as three years ago. I saw her on the Seth Meyers show. She was there, and I issued a public apology. It was a bit, and she was great about it. We ended up doing a cooking segment together. I saw her a lot during the SNL years. Both of them were extremely savvy about the fact that imitation is the highest form of flattery.
RT: Did you get the job doing Celine, because you were already a singer?
Gasteyer: Yes and no. Obviously a much different kind of singer. Nothing makes me laugh harder than earnestness, and she's a very sincere performer, which I definitely am not. Yes, I love her. Vocally she's ridiculous, she's so talented.
RT: Where are you performing music this year?
Gasteyer: I'll be in Las Vagas at the Smith Center on the 10 and 11 of November, and then at the Long Beach Symphony, I'm doing the holiday POPS! concert on December 10.
RT: For your fans who haven't actually heard you perform, what is your music like?
Gasteyer: My album is out. It's called I'm Hip. It's ridiculous jazz, and it's really a good time. It's old fashioned and it's fun. I love it.
RT: Is Karen Grisham back on Lady Dynamite for Netflix?
Gasteyer: Yes, to my knowledge she will be back. Season 2 starts filming in the winter, and I'm so excited. They haven't told me anything yet. I stopped by the writer's room. They've got a million brilliant ideas of course because they're brilliant. I love playing that part, and I love working with Pam [Brady], and I love working with Maria and Mitch Hurwitz. I'm really looking forward to it.
RT: That's so much from Maria's psyche, and I imagine there was a real Karen Grisham even if she had a different name. Did Maria have very specific notes about who this was and you had to get her right?
Gasteyer: Absolutely not. It's funny because I have had that experience before on other shows where it's always a little tricky. I played this drama teacher on The Goldbergs, and it was important to Adam [F. Goldberg], this is very much someone from his life. I think the experience of Lady Dynamite is so kind of its own hyperspace. I think she was very forgiving and went with the flow.
RT: With two shows and live performances, are you busier now than even when you were on SNL?
Gasteyer: No. I'm busy. I'm so happy. I'm as busy as I want to be, and I'm grateful. I'm just psyched to be working on what I'm working on. I love the stuff I'm doing. I feel really happy.
People of Earth airs Mondays at 9 on TBS


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Must Love Pekes is a blog for those who love Pekingese, their looks, their antics, their personalities. It is written by me, Linda, and I have been rescuing Pekingese for over 15 years. Lots of them have gone through our home. We have loved them all.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Gracie Lu is all ready for spring. Even the placemat at the front door is rady! (I love that placemat-- I'll have to look for a spring one for my house.) Gracie has her purple people eater with her and they are both ready for her doggy friend to come for a walk around the block.She has a spring-like doggy bed-- purple! And a blue toy. Yes, spring is coming.Gracie, you are just so cute. You and Starlight must be related. :-)
1 comment:
- lady jicky said...
Oh you are a pretty girl Ms Gracie!!
- April 11, 2012 at 7:04 AM
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Discounts are a good thing for people that are able to locate them. Coupons are great, but just if you find them. It does not matter how you want to save money when you make online purchases; this article will teach you the right way to go about it. Your journey to big savings starts right now.
If you go shopping on the Internet, avoid giving your SSN. No shopping websites should ever ask for this extremely personal piece of information. If your number has been requested, you have likely come across a scammer's site. Spend a few extra dollars on a site that won't sell your social to the highest bidder.
Pay attention closely to see if any online sales are starting on Wednesday or later. Online stores list their sales mid-week because real world stores usually have weekend sales. You can often find exceptional mid-week bargains with just a little online research.
Carefully look at the page in which your desired item is on. Check out every detail, including sizing and features. Remember that product pictures on the website may not be totally accurate.
If you make many online shopping purchases, you should think about registering for services that provide free shipping from certain places. These kinds of services tend to list stores with whom they are partnered with. Some many even give you a free trial membership; that way, you can figure out if the price is worth the service. Try out a few different services so that you can choose the one that works best for you.
Coupons.com is a great first stop before shopping. You can find digital coupons from retailers and manufacturers, which can offer you great savings. You need to remember to use the coupon site when you're checking out or you may not get the deal.
Take care when setting up passwords. Avoid something that is simple or easy to figure out. Protect your credit card and other personal information by choosing good passwords. Don't allow thieves to get your information. Develop passwords that are random and contain numbers, letters and symbols.
Be sure to look for promotional and coupon codes for any purchase you make online. Online retailers frequently hold sales and offer discounts. Even coupons for basic shipping discounts can add up when you buy a bundle of things.
This article has provided many tips to help you shop wisely online. When you're shopping online, you are shopping worldwide; and, it doesn't mean you should be paying a bunch of money. Get great discounts every day by following the tips presented here.


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Renton is located southeast of Seattle and just south of Bellevue. The city is best known for being the long-time headquarters of the Boeing Company, which still has limited operations here. With a population of 91,000, the city is fairly large but still maintains a smaller town feel in its historic downtown district. New developments like the Renton Landing have brought more modern dining and entertainment options to the area, as well as a larger contingency of new condos available near Lake Washington. Most of Renton is comprised of fairly affordable residential neighborhoods interspersed with small retail districts serving the local residents.
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I think one of the biggest dangers with taking on a project like Create/Consume, or deciding to rearrange your life in order to get more 'serious' or 'productive,' is that you automatically assume anything that is antithetical to your goal is a waste of time.
I'm at the point with doing Create/Consume (and in case you're wondering, yes I'm still tracking all my time, and so far September is going better than August) where it has become automatic to reach out, pull out my iPhone and start the clock every time I'm about to doing something creative or consumptive. When I'm about to start writing or performing, I mentally give myself a little pat on the back, knowing that I'm being the productive person I aim to be. Conversely, when I pull out my phone to start tracking anything I count as consumption - usually TV or a video game, there's a small sense of disapproval that comes with starting the counter, knowing that every second that ticks by is a second I'm going further into the red.
On the one hand, this is a good thing, and the reason I started tracking in the first place. I want to be held accountable for my time, and before C/C I knew I was erring too much on the side of over-consumption. On the other hand, it's very easy to start equating 'relaxing,' or 'enjoying yourself' with 'wasting time,' and 'unproductive.' And that's a bad thing. Studies have shown that people equate time with money (the logical end point for this line of thinking) have a harder time enjoying themselves during leisure activities. Sounds pretty awful right?
When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the line between childhood and adulthood. I couldn't comprehend why people would ever stop wanting to be a kid. In my head actually pictured a machine on an assembly line that people (presumably aging teenagers?) would have to go through to 'enter' adulthood. I didn't know exactly what happened inside of the machine, but I did know that upon reaching the end of the assembly line, suddenly fun things like freeze tag and video games stopped being worthwhile pursuits. And now business meetings, exercise and proper diet were of the utmost importance, while watching too much television or eating a whole bag of Doritos was utterly shameful.
I never wanted to enter that machine. I wanted to be a kid forever. And guess what? I actually resisted hard enough that my dream sort of came true, for better or for worse. I spent my 20's not excelling at any career, but rather priding myself on having free time, being able to have fun, and having an active social life. My nights have never been filled with deadlines or late hours at the office, but rather the things I've chosen to fill my time with. Sometimes it's an improv show, or a night of writing. Other times it's time spent out with friends, or staying in watching four episodes of The Walking Dead in a row (in fact, that was just last night). And that definitely makes me happy.
Adult life is filled with responsibilities and work, and it's easy to see why over time people stop being able to really relax and enjoy themselves. I've been blessed (or cursed, depending on your perspective) with the opposite problem - I've spent a reckless amount of time having fun and avoiding certain responsibilities while ignoring what it takes to really pursue my passions. As I take steps like C/C to take my work more seriously, I've got to ensure that I never forget the joy that comes from a gaming marathon or a late night out with friends, whether or not the "clock" (literal or metaphorical) is running. Otherwise I'd be doing the child that's still inside of me - whose opinions on ice cream and superheroes are very much still valid - a terrible disservice.
So here's to finishing a full season of Breaking Bad in less than a week. Here's to hitting 100 hours in Skyrim. Here's to unapologetically wasting an entire afternoon on Facebook, Reddit, whatever, you name it. Here's to indulgence, the devil on our shoulder, the reward we rightfully deserve.
Here's to CONSUMPTION, the very important second half of the Create / Consume equation!
PS: Note that this post on the joys of Consumption just netted me about 45 minutes of Creation for blogging. Create/Consume is not without its loopholes.


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NOW OPEN: The END-of-YEAR REPORT for Student Organizations
Apr 8, 2019 by Chantea` Swinson-Rhoe
The End-of-Year Report is a form that allows the Council of Presidents and the Office of Student Activities and Campus Engagement to see the current standing of your organization.
- We want to see/track your organizations growth
- We want to know where we can be of assistance for your organization
- How we can make organizations better here on campus
- Advocate and promote your organizations
The form closes Friday, May 10, 2019 at 5:00 PM
- Please fill out the form in its entirety, if you do not have a valid answer then put NOT APPLICABLE (N/A)
- Be sure to have accurate documentation of your membership roster and be sure that all members are added to your OrgSync Portal
- You must submit PROOF of community service by uploading an EXCEL Spreadsheet (Member Name, Location of Service, Date, Hours Participated) (Please include the full name of participants and locations)
- Your advisor must approve your submission before COP/OSA will review the report
- This is REQUIRED for your organization to continue in the Fall 2019 semester and to participate in the OrgFair.
Organizations who fail to submit their End of Year Report in FULL COMPLETION by the deadline will either be delayed for programming or ineligible to register for the Fall semester.
Please refer and follow to the PDF Documents under the FILES tab in the Council of Presidents Orgsync portal labeled End of Year Example and Council of Presidents Transition Document
If you have any questions regarding this report please email the Council of Presidents at email@example.com