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In today’s world, we shake our head when we hear a high-profile figure make racist remarks. We cringe at racist or sexist or offensive comments being directed at other races, genders, or nationalities. Yet here’s the sad truth: these sorts of attitudes and behaviors were perfectly acceptable for the vast majority — more than three-quarters — of U.S. history. It hurts to look at reminders of that past, but we’ve gathered 10 interesting posters from this politically incorrect past that are not just offensive to our modern sensibilities, they also echo some of the current debate on immigration and other issues. (Images are in chronological order.)
10. Runaway Slave Reward Poster (1854)
Posters such as this dotted the South — and even non-slave states — during the era of slavery. That $100 reward is the equivalent of about $2,600 in 2014.
9. Civil War Recruitment Poster (1863)
Nothing too politically incorrect about the large print on this poster, but some of the fine print is condescending to blacks: “If we are not lower in the scale of humanity than Englishmen, Irishmen, White Americans and other races, we can show it now.” (See the fine print here at ohiolink.edu.) More than 186,000 African Americans fought for the Union in the Civil War.
8. Racist Campaign Poster (1866)
Countless American politicians have used racial themes to disparage their opponents. Some were subtle: think Richard Nixon’s presidential campaign mantra on “law and order” in 1968, a reference to the problem of urban crime and riots of the era. Other campaigns have been anything but subtle, such as this poster from the 1866 gubernatorial race in Pennsylvania. Democratic candidate Hiester Clymer, running on a white supremacist platform, went to great lengths during the campaign to portray Republican James Geary as “for the Negro.” Geary won the election.
7. Yellow Peril Advertisement (1882)
A wave of Chinese immigrants began arriving in the western U.S. in the mid-19th century. Many came to work on the railroads, but others opened up businesses, including laundries. This mass immigration alarmed many Americans, who viewed the Chinese as subhuman. A great hysteria, known as the Yellow Peril, swept the nation, as Americans called for immigration limits and stricter laws regarding Chinese. In this advertising poster for “Magic Washer” soap, Uncle Sam kicks a caricatured Chinese man, suggesting the soap will eliminate the need for Chinese laundries. That same year, the U.S. passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, imposing strict limits on Chinese immigration.
6. Indian Land for Sale Poster (1911)
Native Americans have suffered greatly at the hands of U.S. government policy through the years, from broken treaties in the 1800s to the current situation on reservations. Among the most harmful U.S. actions: the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887, which split Native American reservations and encouraged the residents to purchase private plots of land for farming. If the Native Americans failed to utilize the land, the government could sell the land to white settlers. By the turn of the century, Native Americans had lost nearly half the land they had remaining.
5. STD Poster (Early 1940s)
The Japanese and Germans weren’t the only enemies facing American soldiers during World War II. An outbreak of syphilis and gonorrhea early in the war prompted the government to begin a public health campaign to warn soldiers of these threats. With posters such as the one above, and films with ominous titles (USS VD: Ship of Shame), the campaign went to great lengths to portray single women and one-night stands as more dangerous than a loaded gun. Rarely was there a mention that single women should avoid any contact with possible disease-carrying soldiers. Here’s a look at some other posters from the era on BusinessInsider.com.
4. Anti-Semitic Poster (1940s)
There is a long history of anti-Semitism around the world, and the United States has seen more than its share of this behavior. This image, a white supremacy leaflet, urged Aryans (whites) to “Learn the facts — Stop the Jewish parasites — help build a strong, white America. Here’s a link to a larger version on Flickr.
3. War Poster (1945)
After helping defeat Nazi Germany in World War II, the United States turned its attention to stopping Japan. You know the outcome there. Hard to believe from looking at this type of anti-Japanese sentiment that within a few years, the U.S. would sign a pact vowing to defend Japan against foreign attack and that within a generation, Japanese consumer products would become a dominant force in the American market.
2. Blaxploitation Film Artwork (1974)
The producer and star of this controversial film, Fred Williamson, rose to fame in the 1960s as a pro football player before turning to films. Even in that era of terrible “blaxploitation” films that exploited African American themes, it’s hard to believe this explosive title appeared in theaters, although it played in some regions as The Boss or The Black Bounty Killer. The movie endures today as a cult classic of the genre, thanks to a 2008 DVD release titled, Boss.
1. Occupy Wall Street Sign (2011)
Some might wonder: Why run a story like this in 2014? After all, these racist and politically incorrect sentiments are old news, a dark chapter from America’s past. And then we have the above photo, taken at an Occupy Wall Street rally in 2011. Many media outlets reported on the anti-Semitic signs and attitudes at these protests across the country.


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Thirteen-year-old Julie Ruff poses with her family after closing night of a production of “Annie” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, Mass., where she had the title role. Julie was joined, from left, by her mother, LeeAnne; brothers Jordan and Justus; sister, Jenna; and father, Jon.
Julia Ruff is chasing her dream.
The 13-year-old Peru Middle School student is packing her bags and heading to Los Angeles, Calif., to pursue a career as a professional actress.
“I’m very nervous,” admitted Julia. “I’m going all the way across the country, really not knowing anybody. It’ll be an adventure.”
Julia didn’t just wake up one day and decide to become an actress. It’s been something she’s wanted to do since she started acting in local theatre productions at the age of 4. Her parents, LeeAnne and Jon Ruff, have been behind her every step of the way.
“When she was 5, she told us she was going to be on Broadway,” said LeeAnne, smiling.
Through the years, Julia’s parents have encouraged her passion for acting which has led to roles with productions for Peru Music Theatre, Adirondack Regional Theatre, Essex Theatre Company and Lake Placid Center for the Arts, among others.
“I’ve been in Peter Pan twice, Annie twice. I’ve been in Grease, The Little Mermaid, Gypsy, The Sound of Music, Seussical,” Julia recalled. “I love acting. It’s something I want to keep doing for the rest of my life.”
And, just as her decision to pursue becoming a professional actress didn’t happen overnight, neither did Julia’s pilgrimage to the West Coast. It began with a benefit concert at the church the Ruffs attend where they met Karen Mason, a Broadway performer.
“Karen and her husband encouraged us to get Julia to New York City to see what possibilities there were,” said LeeAnne. “So, we did.”
Julia enrolled in an acting workshop in the city where she met later with managers and agents who were impressed with her acting abilities, said LeeAnne.
“She got called right away by several people,” said LeeAnne.
Eventually, Julia got enough attention to land parts in two television commercials for Chuck E. Cheese and a commercial for Hellman’s Mayonnaise.
“It’s been such wonderful experience for her,” said LeeAnne.
That experience was also what paved the way for Julia to head to Los Angeles, said her mother, who will be moving with her while she pursues an acting career.
“Some of the people she’s worked with have said she’s really well-suited for TV and film,” said LeeAnne. “And, you really have to be in L.A. for a future in that. So, we decided to go.”
Julia and her mother traveled to Los Angeles earlier this year where they met with people in the acting field, including several talent agencies. They came away with the feeling moving there would be the next logical decision.
“If we didn’t think she had a great shot at it, we wouldn’t necessarily make such a big move,” said LeeAnne.
Knowing she has the support of her parents and her older siblings — Jordan, a 23-year-old mechanical engineer; Jenna, a 21-year-old pre-med student at Harvard University; and Justus, an 18-year-old Wake Forest University business student — means the world to her, said Julia.
“It definitely boosts my confidence. It’s a good feeling to know how much my family supports me in what I’m doing,” said Julia.
“We are certainly blessed by how each one of them has worked hard to go after their goals,” LeeAnne said of her children. “They are all very close and supportive of each other. They are very excited for Julia and certainly are her biggest fans.”
Though Julia’s parents are serious about standing behind their daughter as she takes the next step, they’re also staying grounded, knowing not everyone who moves to Hollywood turns out to be a star. Julia’s father, who is employed as an environmental manager for the city of Plattsburgh, will stay behind, keeping his job to maintain a steady income for their family.
“We don’t want any of that to change in case it doesn’t work out for her,” said LeeAnne. “It’s not going to be easy. It’s going to be quite a challenge. But, we figure this has been her dream since she was a little, little girl. We’re going to help her try.”
“It’ll all work out the way it’s meant to be,” she added.
However it works out, Julia said she’ll be OK with her decision, knowing at least she tried.
“I’m just going to try my best and whatever happens, happens,” said Julia.
“I’ve gotten this far, I can’t turn back now,” she added, smiling.

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Brooks brings the 360 degree feel of his concerts to fans at home
If one was ever a Garth Brooks fan, they’re about to become an even bigger one. Brooks dropped his new live album, Triple Live, to fans for free this week via a Ticketmaster promotion, but it doesn’t stop there. The free version is a “Fan Mix” that allows fans to take control of the sound by changing the balance on their speakers.
I’m not sure how many fans have speakers that allow them to adjust the balance, but the feeling I got while listening with a pair of headphones is submersible. The band is on the left side with the crowd on the right and it put me right in the center of the arena. It was like I was there and reliving my Fresno experience all over again! Because of this, Triple Live has a more real feel than his previous live efforts.
Triple Live features key moments from Brooks’ three year North American tour with Trisha Yearwood that ran from 2014-2017 and playing nearly 400 shows. The Fan Mix is a digital download only that features 26 tracks from the trek. This brings each “disc” running about 34-40 minutes (shorter than his 21x platinum Double Live that covered his 1996-1998 tour), but Brooks promises additional tracks will be included on the physical version that will be released to retail this fall, so I’m expecting three discs packed with material.
The album features a mix of old, new and cover songs. Staples one can always expect to appear on a Garth Brooks live album include “The Thunder Rolls” and “Friends In Low Places” in their extended forms, “Ain’t Goin’ Down (‘Til The Sun Comes Up),” “Callin’ Baton Rouge,” “Shameless,” “The Dance” and more. New songs include his most recent No. 1 “Ask Me How I Know,” “Whiskey To Wine” with Yearwood and “Mom,” among others. Covers include a rousing rendition of Ashley McBryde’s “Girl Goin’ Nowhere,” aptly titled “Boy Goin’ Nowhere,” George Strait’s “The Fireman” and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s “Fishin’ In The Dark,” the latter which was previously released as a studio recording.
As with its predecessor, there are fade outs between each song, causing discontent with many fans, but this doesn’t bother me. I like the idea of having songs from different shows to capture the energy better. Oftentimes, live albums that are from a single show fall short for various reasons. However, Triple Live is all fun and high packed energy and is one big sing-a-long. Plus, several of the songs included weren’t performed during the early part of the tour, let alone every night, so this is a good mix live music from the six time CMA Entertainer of the Year winner, and the reason he should’ve been nominated and win for a seventh time!

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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – Just as the nation's healthcare system is about to go through a controversial overhaul, nearly 800 Texas Tech students graduated Saturday from the Health Sciences Center with degrees in the medical field.
Students received degrees in medicine, nursing, and pharmacy ready to go into the changing field of healthcare. But as students join the field, some doctors are leaving.
"There are numerous physicians in town who are looking to re-organize or get out of medicine altogether. I know several prominent physicians who are talking about three or four years of practice and then quitting medicine," said local Doctor Robert Johnson.
Johnson is leaving his private practice because of the threats to cut back on Medicare reimbursements. He also blames the uncertain future for the medical field with the controversial health care reform.
"Year after year it's becoming less favorable to go into medicine at all and soon the best and the brightest are no longer going to look at medicine as a viable career," said Johnson.
But the hundreds of recent medical graduates think otherwise. "My whole family is in health care so I've kind of been around it all my life and it just felt like the right thing to do," said Texas Tech pharmacy graduate Sarah Villarreal.
The new Texas Tech Health Sciences Center President, Tedd Mitchell also addressed the health care issue during the graduation ceremony. He said the system needs work but not a complete overhaul, and that for years other countries have looked to the U.S. for medical advances and innovation.
He also encouraged the graduates not to dwell on the current problems as they start their new careers.
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You’ve seen the numbers: the managed security services market projected to reach $2.24 billion by 2003 and content security sales to achieve $952 million by 2004, according to International Data Corporation. The European Internet security market is also forecasted to grow dramatically -- to $2.74 billion by 2006 (Frost & Sullivan).
Happy days are on the horizon for security vendors. Even notorious cracker Kevin Mitnick, one of the most popular convicted felons on the security circuit, is helping out with hype as closing keynote speaker at the Giga Information Group's Infrastructures for E-Business conference held in Los Angeles. In his words, "In God we trust. Everybody else is suspect."
Good times for vendors, bad times for customers
As a cyber-security industry analyst, its my job to keep track of all the cyber-security firms out there -- both U.S. and worldwide. In other words, I need to know what they offer, their business strengths and weaknesses, their technology advantages and shortcomings, services levels, estimated longevity, and everything else in order to determine if they’re a serious player for the long haul. So many security firms are either cropping up, widening their offerings or touting Internet infrastructure security solutions that assessments are nigh impossible for customers to conduct effectively.
I’ve got to tell you this market is getting crowded and it’ll be standing room only for quite a while. Shakeouts will come, but now is not the time for several reasons:
- On this frontier, products are primarily proprietary, making them difficult to compare.
- Well-known security vendor products’ often come from a consumer tradition, leaving doubt about their industry depth and level of commitment.
- Customer support varies dramatically by vendor. Small vendors may expect security expertise within their client’s staff to handle technical details while large vendors may focus on client support, assuming little in-house client security expertise. (Let’s not talk product quality and success right now.)
- Outstanding security applications are a necessary but insufficient criteria for vendor success.
- Too many other variables impact protection reliability including responsive support, continual updates, integrative capabilities with other security products, etc.
- The security managed services provider market offers so many advantages that it will rival traditional software installation.
- New vendors (i.e., less than two years in the security industry) often have underlying business agendas that differ dramatically from their marketing promotion such as acquisition, partnership, going public, "niche-and-stick."
The product-services mix is evolving quickly, further muddling vendor categories and security business models.
Security Focus has encouraged vendors to add their services to a growing list of companies offering cyber protection. Currently over 400 security-related firms are listed under:commercial response teams
free secure email
ids & firewall deployment
information security training
integration and general security consulting
managed firewall or perimeter monitoring (ids)
penetration testing and risk analysis
security & it related jobs
security policy development
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Hats off to Security Focus for providing this public service. (Careful vendors; when you’re listed in many, if not all categories, are you truly a "total solution provider" (whatever that means) or stretching true capabilities and planning to catch up later?)
It’s your business and you can cry if you want to
Bet you feel like your company is between a rock and a hard place: crackers, government agencies, and pundits on one side; and security experts and vendors on the other. Take heart! The good news is lots of very smart folks are working extremely hard to deliver protection in an increasingly complex new world.
Check out Security Focus’ security vendor services listings. They’re a start toward identifying candidates to deliver your firm’s protective services. Keep in mind my column titled "Stumbling Toward Protection, Finding Few Answers". Best wishes and good luck!
Dr. Goslar is principal analyst and founder of E-PHD, LLC -- an e-security research and analysis firm. He is also on the editorial board of the International Journal of Electronic Commerce and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.


4 Hurt In Multi-Car Crash On Gowanus Expressway
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Authorities said four people were hurt in a multi-car crash on the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn.
Nearly a dozen cars were involved in the crash that happened around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday in the eastbound HOV lanes near Sixth Avenue.
The damages ranged from minor fender benders to major damage. A cab was actually tossed onto the median and needed to be removed with a forklift.
The crash caused major traffic delays in the area.
Fire officials said the victims were taken to a local hospital. All the injuries appeared minor.
No word on what sparked the crash.
Check Out These Other Stories From CBSNewYork.com:
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- Queens Residents Spot Apparent Coyote On Roof Of Long Island City Bar
- Vigil Held For Victim Of East Village Explosion As Investigators Probe Cause
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ISGM has entered into a Letter of Intent to extend and vary an existing contract with Foxtel to manage the customer installations and maintenance of satellite and cable TV, commercial and MDU work, and broadband services. A varied contract is expected to be signed shortly for an initial term of 3 years with the option for Foxtel to extend for a further 3 years to November 2022.
ISGM CEO Jonathan Field said, “we are delighted to have been selected as Foxtel’s primary partner to manage cable and satellite installations and maintenances services in Victoria, Tasmania, Northern Territory and South Australia, as well as, parts of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales including Newcastle. This is a welcome extension of our relationship with Foxtel which commenced with work in regional and remote Australia in December 2014.”
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Kenton County, Kentucky officials said a double fatal shooting in their county two weeks before the Pike County shootings have “similarities” to the killings of members of the Rhoden family, according to a new report from WSYX in Columbus.
“There were similarities between both,” Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders told WSYX. “I think the situations are related to drug dealing, not how the victims were killed.”
Kenton County is located about 100 miles from Pike County.
According to the report, Kenton County authorities said a well-known drug dealer and his girlfriend were discovered shot to death execution-style in their bed, two weeks before eight members of the Rhoden family were killed execution-style in Pike County.
“I am sure our investigators have looked at that case,” Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine told WSYX. “I have not looked at it and I am not going to comment further on it.”
DeWine has previously declined to say if an illegal marijuana operation found on the property of one of the Rhoden victims is the reason for the Pike County killings
In the Kenton County killings, the couples’ children were left unharmed by the killers, who police said were familiar with the house, WSYX reported.
In Pike County, DeWine has said the majority of the victims were killed while sleeping in their beds, and Hannah Gilley was found just inches from her newborn. DeWine too has said it appeared the suspects were familiar with the crime scenes.
DeWine said they do not know how many suspects are out there in connection to the Pike County shootings and so far no arrests have been made.
Authorities in Kentucky are still searching for killers in the Kenton County shootings as well.
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This last Christmas, Joe Hardin decided to contact some of his past students over his many years of teaching. He just wanted to wish them Happy Holidays and check in to see where they ended up. He didn’t know if anyone would really remember some guy who taught them music, but his responses came back in a landslide.
Some of the people have moved to other countries or spread all throughout America. Some of them have kept playing over the years, and some have let their instruments get a little dusty. But they all had stories to share of how Joe has affected their life, and the joy they felt taking lessons with him. There were many touching thoughts sent to him, and he couldn’t believe how kindly everyone was speaking of him.
The thing is, taking music lessons isn’t just about learning notes (although, to be fair it is a big part!) it’s about having fun. Music can help develop young minds–making kids perform better at school, or keep older minds young–fighting off memory loss. But it can also be an emotional healer. When you take lessons at Downtown Music, our goals are to help build confidence and teach the joy of music along with the technical skills involved. That’s why you catch so many of our students hanging around “jamming” in the store!
When you leave a lesson, I hope you leave with a smile on your face and excited to come back again the next week. I know we sure look forward to it. To this day, my father (Joe) can not believe that he gets to call what he does work. Most people would flinch at the number of hours he “clocks” a week, but he never really works. I have spent my life watching the child-like excitement as he talks about the student who finally got “it,” or the times when he seemed to pick the perfect song for someone to learn.
It’s wonderful to know that his kind of passion for making music accessible exists. And it is wonderful as his daughter to see the number of people that he has inspired over the years.


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|Title:||Estudo de Resistência aos Antimicrobianos em Amostras de Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Isoladas em Hospitais da Cidade de Niteroi-RJ|
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|Abstract:||A total of 162 P. aeruginosa strains was studied. They were isolated from patients attended in four hospitals located in Niterói city, Rio de Janeiro state, two of them supported by public health system: Hospital Azevedo Lima and Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro, and the others from privative service: Hospital Santa Cruz and Casa de Saúde Santa Marta, between July 2002 and December 2003. The isolates were recovered from different clinical sources, including: urine (22.8%); secretions (52.5%); catheter tips (6.2%); blood specimens (8.6%); fluids (1.9%) and others (8%). All strains were susceptible to polimixin B. More than half of them showed resistance to cefotaxime (69.1%); ceftriaxone (65.5%); ciprofloxacin (54.9%); gentamicin (51.9%) and ticarcillin-clavulanic acid (50.6%), and in lower percentages to imipenem (35.8%); cefepime (33%); amikacin (32.1%); ceftazidime (30.9%); aztreonam (27.8%)and piperacillin-tazobactam (27.8%). Metallo-â-lactamase (M-âla) production was detected in 9 (5.6%) strains recovered from three of the four hospitals evaluated. The genetic diversity study was performed by chromosomal DNA fragmentation, after SpeI enzymatic treatment using Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE). Among 19 strains selected from the study, 10 non M-âla producer multidrug-resistant strains showed a large variety of genetics profiles. However, the 9 M-âla producers were allocated in a single clonal group, the same genetic profile detected among P. aeruginosa M-âla producing strains, recovered in São Paulo city and Rio de Janeiro city, suggesting interhospital spread of strains at a local and regional level|
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“The New always looks so small, so puny, so unpromising next to the size and performance of maturity.”– Peter Drucker
Imagine you have a 500k mortgage and a modest car earning 120k per year. You don’t have much left in your account monthly after household expenses and your kids’ college tuition fees. When you see people driving a luxury car, you scoff, “what a waste of money”. As luck would have it, you win the lottery. Overnight, you have $40m in your bank. From the perspective of your current resources, a luxury car no longer appears to be a waste of money. While you’re at it, as well as the car, you buy a multi-million dollar crib too. The cost of the car and the house is relative to how much you have at your disposal.
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Everything is relative.
Clayton Christensen described this same relativity problem in the context of organisational resource allocation. “An opportunity attractive to a firm that has $50 million in sales and seeks 10% top-line growth would be unattractive to a firm with $5 billion in sales and seeks 10% top-line growth. A $2.5 million opportunity meets 50% of the first firm’s growth needs but only 0.5% of the second firm’s growth needs.” Which company will prioritise going after a $2.5 million market?
Everything is relative.
The same innovation has very different implications for different companies.
One Firm’s Junk is Another Firm’s Gold
“Low-end disruptors find success when they stealthily take advantage of asymmetries of motivation by targeting customers whom existing competitors are happy to shed.”– Clayton Christensen, Scott D. Anthony, “Seeing What’s Next”
A firm’s resources, processes, and values filter the way a firm looks at a budding innovation. Firms with different resources, processes, and values can look at the same innovation and see very different things. For instance, some firms looked at the Internet and saw a nifty way to lower internal costs. Other firms looked at the Internet and saw a vehicle capable of driving new growth. In the language of Clay Christensen and Roy Adner, this is an example of asymmetric motivation. A meaningful growth opportunity for an incumbent will differ significantly from a start-up’s. In many cases, the incumbent held all the chips to make informed bets on its future, but asymmetric motivation gaffed the dice.
History is replete with examples where bankrupt organisations had all the ingredients they needed to endure, but their perspective biased their evaluation. In many cases, engineers at established firms had invented the same technology that led to their firm’s demise. However, the entrants led the commercialisation of disruptive technologies rather than incumbents because of the relativity problem.
Steve Sasson, a young engineer, prototyped the first digital camera from within Kodak, but Kodak chose to shelve the opportunity. Similarly, Polaroid was a leader in developing digital imaging technology far superior to its competitors. In Nokia, engineers presented a touchscreen phone years before Apple rolled out the iPhone. In all these cases, the same leaders responsible for the organisation’s success in one perspective made decisions that led to its demise in another.
The initial absolute size of a disruptive opportunity is generally too small to justify any substantial investment or even management attention. Disruptive opportunities are considered a distraction through the lens of maturity and success. It is not that leaders don’t see the disruption coming; they choose instead to double down on what they know and do best.
Even when firms don’t develop the disruptive in-house, they sometimes pass on the opportunity to license or acquire the fledgeling opportunity. In our forthcoming series with Michael Tushman, Charles O’Reilly and Andrew Binns, we consider what happened with the emergence of the quartz watch (See the books: “Winning Through Innovation” and “Lead and Disrupt”.)
For over a century until 1960, the Swiss dominated the watch industry. In the 1860s, the Swiss made cheaper clocks and displaced the British as the world leader. In the mid-1960s, Omega, a great watchmaker founded in 1848, provided a research grant to two engineering faculty members at the University of Neuchatel to explore the idea of an electronic watch.
In 1968, they presented their findings to the company’s senior managers. The researchers had discovered and patented elements of the basic technology to make an electronic watch and offered it to Omega, their benefactors. What was the reaction of Omega senior management? They turned the offer down. The new approach to making more accurate and cheaper timepieces threatened their core identity as a maker of high-quality watches, obviated their deep skills in precision mechanical engineering, potentially threatened their brand, and would require them to sell to a different customer segment of more price-conscious consumers. It was also a low-margin business.
Do you think this sounds familiar to you? What happens in such cases? Several months later, Hattori-Seiko, a little-known Japanese company, licensed the technology.
The Swiss watch industry dominated for a century. It was destroyed in only 15 years: 800 companies went out of business, and 50,000 people lost their jobs. It was only when SSIH/ASUAG (the Swiss watchmaking consortium) went bankrupt and a new CEO, Nicolas Hayek, was brought in that the Swiss embraced the new technology. Under his guidance, Swiss companies began making both electronic and mechanical watches. They ultimately emerged once again as the world leaders based on revenues, competing at the low end with Swatch and Flik Flak, the medium range offering it to Omega.
Stemming the Bleed
This perspective problem is even worse when an incumbent is in freefall. I led digital transformation and revenue generation in a media company. When our small team generated revenue, we celebrated small wins. Those digital dimes were small compared to analogue dollars, but to us, they proved we could generate new revenue with fewer resources and higher profits. However, because the industry was in free fall, those small wins were barely even recognised by leadership. They appeared insignificant compared to the losses. The company needs a big revenue win to balance the losses. The company may make a few Hail Mary passes, but they rarely go to hand.
This is why we believe it is often easier to build from zero. In these cases, we have no legacy systems, mental models and business models to contend with. We have no status quo bias, ego, or fear of irrelevance to overcome. This is why many people believe that the only way to deal with change management is to change the management.
For a quick diagnosis of your organisation, you can undertake two quick tests:
The first is to look at your income statement. What is its revenue mix? Does it earn a significant proportion of its revenue from various products or a specific subset of products? From postsales service? A company is always unlikely to prioritize opportunities that cannibalise significant revenue streams.
The second is to look at the calendar of your leaders and managers. Do they devote the majority of their time to existing operations? Do they apportion any time to explore the future?
To learn more, you can check out our Clayton Christensen tribute series, but also stay tuned for our upcoming series with Tushman, O’Reilly and Binns. These theories, taken together, provide a robust understanding of successful and unsuccessful innovation efforts.
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The soundtrack for Four Brothers is perfectly fitting for a film likened to "a bigger-budget, better-written and better-acted version of the bad-tempered Detroit 9000" (as described by Terry Lawson in the Detroit Free Press, referring to the infamous 1973 blaxploitation film now considered a cult classic). Indeed, the Four Brothers soundtrack plays like a bigger-budget, better-written, and better-performed version of an early-'70s blaxploitation soundtrack à la Superfly or Shaft. It mines the Motown vault and captures the dark side of the label's vast output, generally favoring early-'70s songs with foreboding social themes. So no, there aren't any of Motown's trademark love songs like "My Cherie Amour," "I Hear a Symphony," "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "My Girl," "You've Really Got a Hold on Me," and myriad others. Instead, you get several songs written by the team of Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong that border on quite a different emotion than love, paranoia: "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," "I Wish It Would Rain," "Smiling Faces Sometimes," "Cloud Nine," and "Take a Look Around." You also get several Marvin Gaye songs -- again, none of them love songs but instead his "troubled" work, gems like "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" and "Trouble Man." Then there's a couple early-disco workouts -- the Jackson 5's "Dancing Machine" and the Miracles' "Do It Baby" -- that feel urgent, not necessarily carefree like a lot of dance music. And to top it off, there are some moody jazz-funk instrumental interludes like Grover Washington, Jr.'s "Knucklehead" that help the soundtrack flow from song to song, which indeed it does exceptionally well. Moreover, Four Brothers is one of the rare soundtrack albums that is rock-solid, without any filler or target-marketed contemporary material. (For instance, even though Andre 3000 of OutKast co-stars in the film, you won't hear him on the soundtrack.) In fact, Four Brothers sticks to its script so well, you can very easily enjoy it not for what it is but rather for what it could be -- a mixtape of Motown's dark side, in contrast to the innumerable Motown hits, duets, and love-songs collections out there in the marketplace. But truth be told, it does also function well as a soundtrack, and not only to John Singleton's set-in-Detroit film but, more poignantly, to the socially segregated, physically dilapidated, politically challenged, economically ruinous reality of Detroit that the majority of Motown music belies.
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Hearing the arguments (letter)by Peter Kavanagh MPNews Weekly
, September 27, 2008
As one of the speakers at Melbourne's pro-life march and rally of September 6, on the steps of Victoria's Parliament House, I am concerned that some media reports may give the public some false impressions.
Although there were indeed "thousands of pro-life demonstrators", there were only a relatively tiny number of opposing people who were demonstrating for abortion.
The scene was indeed "noisy", but only because the pro-abortion people maintained their usual practice of (unsuccessfully) trying to prevent the pro-life message being heard, by continually screaming through several megaphones.
Though unreported, last year, at a similar rally, one of the pro-abortion demonstrators vandalised pro-life amplification equipment (it was quickly repaired).
As widely reported, the police did "keep the two sides apart". The reality is that the pro-abortionists were fighting with the police to get at us.
I was further disturbed to notice that the pro-abortionist group included intellectually disabled people who had obviously been encouraged to engage in this behaviour.
Any objective observer would have immediately and very clearly seen that the pro-life people had no interest whatsoever in physically attacking the other side.
It should be no surprise that those promoting the ultimate in violence against the most vulnerable would be the ones who attempt to use intimidation and violence as a means to that end.
The fact that the pro-abortionists try to prevent the other side being heard also suggests that they know that logic and reason are not on their side and reflects the doubts that they have about their cause.Peter Kavanagh,
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Create 3D Text Art in Photoshop
Under Photoshop Tutorial, Text Effect
Any objects can be used for graphic design. Simple text can be formed a nice artwork. In this time, simple text has been turned into 3D text plus using blending mode and layer effect to form a nice piece of text art.
Different text effects are designed to suit for various of topics and backgrounds. This tutorial’s idea is to use different materials such as light words to be applied inside the text content plus adding smoky and foggy to make it more attractive.
In this Photoshop tutorial you will learn how to make the Transformers movie text effect while learning to create 3D text and apply a series of layer styles. For the final image a reflection is added by duplicating the text and 3d layers, merging them, flipping them vertically, dropping the opacity to 30% and then adding a gradient layer mask.
We are going to learn how to create awesome smoky typography. It is nice and simple. You may just start with typing some simple words. And then add some real smoke and little adjustment in blend mode. It just takes 12 steps to complete.
There are different types of Word arts on the internet. However, it is difficult to find a suitable site for yourself. Using text art could enhance your overall design significantly. Here is a good example for your reference.
In this tutorial, it will show the processes involved in designing and creating this really cool, Wonderfully Coloring Text in Photoshop. This is a simple tutorial, not much special techniques are required. Hope you will like it!
Lots of text effect can be straightly followed. This shining text effect is not the exception. Most of steps are done in blending options. To suit your background or your design, you can adjust it with different colors and setting to form a new result.
In this Photoshop tutorial, it will show you how to convert text to a path and how to stitch that path using a custom brush set. To create this, you have to pick the right background (cloth texture) to match the text. You can also apply this style of text into lots of area such as on your T-shirt photo.


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Seventeen-year-old Signal Deere has raised eyebrows for years as an unhappy Goth misfit from the trailer park. When she's convicted of her best friend Rose's brutal murder, she's designated a Class A--the most dangerous and manipulative criminal profile.
To avoid prison, Signal signs on for a secret program for 18-and-under Class As and is whisked off to an abandoned sleep-away camp, where she and seven bunkmates will train as assassins. Yet even in the Teen Killers Club, Signal doesn't fit in. She's squeamish around blood. She's kind and empathetic. And her optimistic attitude is threatening to turn a group of ragtag maniacs into a team of close-knit friends.
Maybe that's because Signal's not really a killer. She was framed for Rose's murder and only joined the program to escape, track down Rose's real killer, and clear her name. But Signal never planned on the sinister technologies that keep the campers confined. She never planned on the mysterious man in the woods determined to pick them off one by one. And she certainly never planned on falling in love.
Signal's strategy is coming apart at the seams as the true killer prepares to strike again in Teen Killers Club.
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This book was a total whirlwind! You go into the book not knowing who to trust, main character included, and it just gets worse as you start to like different characters. The book really makes you question everything you thought you knew and really sends you for a loop. There was a point where I didn’t even trust the camp counselors. The characters are ruthless yet at times charming, and that’s what really made the book for me. If you’re looking for a really fast and fun read, this is the book I would recommend. It’s a little creepy and very addicting and I’ll be likely to read this author’s future works!
Many thanks to Netgalley and publishers for this review copy. A campy, page turner, Teen Killers Club, will suck you in and keep you guessing. Signal Deere has been dropped off at a camp designed to train teens convicted of murder, to become assassins. Signal only agreed because it meant getting out of prison. What she didn’t expect, was the chance to meet the people who would become her very best friends and the ability to solve her own case of being wrongfully accused (and convicted). But when their time at camp ends abruptly and the campers are forced out on to their missions prematurely, things end in a way most readers couldn’t imagine. Without giving too much away, I highly recommend this book for true crime, horror, and dystopian fans alike. I will wait patiently for the next installment!!!!!!

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Our research indicates that there has been a 65% rise in the write-offs of loans to restaurants and hotels during the pandemic, with £99 million written off by banks and other lenders in 2020/21*, this is up from £60 million in the previous year.
In addition, write-offs in lending to the leisure sector are starting to rise again as Covid pressure begins to bite for industries hit hard by the financial strain of successive lockdowns. Banks that had been attempting to collect unpaid loan repayments from struggling businesses in the sector are now increasingly writing them off as bad debts.
The pandemic impact
We have noted that as government support starts to wind down, we are beginning to see the true impact of the pandemic on the leisure and hospitality industry.
The costs associated with the ramping up for reopenings, such as restocking, equipment maintenance, deep cleaning, and new recruits have been an added burden for struggling hospitality companies, already paying rent for restaurant, bar, and hotel sites despite the repeated shutdowns of venues, and this has simply been too much for many businesses.
The furlough scheme, which paid 80% of employee wages was a lifeline for many businesses, but now difficulties recruiting staff to work in the leisure sector and requirements for social distancing have impacted businesses’ ability to operate at pre-pandemic levels.
For troubled hospitality businesses, the end of the moratorium on winding up petitions on 30 September 2021 and the end of the suspension on landlord action for rent arrears in March 2022 will cause even further difficulties, and likely trigger a sharply increased number of insolvencies in the sector.
We believe that we have yet to see the full extent of the pandemic’s financial impact on hotels and restaurants. However, the data is starting to show more signs of stress in the sector.
Businesses that are just keeping their head above water are likely to be taken under by the end of government support schemes, the repeated cost of reopening and restocking, difficulty recruiting staff, and lower occupancy or covers due to people’s changing habits or working patterns. Even those businesses that have benefitted from UK tourism this summer may still find themselves looking for support after the holiday season ends.
*Year ended March 2021
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Reflecting over a glass of wine in an idyllic lakeside setting... gazing over forested valleys at picture-book villages against a mountain backdrop... strolling in ancient arcaded squares crowned with extravagant fountains... dining al fresco on flower-bedecked terraces... wandering among stunning buildings in cities which house much of the world's greatest art, as well as its most fashionable shops... discovering small towns that have retained their appearance and character over many centuries... joining in the most sophisticated lifestyle known to any nation on earth...
All of this is to be found uniquely in one country - Italy. Here the holiday mood is a way of life. Titan's Italy does not represent all that this wonderful country has to offer, as that would be impossible, particularly as a visitor's most treasured moments are likely to be the individual and surprising discoveries they make for themselves. It does, we believe, provide the ideal framework for the perfect holiday, whether your interest is in relaxing at one lovely spot, enjoying a two-centre experience or taking one of our celebrated tours that explores sections of the country in such ravishing detail.
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My Father and Other Superheroes’ is a one-hour one-man show, written and performed by me, the central themes of the show are fatherhood, loss, heroes, exile, love and hope. It fuses the art forms of traditional theatre, contemporary spoken word and verse.
I have been invited by the British Council to perform my 1-man-show My Father and Other Superheroes in Black History Week in Oslo on the Theatre boat MS Innvik. The show was initially showcased in 2009 to a sold out audience, it was haled for its participatory activity and the potential to empower people to question themselves and change their relationships with their own fathers, or a celebratory piece of work that moved the audience to tears. As some audience member described:
“My Father and other Superheroes is a moving and powerful story about the journey from childhood to fatherhood. Set across continents and eras, it follows one man’s struggle to come to terms with the responsibilities of being a parent and his confrontation with his own father’s absence. I think it is a vivid, funny and sometimes painfully honest feat of memory and autobiography.” Charles Beckett, Literature Officer, Arts Council England


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New York Giants linebacker Mathias Kiwanuka took exception to Jerry Jones saying the Cowboys “would beat the Giants asses.”
NJ.com reports that this morning he responded and fired back.
On WFAN’s “Boomer and Carton” morning show Kiwanuka stated.
“He should. I mean, the Giants have been whupping his ass for a long time.”
“It’s gotta be tough on the outside looking in on all of these championships lately,” Kiwanuka continued. “That’s the feeling I feel like everybody in the league has and everybody should have because we’re here on top and everybody should be wanting to knock you off.”
The two teams will meet for the first time this season in less than a week.
The time for talk is about over.


Microsoft held a livestream launch event on Wednesday. The company launched three new Microsoft Surface computers, updates to Windows 11, new AI platforms, and an Audio Dock. However, one of the most expected devices was the new Surface Pro 9. The new device launched with many features and options. Here are the details about Surface Pro 9.
Pro 9 coming with 12th Gen Intel Core and Snapdragon SQ3
Microsoft offers two options for the processor for the new computer. It comes with with a 12th Gen Intel Core i5-1235U or a Core i7-1255U. The device is all Intel-powered. Additionally, the company launched an ARM version that is powered by the 5G Qualcomm SQ3 model. Storage options begin at 8GB RAM and 128GB storage.
On the display side, the tech giant used a 13-inch PixeSense Flow display which supports 2880 x 1920, 3:2 aspect, and 120Hz refresh rate. The screen is also available using the Surface Slim Pen 2. Microsoft added a place for the Pen to recharge and stow away right of the device.
While the new Pro 9 is coming with LPDDR5 RAM that has 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB options in the Intel model, the 5G Qualcomm SQ3 model comes with 8GB and 16GB of LPDDR4X RAM options. The 5G model can be configured with up to 512GB of storage, meanwhile, the Intel model is available for up to 1TB.
The 5G model also comes with a Neutral Processing Unit (NPU), some new front camera features like Auto Framing, Super Resolution, and new noise-reduction features. The Intel model offers up to 15.5 hours of battery life whereas the 5G model offers up to 19 hours of battery.
If you would like to buy the new Pro 9, the Intel i5 model starts at $999 with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The Intel i7 version comes with a $1599 price tag while the 5G model comes with a $1299 beginning price. When you want a Type Cover keyboard, you need to pay $279 more.
Surface Pro 9 specs
- Screen: 13-inch PixelSense Flow display, 2,880 x 1,920 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate
- Processor: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-1235U, 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1255U (Pro 9), or Microsoft SQ 3 with NPU (Pro 9 with 5G)
- Ports: 2 USB-C ports with Thunderbolt 4.0 and a Microsoft Surface connector (Pro 9), or 2 USB-C 3.2 ports, a nano sim slot, and a Microsoft Surface connector (Surface Pro 9 with 5G)
- Battery: Up to 15.5 hours (Surface Pro 9) or up to 19 hours (Surface Pro 9 with 5G)
- RAM: 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM (Surface Pro 9), or 8GB or 16GB LPDDR4x RAM (Surface Pro 9 with 5G)
- Storage: 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB of removable SSD storage (Surface Pro 9), or 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB of removable SSD storage (Surface Pro 9 with 5G)
- Camera: 1080p Windows Hello front camera and a 10-megapixel rear camera


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Novermber 9, 2011.
Barack Obama’s dislike of Benjamin Netanyahu was not a state secret prior to the publication of his candid exchange about the Israeli prime minister with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. So the fact the two have a low opinion of Netanyahu and consider dealing with him to be a burden isn’t exactly news.
But while much of the commentary about this kerfuffle has centered on the question of who should be most embarrassed by the revelation – Netanyahu or his two highly placed critics – there is a more important point here.
Netanyahu has a well-earned reputation as a prickly and somewhat unpleasant fellow to deal with – in Israeli political circles as well as the world of international diplomacy. But when Sarkozy and Obama grouse about him, the resentment they are giving voice to hasn’t all that much to do with whether or not Netanyahu is a charm school dropout. What really annoys them is his inherent skepticism about the peace process.
Despite his reputation as a hard-liner (a phrase treated in many press accounts as if it were part of his name), Netanyahu has a long record of attempts to conciliate the Palestinians in order to make peace. During his first term as prime minister in the 1990’s he signed two agreements conceding parts of the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority. He enacted a settlement-building freeze in the West Bank during his current administration and formally endorsed the idea of a Palestinian state.
But despite all of this, Netanyahu has never consented to playing the familiar game in which the onus for peace is placed only on Israel to make concessions and not the Palestinians.
Throughout both of his terms as Israel’s leader, Netanyahu has insisted on pointing out the failures of the Palestinians to abide by their Oslo commitments. Rather than meekly nod along when Obama or Sarkozy speak of the need for Israel to relinquish territory, Netanyahu has had the chutzpah to publicly talk back to them about Israel’s rights and not just its immediate security needs.
Though he has sometimes given in to their demands if he thought it was in his country’s interests, he has also made it clear that doing so is a grave concession that could bring deadly consequences. Any Israeli who speaks in this manner, which necessarily complicates the efforts of the peace processers to ignore the Palestinians’ reluctance to make peace, is not going to be liked.
Much like Menachem Begin, the first member of his party to serve as Israel’s prime minister, Netanyahu cannot play the unctuous diplomat. Though he has made concessions and sought to reach out to other countries as well as ably making his country’s case before the American people, he does so as a proud, stiff-necked Jew, not a supplicant or a starry-eyed dreamer who is beguiled by an unrealistic vision about the intentions of his Palestinian negotiating partners.
Netanyahu has more than his share of personal flaws. But what Sarkozy and Obama are telling us is that the Israeli wont play by their rules and knuckle under when his country’s rights are imperiled. Though he values Israel’s alliance with the United States, Netanyahu’s idea of his responsibilities is one in which he prioritizes defending his country’s interests over making nice with heads of state.
It should be conceded that his tactics don’t always work well, and he won’t win any foreign popularity contests. But the issue here isn’t Netanyahu. An Israeli leader who won’t acquiesce to the lies other leaders tell about the Palestinians’ peaceful intentions will never be loved. Sarkozy and Obama don’t resent Netanyahu as much as they do Israel.

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Dal is a staple food in India. You can have this as soup, as main course with roti (flat bread) or even with Rice. Its high source of protein and fiber. In India the variety of lentils differs.
I try to make different types of dal each day. This adds variety to your meal and brings different variety to the food. Again the different tampering adds additional flavor to the lentils. Regular tampering consists of cumin seeds and ghee along with other ground spices. But if you will add more of spices then it will dominate the taste of lentils. But there are recipes which are cooked with spices. Read recipe of Dal Makhani.

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Join Rudy Winston as he discusses the similarities and differences between the EOS 5DS and EOS 5DS R, the newest DSLRs in our product line (as of February 2015). Learn about these ultra high resolution cameras, which utilize a full frame CMOS sensor, and how they compare to medium format SLRs. Beneficial to landscape, commercial, food, portrait, wedding, architectural photographers and more, these cameras offer an incredible reproduction of fine detail in their newly developed systems. See how these cameras can best suit you and your imaging needs.
Review by Cameratown's Ron Risman: "Let me introduce you to the V.360 - a 360° compact camera that captures the action all around you (in front, in back and on the sides) - eliminating the guess work as to where you should be aiming the camera. With a GoPro you're always trying to figure out whether you should aim the camera outward for a first-person view or inward for a 'selfie' view. With the V.360 everything will always be in frame.
Olympus today introduced a successor model in the Stylus SH line of digital cameras, the Olympus Stylus SH-2, featuring a 24x wide-angle optical zoom lens, built-in Wi-Fi connectivity for remote shooting and sharing with a smart device, RAW capture capability, and 5-Axis Image Stabilization that supports both still image and video capture. This sophisticated camera also adds new Nightscape Modes for stunning night scenes and portraits.
Today, Nikon Inc. announced the COOLPIX P900, a camera that offers an unprecedented and incredible 83x zoom along with superior performance. This exciting long zoom option provides users with incredibly sharp NIKKOR optics and a 166x Dynamic Fine Zoom* range capable of reaching previously unimaginable distances. In addition to its unrivaled zoom power, the 16-megapixel COOLPIX P900 comes equipped with an array of innovative features and advanced controls for capturing sharp and detailed images as well as Full HD video from afar. Such features include built-in GPS and the experience of Nikon Snapbridge, whereby users seamlessly shoot and share stunning photos from the camera to a compatible smartphone or tablet via built in Wi-Fi® and Near Field Communication technology.
Today, Nikon Inc. introduced the Nikon D7200, a powerful DX-format DSLR built for enthusiasts ready to conquer the next challenge in their photographic journey. Featuring a 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor with no optical low-pass filter (OLPF) and the EXPEED 4 image processing system, the D7200 is capable of incredibly fast performance and capturing phenomenally detailed, sharp images and HD video.
ARRI announces the new ALEXA Mini, a versatile additional tool in the ARRI ALEXA camera range that combines a compact and lightweight form factor with the same unparalleled image quality that has made the ALEXA system a gold standard for the industry. Designed for specialized shot-making, the ALEXA Mini perfectly complements a full ALEXA shooting kit and allows crews to eliminate the complications of working with third-party cameras by keeping everything within a single system that is trusted all over the world.
Building upon the legacy of developing durable SLR cameras, RICOH IMAGING AMERICAS CORPORATION is pleased to announce the launch of the PENTAX K-S2 featuring a 20 megapixel, AA Filter-less CMOS sensor with Prime MII. The PENTAX K-S2 offers high image quality and functionality and guarantees compelling imagery. With its weather-resistant body, built-in Wi-Fi and NFC sharing component, it is the perfect companion for families and those who enjoy capturing images. Kitted with the PENTAX K-S2 is a newly designed, ultra-sleek retractable standard zoom lens that measures under 1.5 inches in height. The PENTAX K-S2 kit including a new retractable standard zoom lens will be available in standard colors for $799.95 retail. Availability in April.
The adventure continues with the WG-5 GPS, the newest adventure proof camera brought to you by RICOH IMAGING AMERICAS CORPORATION. The latest companion in the WG series is equipped with new features for active, on-the-go photographers including a new underwater mode and enhanced Interval Shooting settings that allow multiple images to be taken over a pre-set time in both still and video modes. With an easy to hold, non-slip body and over two full hours of operation, there is no need to be concerned about missing any exciting moments.
Today, Nikon announced two new budget-friendly COOLPIX cameras, the S3700 and L32. These ultra-compact and stylish offerings make it fun to capture stunning images and HD video with ease. From birthday parties to beach days, these new cameras are a welcome addition to any family and are ready to use at a moment’s notice. In addition to a powerful 8x optical zoom, the 20.1-megapixel COOLPIX S3700 offers the experience of Nikon Snapbridge, whereby users seamlessly shoot and share stunning photos from the camera to a compatible smartphone or tablet via built-in Wi-Fi®1 and Near Field Communication technology (NFC2).
Nikon announced the new D810A, a DSLR optimized for astrophotography and other scientific applications. By modifying the infrared cut filter for the hydrogen alpha wavelength, Nikon has created a camera that gives photographers the ability to capture the diffuse nebulae in the night sky and to create colorful, breathtaking celestial images. The D810A shares its architecture with the powerful and professional high-resolution Nikon D810 DSLR and includes other new features designed uniquely to help capture the cosmos, letting users achieve sharp and vibrant images of the universe. For users who are looking to take advantage of the Nikon D750’s advanced video capabilities, Nikon is now offering a Filmmaker’s Kit that includes everything needed to get started in the world of cinema
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LAKELAND, Fla. - Just two days before Christmas, the Lakeland community came out to help a family that suffered a tragic loss over the weekend.
Charlie Parker is one of two men who died in a head-on collision early Sunday morning.
All day Monday, his family and friends stood outside a gas station near the crash site in on US-98 North in Lakeland and urged drivers to stop for a car wash.
They're trying to scrounge up money to pay for Parker's final resting place.
"There are four kids now without a dad, so anything can help," said James Connell, Charlie's brother.
Connell said Parker's two loves were his kids and hunting. In fact, Sunday morning he was on his way back from Wal-Mart with walkie talkies to bring on a hunting trip he planned with his son the following day.
"He had their lunch boxes made for the next day, my son was in his overalls, his camouflage overalls, his orange shirt. He was ready and waiting on his daddy," said Paula Parker, Charlie's wife.
Parker never made it home.
According to investigators, he was a passenger in a car involved in a nasty head-on collision. He and the driver of the other car, Eric Russo, both died at the scene.
"He loved his kids. His kids were his everything," Paula said.
Dozens of Parker's friends -- and their kids -- pitched in to help with the benefit car wash. And generous strangers did their part.
"I had a dude hand me a 100 dollar bill earlier, another guy handed me a fifty, and most of the time they don't even want their vehicles washed," said Travis Taylor, Parker's friend.
Connell said right before the accident, Parker was able to finish Christmas shopping for his four kids he raised mostly on his own.
He's sure Christmas morning, he'll be looking down, watching.
"He was a great dad. I just wish i was half the man he was," he said.
If you would like to donate to Parker's family to pay for the funeral expenses, they've set up an account at MidFlorida Bank. Just ask to donate to the Charlie Parker Memorial Fund.


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Lightning look like the upstarts in Game 1 loss to Avalanche
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer | Thursday, June 16, 2022, 12:05 a.m.
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Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Nicholas Paul (20) and Colorado Avalanche center Darren Helm (43) tangle in front of Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) during the third period of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday in Denver. (AP Photo/John Locher)


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Laem Singh Beach is one of the most beautiful little beaches in Phuket, it is located 20 minutes north of Patong, nestled between Kamala and Surin Beach on the West Coast of Phuket.
Laem Singh is a small hidden cape, only 280 meters long with rocky headlands at the northern and southern points.
Over the last few years the secret beach at Laem Singh has become more and more popular, and is a well liked destination for many visitors holidaying in Phuket.
Most weekends especially during the high season Laem Sing Beach remains packed with tourists.
The beach is not easily visible from the road but there are two small parking areas, just look for the signs along the road and lots of parked cars and bikes.
Laem Sing Beach is one of the undeveloped beaches in Phuket, which is frequently missed by visitors who are unaware of its location.
a five minute walk down a fairly steep path to reach this hidden little
The natural setting of Laem Singh is what makes this beach so popular and the fact that you haven't got the noise of the tuk tuks, cars and trucks.
This is a peaceful beach, that is not always felt on some of the more developed beaches in Phuket.
your way down to the beach you will see the remains of a fort that was
built during the reign of King Rama 111.
Once you are on the beach you will notice interesting rock formations along the beach, if you walk to the southern tip of Laem Singh you can see the Kamala Beach headland.
Laem Singh has some of the best snorkeling in Phuket, in particular around the headlands, here you will find beautiful coloured fish.
found the southern end of the beach around the rocks is the best spot
for snorkeling, were we seen some nice coral and lots of fish.
While the northern end of the beach is the best area for swimming and body boarding.
Kayaks, body boards and inflatable boats and snorkeling equipment can also hired from the restaurants on the beach.
During the high season banana boats and jet skis are also available.
Our day at Laem Singh beach included snorkeling and swimming with the kids, lunch on the beach and a relaxing Thai beach massage under the shade of the trees. The massage cost around 300 baht per hour.
As with a lot of beaches in Phuket, this beach can also have dangerous currents during the monsoon season.
There is no accommodation directly on the beach at Laem Singh, although there is a range of hotels, resorts and budget hotels located close by. Below is one of our favourite resorts which is located at the nearby Surin Beach.
Twinpalms Hotel is a stylish five star resort, located at Surin not far from Laem Singh.
The resort features a good selection of rooms and pool suites and features a beautifully landscaped swimming pool, restaurants and spa. Read more
There are other hotels and resorts located near Laem Singh beach to choose from, see the full list below.
At the bottom of the hill, you will find a few beach restaurants under the trees, along the beach. They will serve your meal to you either inside the restaurant or outside on the beach.
The food served at the beachfront restaurants is mostly Thai and seafood, although I did notice some Italian dishes as well.
At the southern end of the beach are a couple of beer bars, if you are after a nice cold beer.
There are no shops as such on the beach, although you can still manage to do a bit of shopping.
The beach vendors that work the beach have a variety of goods that they will try to sell you from sarongs to silk bed covers.
Yes, this well hidden little beach does have it's own form of nightlife.
But only from November through to May, every Sunday from mid afternoon at the Laem Singh Lounge Bar, located at the southern end of the beach.
A beach party called Soundwave Sunday a popular destination for tourists and expat's, where you can drink and dance the night away.
From Patong follow the beach road through Kamala and before you reach Surin, you will see two parking areas just off the road.
Use the second carpark as this trail as it is not as steep. Parking here will cost 20 baht for motor bikes and 40 baht for a car.
From here it is a sharp descent down to the beach, the trail is rocky and can be muddy after rain. Definitely worth the walk.
A taxi from Phuket Town to Laem Singh Beach will cost around 500 baht, if you arrive by taxi you may want to arrange with the driver a time for him to pick you up.
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Mt. Mitchell Trail gets a facelift
BLACK MOUNTAIN -- State officials have awarded the N.C. High Peaks Trail Association a $60,000 grant to rebuild a badly-eroded section of the Mount Mitchell Trail, a popular hiking trail that leads to the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest peak in the Eastern United States. The grant was awarded through the Recreational Trails Program of the N.C. Department of Parks and Recreation.
With the grant, the club has launched a fund-raising campaign to create a permanently endowed fund to cover short-term expenses for the project and similar future projects. The fund will pay expenses as they come in, while the grant – and hopefully future grants - will replenish the fund for a new round of trail projects.
“This new fund makes it possible for us to receive large state grants and put that money to work immediately in the Western North Carolina mountains that we all enjoy every day,” said High Peaks President John Whitehouse. “We’ve already received a major donation from a local couple, and all of our board members have contributed. Now we are asking hikers, nature-lovers and the general public to step up and make donations to help us maintain and improve our local hiking trails.”
The initial project aims to rebuild about a one-mile section of the Mt. Mitchell Trail, the most direct route for hikers climbing the tallest mountain east of the Mississippi River. The trail starts at the Black Mountain Campground in the South Toe River Valley and climbs nearly 4,000 vertical feet over a distance of 5.6 miles to the Mt. Mitchell summit at 6,684 feet.
“The trail is in terrible shape in places, with deep gullies caused by erosion,” said High Peaks Board Member Jake Blood, who conducted a foot-by-foot survey of the path as part of the grant application. “We will be hiring a trail specialist firm that will bring in young, strong men and women to do the back-breaking labor of filling in those gullies and creating a more sustainable trail.”
High Peaks has already applied for a second grant to work on an adjoining section of the trail, and envisions continuing the work year after year with new grants until the entire trail is completely refurbished. Both of the initial sections are on U.S. Forest Service land.
“North Carolina State Parks and the North Carolina Recreational Trails Program are excited that NC High Peaks is taking on the challenge of rehabbing this famous trail,” said Scott Crocker, Trails Program Manager for the agency, who noted that money for the program comes from the Federal Highway Administration. “It is through the combined efforts of trail organizations, volunteers, municipalities, state and federal government employees that so many great trails are constructed and maintained across the state.”
High Peaks installed a game camera on the trail two summers ago as part of its research for the grant application and found that an average of 35 hikers a day use the trail during the summer months. That translates into several thousand hikers each year.
The club will contract the physical labor portion of the project to the American Conservation Experience, a national group with an outpost in Asheville. The group has long experience at trail building, and also provides a wilderness-based experience for AmeriCorps members hoping to make careers in the field of land management.
The High Peaks Trail Fund will be used to cover expenses until state grant funds are released. Once the Mt. Mitchell Trail project is completed, the club will use the funds to work on other local hiking trails.
“Anyone who has climbed Mt. Mitchell on this trail knows how badly the work is needed,” Whitehouse said. “Unfortunately, there are plenty of other trails that are in bad shape, too. This fund will enable us to continue working on these projects for years to come.”
Formed in Yancey by avid hikers eight years ago, High Peaks has become a leader in outdoor activities and trail maintenance. Club members contribute hundreds of volunteer hours each year clearing downed trees, trimming dense vegetation, rebuilding steps and re-establishing eroded trails.
The club is the official Friends of Mt. Mitchell State Park organization, working closely with park officials to promote and protect the park. The group also recently added a role as the Crabtree Falls Chapter of the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, again providing volunteers to maintain hiking trails and clean overlooks along the Parkway from the Linville Gorge area to Craggy Gardens.
“Many of our members are retirees who moved here because they love the woods and these mountains,” Whitehouse said. “They want to give back by making outdoor experiences more accessible to everyone on safe, well-marked, well-maintained hiking trails.”
For more information on the campaign, check the High Peaks Facebook page or the club’s website, www.nchighpeaks.org. The campaign will also feature an online component on the “Go Fund Me” website.


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Look To The Lighthouse Framed Wall Art
Finding direction while being buffeted by the seas of life; this is what is evoked in this verse by Thomas S. Monson. Image comes framed. Print measures 8" x 18".
"Look to the Lighthouse of the Lord. There is no fog so dense, no night so dark, no gale so strong, no mariner so lost, but what its beacon light can rescue. It beckons through the storms of life. It calls "This way to safety; this way to home." The lighthouse of the Lord sends forth signals readily recognized and never failing."


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Vicksburg, Mississippi, is famous for its Civil War history, but today it's home to a bustling environment and dining options suitable for many tastes. On the banks of the river, you'll find a cluster of restaurants with Southern cuisine and new American flavors. Enjoy thick steaks and fried seafood alongside greens, salads, and coleslaw at a historic restaurant. Enjoy views of the water at a traditional American restaurant renowned for gumbo, sausage, and cornbread. Another outdoor dining choice features fried chicken, pork chops, and chicken Parmesan that blends European and Southern recipes. When you're looking for an evening out with the whole family, try a locally owned Southern restaurant for catfish and chicken fried steak on a budget. Mexican restaurants in Vicksburg serve tamales, tacos, and burritos for a quick bite with authentic, spicy flavor.
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Mooting champs: The winning Sacred Heart Girls' College team (left to right) Rochelle Monk, Lydia McKinnon and Leah Caddigan.
Secondary school students from the central North Island gathered this month to take part in the annual Waikato University Secondary Schools’ Mooting Competition.
A team of students from Sacred Heart Girls’ College emerged victorious against Matamata College on 8 June, as Te Piringa – Faculty of Law hosted the finals of the Secondary Schools’ Mooting Competition at the High Court in Hamilton.
The mooting competition pits teams against each other on points of law. The two teams argued an appeal on whether a mother should be allowed to relocate from Hamilton to Sydney with her children. The competitors were asked to consider two points: firstly if the judge, in allowing the relocation, would be giving to much weight to the mother’s personal circumstances and parental conflict, and not enough weight to the importance of both parents being involved in the children’s lives; and secondly, whether the judge had based their decision regarding one child’s views more highly than the other’s.
The competition judges, senior family law practitioner Murray Earl, and family court judge Rosemary Riddell, were very impressed with the standard of mooting, and enjoyed seeing the mooters engage with the bench, rather than simply delivering a speech to the judges.
The Sacred Heart students from the winning team, Rochelle Monk, Lydia McKinnon and Leah Caddigan, each received a $3,000 scholarship to assist with their first year of study in Law at the University of Waikato.
Sacred Heart student Lydia McKinnon won the Best Individual Mooter award, as well as being in the winning team. Lydia will receive $500 cash for her achievement.
“Lydia showed a level of maturity, confidence and poise not often seen in mooters even at a more advanced level,” says Waikato’s Director of Clinical Legal Education Christina ter Haar.
The Mooting Competition has grown significantly since its establishment in 2001, with more teams of students entering the competition each year.


Aces Clinch First League Points
The Belle Vue Aces continued to assert their powerful start to the season with a 44-46 victory over Swindon on Thursday night, handing the Robins their second successive Premiership defeat.
Another proud moment struck in Heat 2 for Premiership newcomer, Jack Smith, who raced to his first heat win in the top flight against the experience duo of Emil Grøndal and Zach Wajtknecht.
Three races in and an emphatic 1-5 courtesy of Justin Sedgmen and Kenneth Bjerre gave the visiting Aces a more comfortable advantage, with the scores sitting at 6-13 ahead of Heat 4.
It was a margin they maintained with confidence before the Robins skipper, Doyle, and his partner at No.2, Bradley Wilson-Dean briefly pulled things back to within four points with a 4-2 in Heat 6.
But the respite was short lived for the hosts when Craig Cook and Dan Bewley, and then Bjerre and Sedgmen, further extended Belle Vue’s lead to 8 points with five races still to complete.
The Robins refused to back down however and pulled the increasing deficit back to within six but ultimately fell short of the win by two points while the Aces secured their first three league points.
Team manager, Mark Lemon, said: “The boys pulled off a fantastic win tonight. They immediately hit the ground running. They persevered, they kept things wound on and didn't look back once.
“To a certain degree, it goes to show just how much the Swindon team is weakened by Jason Doyle’s big average. But that shouldn’t discredit the performance put in by the Aces.
“Steve Worrall has continued in the rich vein of form we were so accustomed to seeing last year and I think he rode the race of his career in Heat 1 to go out and beat Doyley the way that he did.
“He himself looked like a GP rider! We also saw a great improvement from Jack Smith tonight. He’s still learning his craft but he showed a remarkable effort to pop out and win his first ride.
“The gates favoured the Robins in the later stages of the evening and their two top guys, Doyle and Nick Morris, were just on fire. They really made us work hard for the victory on the night.
“I couldn't have asked for a better start than to win our first league meeting, away from home no less, and we’re now even more determined to repeat such a performance at home on Friday.”
SWINDON v BELLE VUE - THURSDAY APRIL 6TH
Swindon ’Carpets 4 Less’ Robins 44
Nick Morris 13+1, Jason Doyle 12+1, David Bellego 9, Zach Wajtknecht 4+3, Bradley Wilson-Dean 3, Emil Grondal 3, Adam Ellis 0
Belle Vue Aces 46
Kenneth Bjerre 10+2, Steve Worrall 9+1, Craig Cook 9, Justin Sedgmen 8, Max Fricke 4+1, Dan Bewley 3+1, Jack Smith 3
SGB Premiership Points: Swindon 0 Belle Vue 3
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When the wards were adjusted after the 2000 census, each was nearly equal in population. The 2010 census numbers revealed that people moved, the city expanded and the Ward boundaries needed to be redrawn accordingly. Although the 2020 Census numbers have not been released yet, it is safe to assume that there will be a need to adjust the Ward boundaries once again due to population growth.
Federal case law and state law requires the City to review the population of each district after each census. A key test is the 10 percent rule, which holds if the most populous and least populous ward are together more than 10 percent from the ideal ward, then you must redistrict. A quick look at Jacksonville’s wards determined that each ward was more than 10% from the ideal ward of 17,536.
Jacksonville has benefited from having two special minority-majority wards, Wards 1 & 4, which help to leverage minority votes to help provide representation on the City Council.
Everyone counts and this holds true for the 2020 US Census count. The wards are configured for the ideal population of the City; young, old, voters, non-voters, minorities, and everyone. Some wards may have more turnout than others and some may have greater participation in elections. However, the “one person, one vote” clause of the Constitution requires the City to configure the wards to be as equal as possible counting the total population.
A Citizens’ Committee
The Jacksonville City Council is forming a Citizen committee to recommend new ward boundaries based on 2020 Census data. Each Councilmember will appoint a representative to the committee. The committee will also have some participation by City staff in order to use powerful mapping software and data analysis tools to determine options for the committee to consider.

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