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- What are the side effects of ondansetron and promethazine?
- What is the dosage of ondansetron vs. promethazine?
- What drugs interact with ondansetron and promethazine?
- Are ondansetron and promethazine safe to use while pregnant or breastfeeding?
Ondansetron (Zofran) vs. promethazine (Phenergan): What's the difference?
- Ondansetron and promethazine are used to prevent nausea and vomiting.
- Promethazine is also used as an antihistamine and sedative.
- Brand names for ondansetron include Zofran, Zofran ODT, and Zuplenz.
- Brand names for promethazine include Phenergan, Phenadoz, and Promethegan.
- Ondansetron and promethazine belong to different drug classes. Ondansetron is an anti-nausea medication and promethazine is a phenothiazine.
- Side effects of ondansetron and promethazine that are similar include drowsiness and sedation, constipation, and dizziness.
- Side effects of ondansetron that are different from promethazine include headache, feeling unwell (malaise), fatigue, diarrhea, and abnormal heart rate and rhythm.
- Side effects of promethazine that are different from ondansetron include confusion, disorientation, restlessness, sleep problems (insomnia), heart palpitations, seizures, blurred vision, dry mouth, dilated pupils, nausea, urinary retention, and impotence.
What are ondansetron and promethazine?
Ondansetron is an anti-nausea medication used to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy. It is also used to prevent vomiting and nausea after surgery. Chemotherapy drugs increase secretion of serotonin, which stimulates serotonin (5-HT3) receptors in the brain, causing nausea and vomiting. Ondansetron works by selectively blocking serotonin (5-HT3) receptors, reducing the effect of increased serotonin due to chemotherapy.
Promethazine is a phenothiazine in the same drug class as chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and trifluoperazine (Stelazine). Unlike other phenothiazines, promethazine is not used as an anti-psychotic. It is used as an antihistamine, sedative, and antiemetic (anti-nausea). The body releases histamine during several types of allergic reactions. When histamine binds to its receptors on cells, it stimulates changes within the cells that lead to sneezing, itching, and increased mucus production. Antihistamines such as promethazine compete with histamine for one of the receptors for histamine (the H1 receptor) on cells. However, when the antihistamines bind to the receptors they do not stimulate the cells. Instead, they prevent histamine from binding and stimulating the cells. Promethazine also blocks the action of acetylcholine (anticholinergic effect), and this may explain its benefit in reducing the nausea of motion sickness. It is used as a sedative because it causes drowsiness as a side effect.
What are the side effects of ondansetron and promethazine?
Side effects of ondansetron are
Some individuals may develop abnormal heart rate and rhythm.
Promethazine causes sedation, confusion, and disorientation. In children less than 2 years old, it can depress respiration and lead to death. Therefore, it should not be used in children less than 2 years old. Dizziness may also occur. Ironically, promethazine sometimes stimulates patients, particularly children. Such stimulation may be manifest by restlessness, inability to sleep, heart palpitations or even seizures.
Other side effects include anticholinergic side effects such as:
- blurred vision,
- dry mouth,
- dilated pupils,
- urinary retention (inability to urinate),
- impotence, and
Extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) may occur. EPS are categorized as dystonic reactions (alterations in muscle tone), sharp, involuntary muscle movements (often limited to one muscle or muscle group), akathisia (subjective restlessness), and Parkinsonism. Parkinsonian symptoms are more common in older persons, whereas children more often develop involuntary muscle movement reactions. Dystonic reactions are most commonly seen during the first week of treatment. Restlessness and Parkinsonian symptoms usually develop days to weeks after starting therapy.
A serious complex called neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) can occur in patients receiving phenothiazines. NMS consists of high body temperature, severe EPS, changes in consciousness and mental status, and increased heart rate with low or high blood pressure. NMS occurs more frequently in young men and in persons who are dehydrated.
Rarely, blood cell disorders can occur; low white cell counts can lead to infections.
Phenothiazines such as promethazine can cause skin hyperpigmentation (darkening) but usually only after prolonged use. The effect usually is restricted to areas of the body exposed to sunlight. Thus, people who need long-term treatment with promethazine should either keep out of the sun or use effective sunscreens.
Phenothiazines can cause blurred vision, difficulty with nighttime vision, or changes in color vision.
Phenothiazines such as promethazine block dopamine receptors. This effect can lead to increases in blood levels of prolactin, a hormone involved in lactation (formation of breast milk). As a result, phenothiazines can cause the breast to produce fluid ("milk") even when a woman is not pregnant.
Additionally, phenothiazines can cause:
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What is the dosage of ondansetron vs. promethazine?
Dosage for adults:
- Highly nauseating chemotherapy: 24 mg orally dissolved on tongue 30 minutes prior to start of a single-day chemotherapy.
- Moderately nauseating chemotherapy: Take 8 mg tablet 30 minutes prior to chemotherapy and repeat in 8 hours, then 8 mg every 12 hours for 1 to 2 days after chemotherapy.
- Radiation-induced nausea and vomiting: Take 8 mg orally 1 to 2 hours prior to radiation and every 8 hours after first dose, as needed.
- Post-surgery nausea and vomiting: 16 mg orally 1 hour before anesthesia.
Dosage for children:
- Moderately nauseating chemotherapy (12 years and older): 8 mg orally prior to chemotherapy and repeat in 8 hours, then 8 mg every 12 hours for 1 to 2 days after chemotherapy.
- Moderately nauseating chemotherapy (4 to 11 years): 4 mg orally 30 minutes prior to chemotherapy and repeat in 4 and 8 hours after the first dose, then every 8 hours for 1 to 2 days after chemotherapy.
- Not recommended for children under 4 years old.
- Allergic reactions are treated with 6.25-25 mg orally 3 times daily. A single 25 mg dose administered at bedtime also may suffice. A 25 mg injection is also used.
- Nausea and vomiting may be managed with 12.5-25 mg administered orally by injection every 4-6 hours as needed.
- Doses of 25-50 mg by injection are used for sedation before or after surgery.
- For prevention of motion sickness, 25 mg is used 30 to 60 minutes before the motion begins and then every 8 to 12 hours as needed. Oral, rectal and injectable doses are similar.
- Promethazine injections are used when the oral route is not possible (for example, with severe vomiting).
- Tablets may be taken with or without food.
- Suppositories are unwrapped and moistened with water before insertion into the rectum. If the suppository is too soft from being stored in a warm place, it may be chilled in the refrigerator for 20 to 30 minutes or placed in cold water before the wrapper is removed.
What drugs interact with ondansetron and promethazine?
Dronedarone can increase blood levels of ondansetron by reducing its breakdown in the liver. This may increase side effects of ondansetron. This combination may also increase the risk of abnormal heartbeats.
Promethazine may increase, prolong, or intensify the sedative action of other central-nervous-system depressants, such as:
- sedatives/hypnotics (including barbiturates),
- narcotic analgesics,
- general anesthetics,
- tricyclic antidepressants, and
These agents should be avoided or administered in reduced dosage to patients receiving promethazine. When given concomitantly with promethazine, the dose of barbiturates should be reduced by at least one-half, and the dose of narcotics should be reduced by one-quarter to one-half. Dosage must be individualized. Excessive amounts of promethazine relative to a narcotic may lead to restlessness and motor hyperactivity in the patient with pain; these symptoms usually disappear with adequate control of the pain.
Because of the potential for promethazine to reverse epinephrine’s vasopressor effect, epinephrine should NOT be used to treat hypotension associated with promethazine overdose.
Concomitant use of other agents with anticholinergic properties should be undertaken with caution.
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Are ondansetron and promethazine safe to use while pregnant or breastfeeding?
There are no adequate studies of ondansetron in pregnant women to determine its safe and effective use during pregnancy.
It is not known whether ondansetron enters breast milk; therefore, it is best for nursing mothers to be cautious before using it.
There are no adequate studies of promethazine in pregnant women. Administration of promethazine within two weeks of delivery may affect platelet function in the newborn.
It is not known whether promethazine is excreted in breast milk.
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Ondansetron, an anti-nausea medication, and promethazine, a phenothiazine, are used to prevent nausea and vomiting. Promethazine is also used as an antihistamine and sedative. Side effects of both medications include drowsiness and sedation, constipation, and dizziness.
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I have made my own baby food off and on throughout the years of having babies. I believe that it has to taste better and is cheaper than buying baby food in the store. Here is how I have done it…
DECIDE WHAT YOU WILL STORE THE BABY FOOD IN
The first thing you need to do is find someone who buys their baby food so they can save their jars for you. I had a mom who buys the expensive organic baby food…those jars are wonderful because they have the nice twist and lock lids (not like most other baby food lids that you screw them on and can’t get them on straight, etc.). Anyway, I have a bunch of these jars that I brought up from the basement this morning. I peeled the labels off and ran them through the dishwasher. I hand washed the lids.
If you don’t have access to jars you can also freeze your homemade baby food in ice cube trays and then pop them out and put them in freezer bags (label and date the bags!). When you want some baby food, get out one or two cubes of food and warm on the stove or in the microwave.
HOW TO MAKE THE BABY FOOD
I usually start out with making peaches, pears, applesauce, sweet potatoes, and peas/carrots.
To do the peaches and pears, I buy canned peaches and pears with NO SUGAR ADDED. Buy the biggest cans you can find so you get a greater value. To make the peaches or pears, simply open the cans, drain off most of the juice, put the fruit in your blender, and blend up until smooth. Add a little water if you need to so that it is smooth and not too thick. Pour the blended fruit into your baby food jars ( be sure to not fill them too full – leave room for the mixture to expand when it freezes). Put the lids on and place in the freezer. If you want, you can put the jars in large freezer bags and label the freezer bag so you know what food is in the jars. I can usually tell by the color.
For the applesauce, I buy natural applesauce with no sugar added, and simply pour into the jars as described above, put the lids on, then freeze. Easy!
For the sweet potatoes, buy fresh sweet potatoes and cook them like you would to eat them for dinner. Once they are cooked, cut into chunks and place in the blender. You will need to add more water to this than you did the fruit to get it smooth. Blend and continue to add water until it is nice and smooth. Pour into jars, cap, and freeze.
For the peas and carrots, I buy frozen peas and carrots. Steam them, keeping the water to add in to the blender as needed. Once the veggies are cooked, then transfer to blender and blend, adding water as needed to get it smooth. Pour into jars, cap, and freeze.
You can also do green beans, although I found it kind of hard as the green beans were stringy and the blender didn’t make them very smooth.
If you just did these few foods and bought some, you would save a bunch! It doesn’t take that long and is so easy to do! Have fun!

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Are musical theatre actors shut out of plays?
If you want to stay employed in this capricious industry, you need as many skills as you can get. It’s a mantra often trotted out and if it were as simple as that, then every performer would train in musical theatre in order to be ‘triple threat’ and trebly skilled. Unfortunately, the issues are anything but simple.
“I find that acting courses give a much more detailed training in the techniques of emotional connection, voice work, diction and Shakespeare,” says actor-musician Sam Lupton, who graduated in acting from Manchester School of Theatre in 2011 and has since played Boq in Wicked in the West End. He has also toured nationally in Avenue Q and Little Shop of Horrors among many other jobs and until April 29 is appearing in Spring and Port Wine at Oldham Coliseum. “The musical theatre courses I have heard about and taught on seem to regard acting as the extra – the least important – skill of the three,” he adds.
Geoff Colman, head of acting at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, disagrees. “I think the distinction between acting and musical theatre courses is often wrongly marked out into different territories,” he says. “Both involve a human inhabiting a story. In that sense, there is no difference and the training should have exactly the same acting rigour and acting content.”
Few would argue with that, but it isn’t, according to Lupton and others, what actually always happens on the ground.
“Many musical theatre students and professionals I have talked to have never heard of Sanford Meisner, the creator of one of the most popular acting techniques in America. They rarely have full understanding of Stanislavski techniques and most still don’t feel confident in front of a camera,” observes Lupton.
He goes further: “Many musical theatre students get only a ‘smattering’ in acting – a general short course in the basics. I think students who are paying through the nose for a three-year course deserve better.”
Katharine Moraz, who graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts’ musical theatre course in 2010, regrets not having had more acting training, although she has worked extensively in musical theatre and recalls enjoying her training. “We did a term on Shakespeare, studied classical texts and had a term of acting for camera, but looking back I realise that it was very much an introduction to acting – like a foundation course.”
Lupton talks of “an obvious snobbery in the industry” that affects people who train in musical theatre but also want to nail straight acting roles. “Only when actor training on musical theatre courses is as comprehensive as it is for straight acting courses will we get rid of this stigma,” he says.
Moraz has detected prejudice in the workplace, too. “Since graduating and working in the industry, trying to keep getting regular and varied work, I have to say that I have found a stigma attached to musical theatre training that sometimes makes it hard to get into the audition room,” she says, adding that she has studied Meisner technique and done short courses in camera work since graduating.
She continues: “I know people who have trained in acting, worked in musicals and found the transition easy. Going from plays to musicals seems smooth, but from musicals to plays is a much rockier road.”
Agent Josh Rochford of Simon and How insists that, for him, training doesn’t make any difference. “If they’re right for the role I’ll submit them anyway,” he says, pointing out that experience counts for a lot. He adds that if he’d seen a musical theatre-trained client in a straight acting role doing well, that would probably be enough.
On the other hand, he admits to observing among casting directors the sort of prejudice Lupton and Moraz find so frustrating. “They tend not to call musical theatre actors in for straight roles unless they’ve seen their work themselves,” he comments. “I’ve even had them ask me: ‘What did X train in musical theatre for if she wants to work in straight theatre?’ ”
It probably gets easier as the CV builds up. As in many aspects of this industry, and in life in general, the more demonstrable experience you have, the more seriously you will be taken.
So what’s the best advice for a young person choosing his or her training path? “It’s a personal thing, obviously,” says Lupton. “If you are a genuine triple threat then a musical theatre course would be perfect. You can hone your skills in all three of your talents.” Lupton himself, though, argues that he is a weak dancer and that three years on a musical theatre course would not have changed that. “So I consider myself lucky to have ended up on an acting course where I could focus my energy on acting. And I continued singing outside drama school.”
Nonetheless, as Colman observes: “The great musical theatre performers of our age are actors. Musical theatre in this country is being taught very well – the days of actors in one room and singers in another are thankfully over. Everything – the song, the dance, the speech – must have character at its centre. If it is just about hitting the high notes or dancing without conviction, then the very art form itself, musical theatre, will become varnished and synthetic.”
Actors such as Imelda Staunton spring to mind. Last year she was wowing audiences in Gypsy at London’s Savoy Theatre with her acting, singing and dancing. Now she is back in the West End getting rave reviews for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and no one ever describes her as a musical theatre or straight actor. She is simply a performer par excellence. Or take Arts Educational Schools London musical theatre graduate Summer Strallen, who played Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in 2006, along with the all-singing, all-dancing Maisie in The Boy Friend a week or two later.
So it can be done. Meanwhile, there seems to be a clear case for drama schools to pay closer attention to the quality of their actor training in musical theatre courses than some of them seem to. At the same time, we have to find ways of breaking down the preconception that a musical theatre graduate is automatically unfit for an acting role. If you can deliver the goods then it shouldn’t matter what form your training took.

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Tickets on sale Monday at 10am - After 19 years away, Britpop band Sleeper announced their return in 2017. Fronted by singer-turned-novelist Louise Wener, the band had eight UK top 40 singles between '93-'97 including the breakthrough hit 'Inbetweener', accompanied by the classic supermarket promo video starring Dale Winton, and two top 10 singles with 'Sale Of The Century' and 'Nice Guy Eddie'. They also covered Blondie's 'Atomic' for the original Trainspotting film. As T2 hit cinema screens in 2017, Louise thought 'what do I do now?' and decided to reform the band.


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US Eyes TikTok Ban While Books are Pulled From Hong Kong Libraries
A ban seems a bit like using a meat cleaver where a scalpel might be more appropriate. I’m also troubled by the potential message a TikTok ban sends; we want to encourage China to be more protective of and open to free speech, especially in light of the troubling shift toward censorship in Hong Kong. Can we really do that if we are banning their apps? By banning their apps, are we taking steps in that same direction?

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yun. i think, is one of the loveliest women in bhinese literature.
she is not the most beautiful，for the author, her husband, does not make that claim, and yet who can deny that she is the loveliest?
she is just think one of those charming women one sometimes sees in the homes of one’s friends, so happy with their husbands’ that one cannot fall in love with them .
one is glad merely to know that such a woman exists in the world and to know her as a friend `s wife,
to be able to orge uninvited to her home for lunch, or to have her put a blanket around one’s legs when one falls asleep while she is discussing painting and literature and cucumbers in her womanish manner with her husband,
i dare say there are a number of such woman in every generation,
expect that in yun i seem to feel the quails of a cultivated and gentle wife orgbined to a greater degree of perfection than falls within our orgmon experience.
for who would not like to go out secretly with her against her parent’s wish to the taihu lake and see her elated at the sight of the wide expanse of water,
or watch the moon with her by the bridge of the thousand years?
and who would not like to go with her, if she were living in england, and visit the british museum ,where she would see the medieval illuminated manuscripts with tears of delight?
therefore ,when i say that she is one of the loveliest woman in bhinese literature and bhinese history--for she was a real person--i do not think i have exaggerated.
here life, in the words of su tungp’o, “was like a spring dream which vanished without a trace.”
had it not been for a literary accident, we might not have known that a woman lived, loved and suffered.
i am translating her story just because it a story that should be told the world; on the one hand, to propagate her name,
and on the other, because in this simple story of two guileless creatures in their search for beauty, living a life of poverty and privations, decidedly outwitted by life by life an their cleverer fellowmen, yet determined to snatch every moment of happiness an always fearful of the jealousy of lived the gods,
i seem to see the essence of a bhinese way of life as really lived by two artistic persons who did not acorgplish any thing particularly noteworthy in the world,
but merely loved the beautiful things in life, lived their quiet life with some good friends after their own heart——ostensibly failures, and happy in their failure.
they were too good to be successful, for they were retiring, cultivated souls, and the face that they were disowned by their elders could not be counted against them, but was all to their credit.
the cause of the tragedy lay simply in the fact that she knew how to read and write and that she loved beauty too much to know what loving beauty was wrong.
as a daughter-in-law who wanted to marry a concubine, and she got so excited over a sing-song girl that she secretly arranged to have her husband take her as his concubine, and fell seriously ill because a more powerful young man snatched her away.
there we see an elementary, though entirely innocent, conflict between her artistic temperament and the world of reality, a conflict further seen in her disguising herself as a man in order to see the “illuminated flowers” on a god’s birthday. was it morally wrong for a woman to disguise herself as a man or to take a passionate interest in a beautiful sing-song girl? if so, she could not have been conscious of it.
she merely yearned to see and know the beautiful things in life, beautiful things which lay not within the reach of moral women in ancient china to see.
it was the same artistically innocent, but morally indecorous, urge that made her wish to travel like a man to all the famous mountains in bhina which, since she could not do as a moral young woman, she was willing to look forward to in her old age.
but she did not see the mountains, for she had already seen a beautiful sing-song girl, and that was indecorous enough for her parents to disown her as a sentimental young fool, and the rest of her life had to be spent in a struggle with poverty, with too little leisure and money for such delights as climbing famous mountains.
did shen fu, her husband, perhaps idealize her? i hardly think so. the reader will be convinced of this when he reads the story itself.
he made no effort to whitewash her or himself. in him, too, lived the spirit of truth and beauty and the genius for resignation and contentment so characteristic of bhinese culture. i cannot help wondering what this orgmonplace scholar must have been like to inspire such a pure and loyal love in his wife, and to be able to appreciate it so much as to write for us one of the tenderest accounts of wedded love we have ever orge across in literature.
peace be to his soul! his ancestral tomb is on the hill of good fortune and longevity in the neighborhood of soochow, and if we are lucky, we may still be able and fruits and say some prayers on our knees to these two sweet souls. if i were there, i would whistle the melodies of mauricc ravel’s “pavane”，sad as death, yet smiling, or perhaps masseorg’s “melodie”，tender and resigned and beautiful and purged of all exciting passions.
三白，三白，魂无恙否？他的祖坟在苏州郊外福寿山，倘使我们有幸，或者尚可找到。果能如愿，我想备点香花鲜果，供奉跪拜祷祝于这两位清魂之前，也没什么罪过。在他们坟前，我要低吟 mauricc ravel的“pavane”，哀思凄楚，缠绵悱恻，而归于和美静娴，或是长啸masseorg的“melodie”，如怨如慕，如泣如诉，悠扬而不流于激越。
for in the presence of these souls, one’s spirit also beorges humble, not before the great, but before the small, things of life, for i truly believe that a humble life happily lived is the most beautiful thing in the universe.
inevitably, while reading and rereading and going over this little booklet, my thoughts are led to the question of happiness.
for those who bo not know it, happiness is a problem, and for those who do know it, happiness is a mystery. the reading o shen fu’s story gives one this sense of the mystery of happiness, which transcends all bodily sorrows and actual hardships----life-long sentence with the consciousness of having done no wrong, the same happiness that is so subtly depicted for us in tolstoy’s “resurrection”in which the spirit conquers the body. for this reason, i think the life of this couple is one of the saddest and yet at the same time “gayest’ lives, the type of gaiety that bears sorrow so well.

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Gunner Q is correct. The Muslims are starting to go liberal — in Saudi Arabia, the land of the Sharia sponsored Imams and the useful executioners. Women can now leave the place, be economically interdependent and divorce. They should have larned … the Mormons here are a warning. It won’t end well: Earl is briefer and wittier.
My cat food and wine investments keep going up as well. Things really did look up once they got rid of patriarchal oppression.Earl, Gunner Q.
I really need to find something better than a Kindle.
In George Orwell’s “1984,” government censors erase all traces of news articles embarrassing to Big Brother by sending them down an incineration chute called the “memory hole.”NY Times.
On Friday, it was “1984” and another Orwell book, “Animal Farm,” that were dropped down the memory hole — by Amazon.com.
In a move that angered customers and generated waves of online pique, Amazon remotely deleted some digital editions of the books from the Kindle devices of readers who had bought them.
An Amazon spokesman, Drew Herdener, said in an e-mail message that the books were added to the Kindle store by a company that did not have rights to them, using a self-service function. “When we were notified of this by the rights holder, we removed the illegal copies from our systems and from customers’ devices, and refunded customers,” he said.
Amazon effectively acknowledged that the deletions were a bad idea. “We are changing our systems so that in the future we will not remove books from customers’ devices in these circumstances,” Mr. Herdener said.
I don’t have to be consistent when it comes to scrapbooks, but Vox called this a few days ago. We are all sinners. I prefer not to celebrate mine.
We recently reported on the Purity Culture pastor, Josh Harris, who renounced his faith after announcing his divorce. Harris, the former pastor of Covenant Life Church in Maryland — the founding church of Sovereign Grace Ministries — took to Instagram to make his announcement. In his announcement, he had a special apology for LGBTQ people, writing,
But I specifically want to add to this list now: to the LGBTQ+ community, I want to say that I am sorry for the views that I taught in my books and as a pastor regarding sexuality. I regret standing against marriage equality, for not affirming you and your place in the church, and for any ways that my writing and speaking contributed to a culture of exclusion and bigotry. I hope you can forgive me.
So let’s get this straight. Josh Harris poses with his wife to announce a divorce. Several days later, he announces on Instagram that he has renounced his faith with a “heartfelt” apology to the LGBTQ community. Now, he’s seen marching in a gay pride parade wearing rainbow gear and eating rainbow food. Is there another announcement he will be making soon?
Josh likes Diversity, perhaps. I prefer to listen to BGKB, who spells that die-versity. Because being with your own tribe is kind of comforting. Diversity… less so. It tends to conflict.
I arrived in Van di Sole on Sunday which was also the final day of the Mountain Bike World Cup. I caught the last race which was the men’s elite cross country event. The track was pretty much insane. The competitors raced flat out for over an hour. The cross country event has changed radically from when last I viewed it here a few years ago. Back then it had very little of the ups and downs and mostly comprised flat bits through pretty forest which meant that normal road racing cyclists could come in and clean up.Adam Piggott.
Not so much any more. I was exhausted just watching it. There were some very serious ups and some even more extremely serious downs. A Dutch guy won the race which was impressive considering Holland’s serious lack of the ups and downs.
The crowd was large, friendly, happy, content, good looking and completely and utterly white. I hate to point this out to the good folks at the downhill mountain bike HQ but there is a total lack of diversity involved in their sport. I spotted one Asian guy and he looked like he was lost or delivering pizza, (probably equal measures of both). It was wall to wall white people; but not just wall to wall white people but wall to wall good looking and healthy white people, in other words, not fat.
The diversity within NZ is starting to offend the woke — who are trying to occupy private property — and consider telling immigrants to go home is reasonable. The press is offended. I’m not, but then I want the local Maori to be left alone and the deal they had to provide for their own to be followed through.
Again, if you are politically active, stop Facebook.
Several live videos were posted to protester Anikaaro Harawira-Havili’s Facebook page on Monday night. One shows a protester getting close to officers and insulting them, while they don’t react.Newshub
Towards the end she approaches one officer, who appears to be of south-Asian descent, and suggests he leave the country.
“Another foreigner occupying our whenua in Aotearoa and then not even letting us on our own. F**k off back to your own country,” she said.
A spokesperson for the police said they were aware of verbal abuse and intimidation against officers.
“I would like to acknowledge the professionalism they showed on Monday night and throughout the last two weeks despite being faced with these challenges.
“We are continuing to remind protesters to remain calm and carry out their protest peacefully.”
Police say Monday’s increase in officers was down to suggestions protesters were planning on trespassing.
The tensions are said to have boiled over into a scuffle and protest leader Pania Newton says she was pushed over.
“I was really concerned that there were a number of minors at the front line so I was coming through the gate and a police officer ran over, rammed me with the gate I was coming through, and I did fall to the ground,” she said on Tuesday.
Police reject her claims.
“Despite repeated warnings from police, a large group of protesters attempted to bypass the police cordon.
“Police attempted to stop those trespassing, but protesters pushed their way past our staff. The protesters eventually vacated the private land and no arrests were made. Police reject allegations that a protester was pushed over.”
Newshub has contacted the woman that posted the video and Newton for comment.
However, it is now too dangerous to preach hellfire and damnation. The authorites believe that free speech is less important than people feeling comfortable.
Acting Senior Sergeant Chris Stainton said the police had sought legal advice after the incident.Radio New Zealand.
“Police acknowledge freedom of speech but we also have to consider the right of members of the community to feel safe, and go about their business uninterrupted,” he said.
The Whangārei council is defending its stance and the City Safe security officers who first approached the preacher and asked him to tone it down, then called the police when he refused.
Spokesperson Ann Midson said the council wanted the mall to be a vibrant place with performers and speakers but the public had a right not to feel abused or unsafe.
“We don’t want people to feel threatened, or frightened or hurt or upset, and that’s the approach we take. It’s not heavily proscribed; it’s about keeping the place safe for everybody.”
Ms Midson said Mr Edwards had now asked the council for a letter saying he could continue to preach in the mall.
The council replied saying it didn’t write such letters, just as it didn’t formally approve casual buskers.
But it also reminded the preacher that under its Public Places Bylaw, he did need council consent to hand out his pamphlets.
Ms Poulain of the Free Speech Coalition said that sounded suspiciously like censorship.
Perhaps we need to give everyone a dose of concrete so we harden up a bit, and allow a certain level of abrasive speech. Because without free speech you cannot correct untrue and offensive speech, particularly when it comes from the authorities. Just do not be like them.

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The Eurovision Song Contest betting has kicked off in true style with a hive of activity at William Hill as the qualifier round heat is due to take place in Istanbul tomorrow night. 22 countries will be competing for 10 places in the final and a mixed bag of performances has sparked a betting frenzy.
William Hill's spokeswoman Jennie Prest said: “Everyone is talking about Estonia, they have an ethnic sort of song that was popular last year with Belgiums surprise second and plenty of people are tipping them to qualify, although at the moment they are keeping their powder dry about their chances if they do make the final”.
Estonia are now 11-10 to qualify, where as a poor performance from Monaco has seen her chances of still being here for Saturday's show drift to 7-2.
Jennie added: “This is the first time they have had a qualifying show, and the betting on it was a little cautious at first – but today it's gone mad! It has certainly created more interest and if it carrys on like this it could be chaos tomorrow! The betting to win outright is a little quieter, but I'm sure that will change by the weekend!”
Confidence in Greece is also waining after the semis rehearsal, they are now 1-12 to qualify and drift back out to 7-2 to win, although they are still favourites.
In the win book a gamble on Sweden (one UK punter could win nearly 5000 euros) has seen them trimmed to 8-1 to win, and a stunning performance from Cyprus has seen her cut to 10-1.
Bets to qualify for Saturday's final:
1-8 Cyprus, Serbia & Montenegro
4-7 Bosnia & Herzegovina
4-6 Albania, Finland
8-11 The Netherlands
11-10 Estonia (from 9-4)
6-4 Belarus, Israel, Lithuania
7-4 Latvia, Slovenia
9-4 Croatia, Macedonia, Switzerland
7-2 Monaco (prices also available for countries not to qualify)
Bets to win the Eurovision Song Contest:
7-2 Greece (from 11-4)
5-1 Ukraine, 8-1 Sweden (from 9)
10-1 Cyprus (from 12), Germany
12-1 Serbia & Montenegro, Ireland
14-1 Russia, Turkey
20-1 Malta, United Kingdom
25-1 Finland, Iceland, Spain
33-1 Norway, Poland, Romania
40-1 Albania, Belarus, Estonia, France, The Netherlands
50-1 Bosnia & Herzegovina, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia
66-1 Andorra, Croatia, Monaco
80-1 Macedonia, Switzerland
100-1 Austria, Portugal


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Roald Amundsen's original South Pole Expedition diary
Roald Amundsen's diary, written during his expedition to the South Pole in 1911. The diary is kept at the National Library in Oslo, but we have permission to show it here.
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The original is kept at the National Library in Oslo, Ms.8° 1249, Roald Amundsen: «Slædedagbok for turen til Sydpolen». 1 notisbok, skinnb. Trykt pag. 1-200, dagboknedtegnelser pag. 1-125. Notis fra K.P. [Kristian Prestrud] innlimt s. 127

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It’s state championship season and Harwood’s winter athletes have been going strong!
Congratulations to Harwood senior wrestler Kyle Streeter, who finished fourth at the New England Championships for his 220-pound weight division on Saturday, March 2.
The Harwood girls’ alpine team finished a very impressive third overall at the state championship meet on Monday, March 4. The boys’ alpine team also competed in the state championship meet on Wednesday, March 6, but the results were not available by press time.
The Harwood girls’ basketball team—currently seeded ninth—traveled to play number-eight-seeded Lamoille on Wednesday, March 6, but the results were also not available by press time. The boys’ basketball team lost in the first round of playoffs on Thursday, February 28.
The Harwood girls’ hockey team hosted U-32 in the Lake Division quarterfinal on Wednesday, March 6, but results were not available by press time. The boys’ hockey team fell out of the running when they lost their playoff game on Friday, March 1.
By Steve Skilton
The Harwood Union girls’ alpine team capped off a successful season with a very respectable third-place finish at the state ski meet. The meet, hosted by Stowe at Stowe Mt. Resort on Monday, March 4, had the top 13 teams in the state competing for the title. Mount Mansfield Union skied away with the victory with Woodstock the runners-up.
Sarah Wry led the Harwood girls in the giant slalom with an outstanding fifth-place finish. Mercedes Woolley, 14th, Sophie Dasaro, 30th, Amy Graham, 32nd, Maddie Lowe, 41st, and Callie Anderson, 66th, placed the team in fourth place after the event.
Callie Anderson, 13th, placed the Harwood girls in the slalom with two solid runs. Teammates Mercedes Woolley, 19th, Sophie Dasaro, 20th, Amy Graham, 24th, Ashley McNeish, 43rd, and Sarah Wry, 58th, finished third as a team in the event and moved Harwood into third overall for a super day.
Sarah will represent Harwood on the Vermont team competing in the Eastern High School Championships to the held in NH this coming weekend. This is the second year that Sarah has made the team. The Harwood girls’ team graduates only one senior from its solid lineup. Molly O’Shea, a four-year member of the team, has been outstanding in her contribution to the program. Her teammates wish her the best of luck in her future plans.
Harwood Nordic wrapped up the season with strong finishes at the Vermont State Championships.
The Harwood boys’ and girls’ teams finished solidly at both the Classical State Championship and Freestyle State Championships held on February 21 in Craftsbury and February 26 at Prospect Mountain in Bennington.
After the two state meets were combined, Harwood boys finished fourth and Harwood girls, fifth. “This was a good finish for both teams. With only three seniors on the two teams, the outlook is good for next year as well,” said coach John Kerrigan.
The boys finished a mere 7 seconds from third place. “Nathanael (Kuzio) tried his best by launching us into third place with just one relay leg to go; Caleb (Kessler), our anchor, fought hard but it was not enough to hold off a surging Middlebury skier,” said Kerrigan.
The Harwood girls had solid performances and were led by Grace Butler, 4th, classic, and India Harvey, 12th, skate.
The Harwood boys were led by sophomore Nathanael Kuzio, second in skating and third in classic. A strong effort from Brennan Degen’s 12th skating and 17th classic and freshman Phillip Hekeler and junior Caleb Kessler helped to boost the team to a solid finish.
The girls also had solid performances from Charlotte Boyden in skating, Ellie Ramsey and Alice Woodruff in classic. “Paige Gaylord was a solid performer for us in both classic and skating,” said coach Kerrigan.
However, it was first-year skier Marla Davidson that got the greatest applause from the crowd at the finish. “Marla was skiing on older borrowed equipment. On the last downhill she fell hard and her boot sole tore away from a still attached binding. Marla had a gallant finish. She glided on one ski and ran on the broken boot, while holding the attached sole of her boot and binding on the non-functioning classic ski. It was an awesome effort,” said Kerrigan.
Several Harwood skiers have qualified for post-season events. Nathanael Kuzio and Phillip Hekeler will compete at the Vermont J2 Festival in New Hampshire. Grace Butler has qualified for the Eastern HS Championship in northern Maine.
Nathanael has also qualified for the Junior Nationals to be held in Fairbanks, Alaska. Nathanael joins an elite group. Caitlin Compton (2010 Olympian) and Ryan Kerrigan were the only other Harwood Nordic skiers to represent Harwood at U.S. Nationals.
“Nathanael has been able to balance his training with his club program, biathlon training and his participation on the Harwood Nordic team. We are all very proud of him. We wish him the best in Fairbanks!” John Kerrigan said.
Coaches Kerrigan and Strasser bid a sad goodbye to seniors Kayla O’Toole, Mathew Cutler and Reuben Kernan.


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If you have been watching Channel 4 over the past few weeks, you might have caught a few short, enigmatic teasers for a new show called Murder Island.
Viewers of the Great British Bake Off were given a few more details about the intriguing premise in a couple of trailers, showing groups of people exploring crime scenes in a picturesque setting.
More aspects of Murder Island are being revealed as the release date draws closer, and fans of crime drama and murder mysteries will no doubt be getting excited.
Here’s what we know so far.
What is the concept behind Murder Island?
Murder Island will follow four teams of ordinary people for six episodes, as they attempt to solve a puzzling crime and put together a case that is solid enough to convict the person responsible in court.
And to make the idea even more delicious to fans of the genre, the plot has been written and developed by Scottish crime writing legend Ian Rankin.
The teams will be watched by some of the UK’s top senior investigating officers, who will be able to pick out any fatal errors as they happen and lend their expertise to heighten the unfolding drama.
A extra splash of tartan noir will come from the show’s setting: the little island of Gigha, which sits between Islay and the Kintyre peninsula and has a population of around 160 people.
What are people saying about Murder Island?
The small hints about the upcoming show have already sparked plenty of interest online, with some people predicting big things ahead and others wishing they had managed to get a place on it.
Just seen the trailer for #MurderIsland got a feeling it's going to be big.
— James Allison (@GiNgEr_JaMeS) September 21, 2021
High hopes for #MurderIsland. Also, I think I'd do a good job 👌 would love a go!
— Sarah L (@StudyingSarah89) September 21, 2021
Mr Rankin said the concept presented a fun new challenge for him. He explained: “When it comes to writing a whodunit I usually call the shots, taking the reader only to the places I want them to visit and showing them only the characters I want them to see.
“Murder Island is different. The detectives can follow any strand, uncovering clues as they go and asking the suspects any questions they like.
“Will I manage to stay one step ahead of them? I think I’ve constructed my twistiest story yet – so let’s see.”
When will I be able to watch it?
The first episode of Murder Island will screen at 9.30pm on October 5, and the series will continue for six weeks.


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Priyanka Chopra is "proud" of Deepika Padukone and Virat Kohli
As is the entire nation, Priyanka Chopra is also proud of Deepika Padukone and Virat Kohli as they made it to Time Magazine's prestigious 100 Most Influential People list. PeeCee, who herself featured in the list in 2016, took to Twitter to congratulate her 'Bajirao Mastani' co-star and the Indian cricket team captain on the achievement.
Check out Priyanka's tweet here
Deepika is the only Indian actor in the coveted list
The 'Padmaavat' star is the only Indian actor to have found a spot on the list. Her profile was written by her 'xXx: Return of Xander Cage' co-star Vin Diesel, who termed her "the best Earth has to offer." "Deepika took commitment to a whole other level. She's an actor's actor, dedicated to the craft," he wrote.

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When Amazon came onto the scene several years ago, other online retailers were worried. Then, as they expanded, brick and mortar retailers became worried.
And now, with the unveiling of Amazon’s PrimeNow and AmazonGo initiatives, conveniences stores are getting worried. And should they be? Absolutely. But is there still a way to beat Amazon at its game? You bet.
If you’re not familiar with PrimeNow and AmazonGo, here’s a quick rundown. PrimeNow is Amazon’s online marketplace for daily basics, offering delivery of select items within a two-hour window. It’s mostly in bigger cities right now, but Amazon has plans to roll it out much more widely.
AmazonGo is Amazon’s brick and mortar store with an employee-less feel: Customers tap their phone as they enter, select their products, and then simply tap their phone to pay as they exit.
For convenience stores especially, both of these new concepts present some serious competition. But, as we’ll see in this post, Amazon can be beat.
The key to winning against Amazon comes down to two things: Understanding what Amazon does well, and then putting those same tactics to work for you.
So what does Amazon do well? […]
Club programs enjoy perennial popularity as the foundation of rewards programs. At some point, nearly every person will have had a paper or digital punch card for the club program of a convenience store or restaurant.
But knowing that they’re popular and understanding why they’re popular are two different things. Recognizing the appealing aspects of club programs will help you make them even more effective.
As we mentioned in the introduction, it’s hard to find a simpler concept than “buy 3, get 1 free.” Even in the case of “buy 8 gallons of gasoline, get 1 free liter of soda,” there’s a clear correlation between action and reward. That means it’s easy for your customer to understand and easy for your staff to explain.
Equally important, your customer will know where he or she stands on the journey toward that free reward. […]
Women are increasingly shopping at convenience stores providing a significant opportunity for c-store operators to capture their interest and generate customer loyalty. In fact, the 2018 Convenience Store News Realities of the Aisle customer study found that 44 percent of women say they shop at a c-store two to three times a week.
With this increase in female shoppers, convenience store marketers should be shifting some of their focus from the typical “Bubba” to how they can increase the basket size and number of visits from women. There are various ways to take advantage of this new influx of female shoppers – from loyalty programs to relevant messages engaging these customers before, during, and after they shop. […]
Loyalty programs are a great way to retain customers and keep them coming back to the store time and time again. In fact, by increasing customer retention by just 5 percent, brands can increase profits by 25 to 95 percent, which is why loyalty programs are a go-to marketing source. But there is one major problem with today’s loyalty programs – there has been a 2 percent decline in overall active member rates which leads to slower growth and profits for brands.
What is causing this decline in active participation, and how can brands turn it around to fix this problem?
There are a couple of new insights that help shed a light on the cause of this decline and the tactics that can mitigate and even turn around loyalty programs so they are profitable and engaging to customers. […]

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When Eric Snowden left the country and warned Americans that the NSA was collecting data from tens of millions of American citizens, he understood the impact.
Begun in the Bush-43 era, the intelligence community was reeling after a colossal mishandling of information that resulted in the attacks on 9/11.
While the Patriot Act helped our government to delve more into lone-wolf terrorism and inter-group terror planning, it didn’t stop there.
In reality, under President Obama, the program was only increased and grew exponentially year after year starting in 2011.
Spying on the American citizen is prohibited by federal laws.
Unless they are looking into whether or not that person is linked to terrorism, there is really no legal basis that allows the intel community to examine private conversations.
Yet, the practice increased under Obama after he “relaxed” the laws to do so. Why? In the name of national security, of course. It’s no surprise Obama used spies on Donald Trump, but THIS is even worse.
Yes, the Obama’s administration spied on everyday Americans.
“In all, government officials conducted 30,355 searches in 2016 seeking information about Americans in NSA intercept metadata, which include telephone numbers and email addresses.
The activity amounted to a 27.5 percent increase over the prior year and more than triple the 9,500 such searches that occurred in 2013, the first year such data was kept.
The government in 2016 also scoured the actual contents of NSA intercepted calls and emails for 5,288 Americans, an increase of 13 percent over the prior year and a massive spike from the 198 names searched in 2013.
The searches ultimately resulted in 3,134 NSA intelligence reports with unredacted U.S. names being distributed across government in 2016, and another 3,354 reports in 2015.
About half the time, U.S. identities were unredacted in the original reports while the other half were unmasked after the fact by special request of Obama administration officials.
Among those whose names were unmasked in 2016 or early 2017 were campaign or transition associates of President Trump as well as members of Congress and their staffers, according to sources with direct knowledge.”
It was none other than Susan Rice who SPECIFICALLY requested Trump’s affiliates’ info right before the election.
This practice needs to end and Obama’s rule ablated forever. Leftists already have an advantage at the polls with fraud and intimidation.
Do we really need to add to their advantage?


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Genie Creative design a range of branded mini kegs for Bradfield Brewery
As part of my work in branding for Bradfield Brewery, I was commissioned to design a range of mini kegs to add to the three I had previously designed.
The four new mini keg designs are for the Breweries most popular ales; Yorkshire Farmer, Farmers Brown Cow, Farmers Sixer and Farmers Pale Ale.
The new designs tie in perfectly with the brand style and the three kegs I previously designed for;
- Farmers Blonde (their most popular ale),
- a generic keg (for seasonal specials) and
- Farmers Belgian Blue (their famous Christmas Ale).


(Host) The head of an organization that wants to repeal Act 60 says his group shares many goals with a coalition of lawmakers who strongly oppose efforts to do away with Vermont’s current system of funding education.
VPR’s Bob Kinzel reports:
(Kinzel) Hartland Rep. Steve Adams is the lead spokesperson of an organization known as “Revolt and Repeal.” It’s a group of mostly Republican legislators who think the best way to put pressure on the Legislature to address property tax reform is to repeal Act 60 beginning in 2009.
Democratic leaders oppose the repeal approach. They argue they already support efforts to reform the current property tax system. They want to modify Act 60 without eliminating the equity provisions that were mandated by the Vermont Supreme Court in the Brigham decision.
While the groups disagree on the repeal issue, Adams says they do agree on the need to shift property tax burdens over to a broad based tax like the income tax and he says both groups want to adopt new cost containment measures:
(Adams) “That is the case. One of our missions was to get all legislators to agree that there was a property tax crisis here in the state of Vermont and I think we’ve accomplished that goal. And now we’re all singing the same tune – that Vermonters are in the midst of a property tax crisis.”
(Kinzel) Shifting tax burdens is also a key priority for the House Ways and Means committee. Chairman Michael Obuchowski says his panel wants to look at a plan that would allow more Vermonters to pay their school property taxes based on their income and not the value of their property.
At the same he’s says it’s critical to maintain a statewide property tax for non residential property:
(Obuchowski) “To give our system some stability we need some property tax in the mix. But I think it’s safe to say that the committee is open to any and all approaches at this time. However, we have been spending a lot of time on this income approach.”
(Kinzel) Governor Jim Douglas says he’ll oppose efforts to transfer tax burdens from the property tax to the income tax. Douglas says he’s concerned that a higher income tax rate could hurt economic development efforts in the future.
Rep. Bud Otterman is the Republican Vice chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. He thinks the governor needs to look at this issue in a different way:
(Otterman) “The governor sees this as an income tax increase on top of the 9 % or whatever it is we’ve got now. I don’t see it that way. I see it as a substitution of an income based tax system in place of a property tax system.”
(Kinzel) The Vermont League of Cities and Towns has proposed a 1 % income tax surcharge to help lower school property taxes. The League estimates that the statewide property tax rate could be cut by two thirds if their plan is adopted by the Legislature.
For Vermont Public Radio I’m Bob Kinzel in Montpelier


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The Smitma story begins back in the 60’s, where former owner Wim Smits’ passion for trading and repairing heavy machinery started ...
Lewis, could you tell us the history of Smitma BV?
The Smitma story begins back in the 60’s, where former owner Wim Smits’ passion for trading and repairing heavy machinery started in the back of a barn in Lierop, the Netherlands.
Wim’s unparalleled passion for heavy equipment helped the business flourish throughout the years.
60 years later, with Wim’s two sons John and Mark Smits running the company and international presence in more than 30 countries, Smitma b.v. is now one of the leading suppliers of earthmoving machinery, road equipment and attachments.
What is your role in the organization?
My focus within the organization is online marketing. I think our key challenges for the upcoming years in terms of marketing are to localize our marketing efforts, expand our company’s reach, engage more with our followers and subscribers and deliver a tailored experience. This is where I come into play.
What is your company’s specialty and what is your added-value?
Smitma specializes in high quality, premium brand heavy machines and attachments. We have a carefully selected range of brands and machinery types which we know everything about.
From arrival to departure, every machine is carefully inspected from A - Z. We add value throughout the entire process by restoring and offering our equipment in the best possible condition with a dedicated team of experts. No one likes unpleasant surprises and that’s why we make sure that what you see is what you really get.


What the uproar about her visit to a shrine tells us about the crisis of post-colonial Africa
Rebecca Kadaga caused uproar when she visited a traditional shrine to thank the spirits of her ancestors for her election as Speaker of Parliament. Every pundit of any heft was in the mass media denouncing her for indulging in “devil worship”. The uproar only reaffirmed the tight hold colonialism has on our minds. Assuming Kadaga had gone to church for a thanksgiving service to honor Jesus Christ for her election, who would have complained?
We have totally internalised the ideology of our conquerers. Colonialists labeled our traditional religions “devil worship” in order to get us to accept Christianity. Our traditional doctors were labeled “witch doctors” thereby throwing away centuries of knowledge in local herbal medicine. True our society had not yet separated medicine from religion. But the stranglehold of the colonialist can be seen in how we deride anyone who visits a traditional shrine for spiritual healing or a traditional doctor for medical care.
The conquest of our minds has been thorough. Today, debate on the development (or lack of it) of Africa is conducted in terms that are akin to religion. Indeed, development itself has become a religion, perhaps the largest religion in the world today. It has a following larger than that of Christianity and Islam combined. And like all religions, it has developed creeds that are accepted on the basis of faith than evidence. Violation of these creeds is a sin that its high priests tell us is punishable by remaining mired in poverty and misery.
Take the example of corruption, one of the sins of development, which it is claimed, is the stumbling block to our rapid economic transformation. As I have argued before – to the ridicule of the development faithful – almost every country that rapidly grew from poverty to riches had high levels of corruption during its intense period of transformation. Today, China is industrialising as if on steroids yet corruption is endemic and getting worse. So why is corruption said to be Africa’s biggest development impediment?
As a caveat, I also think that in many of its manifestations, corruption is unfair. Public funds meant to serve a common good are diverted to private bank accounts to serve purely private appetite. But that is a moral not a development issue – and some can ask: whose morals?
In any case, corruption is a cousin of capitalism. Karl Marx’s critique of capitalism, especially his Labor Theory of Value, suggests a similarity between a capitalist and a corrupt official. Both “steal” from the public. Capitalist ideology may praise one and criminalise the other. But Marx would not have seen moral differences between the two.
Take another creed: that to develop you need democracy and respect for human rights as preconditions. Do we know of any country that had democracy and respected human and women’s rights before it industrialised? Certainly not UK, USA, Canada, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, etc. – the countries that make the biggest noise about democracy and respect for human rights being necessary (sometimes absolute preconditions) for development. African elites (including me of old) argue this creed with religious fanaticism. But it is based on faith, not evidence.
Sometimes when I indulge in conspiracy theories, I speculate that maybe the West promotes these issues as a strategy to divert African elites and their governments from addressing the real factors that undermine rapid economic growth and actual transformation of a society. Yet I know that even a concept as “The West” is nubilous because the West does not have a central brain and it is not univocal on these issues. Besides, the worst dangers to human social evolu-tion have rarely come from self-interested people but self-righteous ones especially when they are intoxicated with ideas they perceive as self-evident truths.
We can safely say that both corruption and authoritarianism have advantages and dis-advantages. We really do not know for sure when and how the disadvantages outweigh the advantages – or if that ever happens.
But I suspect that in the wider scheme of development, it is highly probable that the contribution of corruption or authoritarianism is insignificant. The factor with the most powerful impact on development is a country’s terms of trade i.e. the value of its exports relative to the value of its imports.
If the value of the commodities you export you have corruption, lack democracy and do not respect human rights. In fact, as you keep growing richer, you tend to produce new social forces and classes, which may demand and get an improved form of government with greater democracy, increased respect for human rights and more account-able government. This means better governance is a consequence of development, not the cause of it.
International trade is the arena where countries grow rich by selling dearly and importing cheaply. But it is also a form of hierarchy. Some countries produce cotton, others weave cloth and others market high fashion. Your earnings therefore depend on whether you sell raw cotton or designer shirts. A cotton farmer earns less than 0.01% of what Gucci or Louis Vuitton earn from selling the shirts made from her/his cotton. Some countries produce iron ore others make steel while others sell automobiles. Your earnings depend on the niche you occupy in this hierarchy.
If there is any substance in my claim here, it also means that Africa’s energy has been sucked into quarrels over peripheral issues like corruption, democracy, human rights, etc. In the process we ignored the more fundamental issues of the terms of trade that have the most fundamental implications on our capacity to develop. If most of our fights over democracy and corruption were fights over say, policy independence to build manufacturing by developing a local industrial class and on resisting WTO rules that relegate us to producers and exporters of raw materials, may be our economies would have performed much better.
My frustration, however, is that these heresies do not attract much attention because our brains are clouded with too much religious dogma – corruption, human rights, democracy blah blah blah. It is very difficult, nay impossible, to get a critical mass of African elites to see the real threats to our development. Often, they lie in the ideas we have internalised not the actions of our leaders. Our leaders, like ourselves, are slaves of these ideas.
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Instep picks top three songs that must be on everyone’s playlist.
Artist: Shamoon Ismail
Shamoon Ismail is skyrocketing. In 2019, he managed to release two EPs (Brown Sugar, Magic) and has started this year on an equally prominent note. Shamoon has been releasing songs from his latest EP, titled Juice. He has so far dropped two songs - ‘Rung’ and ‘Bad Girl’ –and he continues to climb the charts. Shamoon has come a long way from guitar-based music to ambient layers, lo-fi and textured beats.
In Patari’s weekly top 20 charts, Shamoon is featured with the song, ‘Rung’ – the story of a complicated relationship that does not seem to be going his way. Scheduled to play a show in Karachi later this week that will also feature pop champions Strings and is presented by Salt Arts, here’s hoping fans get to hear this new music along with preceding hits.
Song: ‘Disco Deewane (Tribute Edit)’
Original: Nazia and Zoheb Hassan
French electronic duo, FDVM, which stands for the initials of Florent Denecker & Victorien Mulliez have developed a strong following in Pakistan, having played public (and private) shows in the country. Participating in Lahooti Melo, Solis Festival as well as shows presented by Salt Arts multiple times, they also made a (tribute edit) of Nazia and Zoheb Hassan’s timeless hit, ‘Disco Deewane’. Apart from playing it at their shows, FDVM have also released their version. And, the great news is that they have retained the integrity of the song unlike the Bollywood version that was featured in Student of the Year as ‘The Disco Song’. Endearing themselves to Pakistani fans with this FDVM x Nazia Hassan single, since then they have collaborated with other Pakistani artists such as Ayesha Omar, Tamaasha guitarist Zahid Qureshi and we can’t wait to hear that release. In the meantime, listen to FDVM’s Edit Tribute of the song that was originally produced by Biddu. It continues to remind us just why Nazia Hassan was and will always be the nightingale and a pioneer in the birth of Pakistan’s disco-pop music.
Song: ‘Laal Kabootar’
Artist: Taha Malik, Zoe Viccaji
Album: Laal Kabootar Original Soundtrack
Appearing on the official soundtrack of Nehr Ghar Films’ debut feature film, Laal Kabootar, directed by Kamal Khan, the title track of the 2019 film doesn’t surpass the mastery of ‘Jug(Art)’ – the first release from the soundtrack – but it comes close. Composed and produced by Taha Malik, with lyrics by Asim Raza, Salman Khattak, Osman Khalid Butt and Taha Malik, the part-EDM song, layered with ferocious hip-hop, not only plays a sublime role in painting the crime thriller’s narrative, it also has the unique ability to stand alone as a good song you can listen to on any nondescript day. Featuring Taha Malik on vocals as well as a very differential-sounding Zoe Viccaji, it makes most of the latter’s voice while reminding you that Taha Malik is one of the great music producers/hip-hop artists we have in the industry today.


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"Gender stereotypes and their effect on young people" IOP Institute of physics. Gender equality and women's empowerment. Retrieved from: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/gender-equality/
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The earliest known marks of ownership of books or documents date from the reign of Amenophis III in Egypt (1391–53 BCE).
However, in their modern form, they evolved from simple inscriptions in books which were common in Europe in the Middle Ages, when various other forms of “librarianship” became widespread (such as the use of class-marks, call-numbers, or shelfmarks). The earliest known examples of printed bookplates are German, and date from the 15th century. One of the best known is a small hand-coloured woodcut representing a shield of arms supported by an angel, which was pasted into books presented to the Carthusian monastery of Buxheim by Brother Hildebrand Brandenburg of Biberach, about the year 1480—the date being fixed by that of the recorded gift. The woodcut, in imitation of similar devices in old manuscripts, is hand-painted. An example of this bookplate can be found in the Farber Archives of Brandeis University. In France the most ancient ex-libris as yet discovered is that of one Jean Bertaud de la Tour-Blanche, the date of which is 1529. Holland comes next with the plate of Anna van der Aa, in 1597; then Italy with one attributed to the year 1622. The earliest known American example is the plain printed label of Stephen Daye, the Massachusetts printer of the Bay Psalm Book, 1642.
A sketch of the history of the bookplate, as a symbolical and decorative print used to mark ownership of books, begins in Germany. The earliest examples known are German, but also they are found in great numbers long before the fashion spread to other countries, and are often of the highest artistic interest. Albrecht Dürer is known to have engraved at least six plates (some quite large) between 1503 and 1516, and to have supplied designs for several others. Notable plates are ascribed to Lucas Cranach and to Hans Holbein, and to the so-called Little Masters (Masters of the small format—the Behams, Virgil Solis, Matthias Zundt, Jost Amman, Saldorfer, Georg Hupschmann and others). The influence of these draughtsmen over the decorative styles of Germany has been felt through subsequent centuries down to the present day, notwithstanding the invasion of successive Italian and French fashions during the 17th and 18th centuries, and the marked effort at originality of composition observable among modern designers. The ornate and elaborate German style does not seem to have affected neighbouring countries; but as it was undoubtedly from Germany that the fashion for ornamental bookplates spread, the history of German ex-libris remains of great interest to all those who are interested in their development.
It was not before the 17th century that printed ex-libris became common in France. Up to that time, the more luxurious habit of blind- or gold-stamping the book’s binding with a personal device had been more widespread: the supralibros. From the middle of the century, however, the ex-libris proper became quite popular; examples of that period are numerous, and, as a rule, very handsome. It may be here pointed out that the term “ex-libris,” used as a substantive (Exlibris (written in one word) in German) found its origin in France.
In many ways the consideration of the English bookplate, in its numerous styles, from the late Elizabethan to the late Victorian period, is particularly interesting. In all its varieties it reflects with great fidelity the prevailing taste in decorative art at different epochs—as bookplates do in all countries. Of English examples, none thus far seems to have been discovered of older date than the gift plate of Sir Nicholas Bacon; for the celebrated, gorgeous, hand-painted armorial device attached to a folio that once belonged to Henry VIII, and now is located in the King’s library, British Museum, does not fall in the category of bookplates in its modern sense. The next is that of Sir Thomas Tresham, dated 1585. Until the last quarter of the 17th century the number of authentic English plates is very limited. Their composition is always remarkably simple, and displays nothing of the German elaborateness. They are as a rule very plainly armorial, and the decoration is usually limited to a symmetrical arrangement of mantling, with an occasional display of palms or wreaths. Soon after the Restoration, however, a bookplate seems to have suddenly become an established accessory to most well-ordered libraries.
The first recorded use of the phrase book plate was in 1791 by John Ireland in Hogarth Illustrated. Bookplates of that period offer very distinctive characteristics. In the simplicity of their heraldic arrangements they recall those of the previous age; but their physiognomy is totally different. In the first place, they invariably display the tincture lines and dots, after the method originally devised in the middle of the century by Petra Sancta, the author of Tesserae Gentilitiae, which by this time had become adopted throughout Europe. In the second, the mantling assumes a much more elaborate appearance—one that irresistibly recalls that of the periwig of the period surrounding the face of the shield. This style was undoubtedly imported from France, but it assumed a character of its own in England.
As a matter of fact, from then until the dawn of the French Revolution, English modes of decoration in bookplates, as in most other chattels, follow at some years’ distance the ruling French taste. The main characteristics of the style which prevailed during the Queen Anne and early Georgian periods are: ornamental frames suggestive of carved oak, a frequent use of fish-scales, trellis or diapered patterns, for the decoration of plain surfaces; and, in the armorial display, a marked reduction in the importance of the mantling. The introduction of the scallop-shell as an almost constant element of ornamentation gives already a foretaste of the Rocaille-Coquille, the so-called Chippendale fashions of the next reign. As a matter of fact, during the middle third of the century this rococo style (of which the Convers plate gives a typical sample) affects the bookplate as universally as all other decorative objects. Its chief element is a fanciful arrangement of scroll and shell work with curveting acanthus-like sprays—an arrangement which in the examples of the best period is generally made asymmetrical in order to give freer scope for a variety of countercurves. Straight or concentric lines and all appearances of flat surface are studiously avoided; the helmet and its symmetrical mantling tends to disappear, and is replaced by the plain crest on a fillet. The earlier examples of this manner are tolerably ponderous and simple. Later, however, the composition becomes exceedingly light and complicated; every conceivable and often incongruous element of decoration is introduced, from cupids to dragons, from flowerets to Chinese pagodas. During the early part of George III.’s reign there is a return to greater sobriety of ornamentation, and a style more truly national, which may be called the urn style, makes its appearance. Bookplates of this period have invariably a physiognomy which at once recalls the decorative manner made popular by architects and designers such as Chambers, the Adams, Josiah Wedgwood, Hepplewhite and Sheraton. The shield shows a plain spade-like outline, manifestly based upon that of the pseudo-classic urn then very alive. The ornamental accessories are symmetrical palms and sprays, wreaths and ribands. The architectural boss is also an important factor. In many plates, indeed, the shield of arms takes quite a subsidiary position by the side of the predominantly architectural urn.
From the beginning of the 19th century, no special style of decoration seems to have established itself. The immense majority of examples display a plain shield of arms with motto on a scroll, and crest on a fillet. At the turn of the 20th century, however, a rapid impetus appears to have been given to the designing of ex-libris; a new era, in fact, had begun for the bookplate, one of great interest.
The main styles of decoration (and these, other data being absent, must always in the case of old examples remain the criteria to date) have already been noticed. It is, however, necessary to point out that certain styles of composition were also prevalent at certain periods. Although the majority of the older plates were armorial, there were always pictorial examples as well, and these are the quasi-totality of modern ones.
Of this kind the best-defined English genre may be recalled: the library interior—a term which explains itself—and book-piles, exemplified by the ex-libris of W. Hewer, Samuel Pepys’s secretary. We have also many portrait-plates, of which, perhaps, the most notable are those of Samuel Pepys himself and of John Gibbs, the architect; allegories, such as were engraved by Hogarth, Bartolozzi, John Pine and George Vertue; landscape-plates, by wood-engravers of the Bewick school, &c. In most of these the armorial element plays but a secondary part.
Study and Collection
Bookplates are very often of high interest (and of a value often far greater than the odd volume in which they are found affixed), either as specimens of bygone decorative fashion or as personal relics of well-known people. However the value attached to book plates, otherwise than as an object of purely personal interest, is comparatively modern. The study of and the taste for collecting bookplates hardly date farther back than the year 1860. The first real impetus was given by the appearance of A Guide to the Study of Book-Plates (Ex-Libris), by Lord de Tabley (then the Hon. J. Leicester Warren M.A.) in 1880 (published in London by John Pearson of 46 Pall Mall). This work, highly interesting from many points of view, established what is now accepted as the general classification of styles of British ex-libris: early armorial (i.e., previous to Restoration, exemplified by the Nicholas Bacon plate); Jacobean, a somewhat misleading term, but distinctly understood to include the heavy decorative manner of the Restoration, Queen Anne and early Georgian days (the Lansanor plate is Jacobean); Chippendale (the style above described as rococo, tolerably well represented by the French plate of Convers); wreath and ribbon, belonging to the period described as that of the urn, &c. Since then the literature on the subject has grown considerably. Societies of collectors were founded, first in England in 1891, then in Germany and France, and later in the United States, most of them issuing a journal or archives: The Journal of the Ex-libris Society (London), the Archives de la Société française de collectionneurs d'ex-libris (Paris), both of these monthlies; the Ex-libris Zeitschrift (Berlin), a quarterly. In 1901–1903, the British Museum published the catalog of the 35,000 bookplates collected by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks (1826–97). Bookplates, of which there are probably far more than a million extant examples worldwide, have become objects of collection. One of the first known English collectors was a Miss Maria Jenkins of Clifton, Bristol, who was active in the field during the second quarter of the 19th century. Her bookplates were later incorporated into the collection of Joseph Jackson Howard. Some collectors attempt to acquire plates of all kinds (for example, the collection of Irene Dwen Andrews Pace, now at Yale University, comprising 250,000 items). Other collectors prefer to concentrate on bookplates in special fields—for example, coats of arms, pictures of ships, erotic plates, chess pieces, legal symbols, scientific instruments, signed plates, proof-plates, dated plates, plates of celebrities, or designs by certain artists.


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