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Corn ethanol received 76 percent of all federal government renewable energy subsidies in 2007, despite its unclear environmental and energy benefits, according to the Environmental Working Group.
Corn-based ethanol, beloved by farm states and maligned by some environmentalists, received more than three-quarters of all federal renewable energy tax credits in 2007 – a balance that the Environmental Working Group says needs to change.
The Washington, D.C.-based group released a report Thursday citing U.S. Department of Energy data showing the corn-based ethanol industry took about $3 billion in federal tax credits in 2007, or 76 percent of all the tax credits going to renewable energy nationwide. That could grow to $5 billion by 2010, the report stated.
Solar, wind and geothermal power, which the Environmental Working Group supports as more environmentally friendly, received about $750 million in tax credits in 2007, or about 19 percent of the total, and biodiesel makers received $180 million, or 5 percent of the total.
Tax incentives make up about four-fifths of all federal support for renewable energy, making it an important measure for which industries the government is most heavily backing, said Craig Cox, the Environmental Working Group's Midwest director and author of the report, said Friday.
The Environmental Working Group wants to do away with ethanol's subsidies and link any future subsidies for biofuels to those that can "prove themselves as a more promising solution," he said.
"Then it's time to talk about what the next steps are," Cox said. "Clearly I think the administration and Congress need to take a hard look at where they're putting tax dollars in our renewable energy portfolio, and look at what the appropriate distribution of those public investments are."
Corn-based ethanol has come under attack from critics that say it may not reduce greenhouse gas emissions and can lead to other negative environmental impacts, although those criticisms are hotly disputed (see Tesoro Sues California Over Ethanol Mandate and Biofuels to More Then Double by 2030).
Ethanol makers have disputed their critics, saying their product is the only biofuel with short-term viability to make a dent in the nation's appetite for petroleum-based fuel.
The Renewable Fuels Association, an ethanol trade group, has also pointed to the industry's role in bringing hundreds of thousands of jobs to rural areas.
"Additional investment in power generation technologies should not come at the expense of the only renewable fuel technology making a measurable impact on this nation's dependence on foreign oil," association spokesman Matt Hartwig said Friday in an email response to the report. "Expanding the investment in all renewables is the only way for this nation to secure its energy future."
U.S. corn-based ethanol production has grown from 3.9 billion gallons in 2005 to a projected 9 billion gallons in 2008, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. Refiners of ethanol receive a 51-cent tax credit for every gallon they use, affectively lowering the price of the fuel in the market.
Solar, wind and geothermal energy plants, on the other hand, receive a variety of investment and production tax credits, as well as incentives for selling their power into markets in some states. These industries have asked Congress for changes to federal incentives to speed investment in the midst of the economic downturn, including asking the government to make cash payments in lieu of tax credits (see Industry Groups Call for Changes to Federal Incentives).
Ethanol maker are also lining up for federal aid. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Renewable Fuels Association last month asked lawmakers and the incoming administration of President-elect Barak Obama for $1 billion in short-term credit and a $50 billion federal loan guarantee program.
The association also asked that any automaker receiving federal bailout money be forced to produce only "flex-fuel" vehicles that can run on fuel made of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. Most ethanol sold in the country today comes as a 5 percent to 10 percent gasoline blend.
The Obama campaign's energy platform did call for all new vehicles sold in the country to be "flex-fuel" vehicles by the end of his first term. It also called for boosting production of so-called "next generation" biofuels, made from non-food sources such as grasses, waste and algae, to 60 billion gallons by 2030, up from the current federal goal of 21 billion gallons by 2022 (see Ethanol, Farm Industries Split on Candidates).
Cox of the Environmental Working Group said those next-generation biofuels may "make a contribution to our renewable energy future."
"But the jury's still out on some very basic questions about advanced biofuels, including whether ethanol really is the appropriate fuel," he added.
Companies seeking to use feedstocks like algae, grasses and municipal waste to make butanol, bio-oil or other hydrocarbons may have more energy-efficient products that do more to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, he said (see Algae Biofuel Investments Explode and Amyris: We're Better Than Biodiesel, Ethanol or Gas).
Corn ethanol makers say that their industry needs to thrive in order to create a broader market for ethanol made from non-food sources. But reports have cast doubt on the industry's ability to meet those goals, either for corn-based ethanol production or ethanol made from non-food sources (see U.S. Won't Meet its own Biofuel Mandate and Consumers to Pick Up Tab for Off-Target Cellulosic Ethanol Industry).
In a Thursday speech to boost his massive economic stimulus proposal, Obama called for the nation to double its renewable energy production in three years. But while he stressed how this push could lead to new jobs in solar and wind power industries and in making more fuel-efficient cars and buildings, he did not mention biofuels (see Obama Calls for Doubling Renewable Energy in Three Years).

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Change that is highly disruptive and is leading toward an unknown future pays a price on us personally.
The mental and emotional toll can ware us down physically. We sleep a few hours at night, then wake up and lie there thinking about what we should be doing or how to respond. If we aren’t getting enough sleep, we are not going to be sharp enough to think clearly. When we have a clear mind, our emotions are less troubled, and we can make better decisions and take more effective action to address the issues related to change.
Here’s a little thinking process that we can use to find the peacefulness of a clear mind. I suggest that we use this not just for the big questions, but for every situation we encounter. After I describe it, you’ll understand. Download the Impact Leadership Conversation Guides to more easily follow along.
Once we have acknowledged that we are at a point of change, we need to ask The Four Questions That Every Leader Must Ask. These questions guide us through a simple process of clarifying our thinking.
1. What is Our Impact? Impact is the difference something makes. Throw a stone into a pond, and we see the impact in terms of the ripples that radiate out from the center. Impact is the same. We can see the effect. It is a kind of change, too. When we look for the difference something has made, we are measuring impact. All ready, by recognizing that you are at a transition point, you are measuring impact.
We need to be clear about the impact we are experiencing, so we ask the question in several ways.
Over the past 18 months, what difference have we made? What has changed during this time?
What difference have our ideas made, our communication, the articulation of our mission, values and vision?
What difference have our relationships made? Do you know what you expect from your relationships with people? What has changed in your relationships?
What difference has the structure of our organization made? An organizations structure functions in four areas: Governance, Program, Operations, and, Resources. What difference has each made?
This form of questioning is focused on creating a current assessment of your situation. What if you are instead dealing with a real problem, you can also at the question in a problem solving mode.
What is the impact of this problem? Is this an Ideas, Relationship or Structure problem? If may well be a combination of all of them.
Or you can ask this question in planning for the future.
What difference do we want to make in 18 months? What change should we be able to identify if we effective in our work?
Asking the impact question in every situation clarifies your purpose and what you hope to achieve in a situation. Ask the question enough, and you’ll begin to think less in terms of doing repetitive activities and become more focused on impact.
Once you are clear about the question of impact, ask the other three questions.
2. What Are We Impacting? This question clarifies the market or network of people who are most affected by what you do. Do you have a measure of the difference you should be making? If not, this process will help you begin to create it.
3. What Opportunities Do We Now Have? The emphasis of this question is on opportunities that we have right NOW! We are interested in possible opportunities. Those are only possible because of the ones we have right now. We need to act on these opportunities. And we need to prioritize them, too.
How do you prioritize your opportunities? You simply ask what difference each one will make. If you have answered question #1 sufficiently, you should know where to start. It is not as simple as deciding which one has the most bang for the buck. Rather, we need to ask which ones carry us further toward long-term, sustainable impact?
4. What Problems Have We Created? The easiest thing to do when confronted with change is to play the victim card. We may be at a transition point because of external circumstances like the downturn in the economy. Feeling sorry for ourselves, and waiting for our external circumstance to change for the better is a plan for increasing decline. Instead, we need to look at what we do control that is limiting our ability to take advantage of our opportunities.
The truth is that we are all in transition all the time. This isn’t a method for resolving an occasional problem situation that you might be in, but every situation.
Print this post off, use it along with the Impact Leadership Guides and go to your next meeting with them. The transition you are in is whether that meeting will have any impact. You can become the person who makes the real difference in the meeting. Just try and see what happens.
Achieving the peacefulness of a clear mind comes from taking care of yourself physically, emotionally and perceptually. Our emotions are tied to our perception of what is happening. If you are able to see the pathway to impact, they your emotions are not divided, but focused. As a result, you’ll sleep better at night. That is unless the impact you perceived is so great and fantastic that it keeps you up at night dreaming of great things to come in the future. If so, that is worth missing a little sleep over.
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It’s not something I like to talk about much. But it’s important. So here goes.
All of the time and effort you put into creating your website might not lead to a successful business.
It happens all the time and like it or not; nobody is guaranteed success.
Some people invest £10,000 in a new website, and some people pay less than £100.
It doesn’t matter. It could still fail.
Over the years, we’ve noticed that there six key reasons your website isn’t working.
These things will stop you from getting traction and cause your website to become ineffective.
I want you to avoid failure as much as possible, which is why I wrote this article.
My hope is that you fix these issues before it’s too late.
Your website will NOT make up for a bad product. Not even a big fancy site with all the bells and whistles.
If your product or service is bad or simply not relevant. Your website (and business) is likely to fail.
I know it sounds harsh, and it is, but it’s vital that you have a product you can actually sell. Otherwise, what’s the point?
Be honest and ask yourself, do people want or need the product or service that you sell? Or was it just an idea that came to you, which you ran with.
If it’s the latter, I’d strongly recommend that you do some research to see if there’s a market for it.
I read a fantastic book on this very topic. It’s called Will It Fly by Pat Flynn. It will allow you to test out your idea to see if there’s a need or desire for it.
If it turns out there is a market for your product/services then great, however, if it turns out your product isn’t as relevant as you’d hoped, then see how you can develop the product and make it more commercial.
This isn’t a time for feeling sorry for yourself; you have to adapt or risk failure.
If your website looks like it was designed by a drunk 4-year-old, it’s probably NOT going make you rich.
Your visitors care about design and you should too. It makes sense. If you have a nice clean website, people will generally stick around for longer and potentially do business with you.
On the other hand, a bad looking website will turn people away and impact the number of customers you get.
This is why it’s so important to have an attractive website.
Your website doesn’t have to be a masterpiece. It just has to be clean and simple.
Generally speaking, if you have paid a web designer I would hope that the site looks pretty good. Your chances will certainly be better than if you do it yourself. If you’re in any doubt whatsoever, get some honest feedback by sharing your website in our free Facebook group and title it “honest feedback needed”.
The biggest problem when business owners build their own website is they make it far too complicated. Too many features and too much clutter.
The best advice I can give you is to find a low-cost template and use that as the framework for your website.
You can install WordPress templates for around £50 and as long as you don’t change too much, it’s going to look pretty good.
Bad design will definitely impact on the success of your website so please take some pride in it.
A common problem I see when reviewing websites is a lack of clear, concise messaging. Everything is far too complicated and it’s just confusing for your visitor.
It would be pretty confusing trying to work out what anyone does. So why the hell do we do this we our websites?
Everywhere I look online, business owners are trying to be clever by using these random phrases. I’ve never really understood why because it just confuses people. They don’t help anyone and in most cases they’ll turn people away.
This also goes for the rest of your website text too, there seems to be too much industry jargon and not enough simple language.
Would this be easy for ANYONE to understand?
Do I make it clear exactly what we do?
If the answer is no to any of these then you will want to revisit it.
Around two years ago, I read a book by Ann Handley call Everybody Writes and it helped me understand that writing is a lot easier than we think. I would suggest anyone struggling with getting started to check out that book too.
It’s also worth checking out this post, where I talk about how to get across what it is you do in one sentence, with some examples too.
Search Engine Optimisation is far from dead. As long as people are still using sites like Google to browse online, SEO will be important.
I know it might seem complicated but SEO is part and parcel of running an online business. If you have not spent the time understanding even the basics of SEO then you’re probably missing out on a lot of traffic.
The truth is, there are lots of people out there searching the internet for your products and services and by burying your head in the sand, you’re simply missing out.
SEO doesn’t have to be complicated, it’s like anything else, learning a little bit and taking action will allow you to improve over time.
We’ve written lots of blog posts about SEO that can help you get started for free. We avoid jargon as much as possible and include lots of examples and images to make things easier to understand.
Here are a few to help you on your way.
You could also take an online SEO course, look on sites like Udemy or Lynda, you could even pay for a website critique and we’ll tell you exactly what to do with your website to improve your chances of ranking higher in search results.
There are so many ways you can learn about SEO if you just focus on it.
Even if you hire a company to help with SEO, I would still recommend that you learn the basics first so you can inspect the work that the company have been doing.
If you are not adding new, quality content to your website on a regular basis, you’re going to get left behind.
These days your visitors expect information fast, they want to visit your websites and get answers to questions before they buy. They don’t want to wait to speak to you on the phone or via email, they want a self-service website where they can inspect you on their terms.
At the very least you can write 2 blog posts or new pages per month and focus on helping your audience.
Think about the questions that your customers ask you on a daily basis. Write an article to answer those questions.
Write down a list of all the blog posts you can think of and come up with a content calendar so you can plan, write and promote your content over the coming months.
If you want more customers, your website needs to feel trustworthy.
With all the dodgy websites out there, it’s no surprise people are cautious about buying from websites they’ve never heard of.
This is why you need to build up a level of trust.
More than anything, it’s about being authentic and showing who you are and what you stand for. Take this article for example. I wrote this because I wanted my readers to be aware of the potential dangers of an ineffective website. I want my customers to understand that I am an honest person and that they are not guaranteed success. It takes hard work.
Please understand that your shiny new website is not a golden ticket to success. It takes hard work and constant improvement. Your website is simply a vehicle that can help you get there BUT you are the driver.
I get that this article might come across as one big rant, but as I said at the beginning, I want you to be successful. I don’t want you staring at your analytics and your bank account in 6 months time and wondering why nothing is happening.
Be honest, do you think you’ve suffered from any of these in the past? I certainly have. Please tell me your story in the comments below.

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DirectVM can be easily implemented on a Smartphone. Whether as an App or embedded in the Contacts page, DirectVM provides an intuitive way for users to send a standard call or a directed voicemail.
DirectVM can be implemented as a standard Smartphone app. By clicking the DVM icon, the user can initiate the directed voicemail process.
DirectVM can also be implemented as a calling alternative. Here, on the contact page a caller can tap the called party’s number to place a standard call or tap the DVM logo to initiate a caller directed voicemail.


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You won’t believe, I spend half my time just surfing online about fashion trends and reading articles about lifestyle. To keep my readers updated, I have been discussing about women’s fashion on my blog for last couple of years. I never dig deep into men’s fashion category which is constantly evolving with the time. Rather than sticking to boring traditional looks men are trying some trendy and unique outfits to stay stylish as always. You are probably thinking why I am talking about men’s fashion? Well, I was looking for some stylish outfit ideas for my hubby because I want him to look nice. He is not a big fan of online shopping so I am just helping him to get some quality outfits. Another reason is that I think it’s always good to have knowledge about men’s fashion also.
I usually like those stores where you can get multiple patterns, shades with nice material. Overall you should get a nice variety of clothing to pick from otherwise it become really boring. It’s important to have sources that inspire with unique blends of culture, color, streetstyle and more. To get you started, I want to introduce you with a men’s fashion online store. Terraces menswear is boutique based in UK. They are known for their excellent collection. I went through one of my favorite men’s fashion brand Ellesse collection who always brings uniqueness in their outfits. If you’re looking for an edgy but modern menswear with great styles Ellesse collection is for you. Take a look!
This Yellow jacket features a half zip fastening with front zip pockets. Further pocket to chest with Ellesse print branding. What about this lightweight jacket which is inspired by Ellesse’s sporting and mountain heritage? Additional features include a large kangaroo style pouch, drawstring hood, elasticated hem and embroidered patch on the upper arm. Such an awesome collection of jackets with wide variety of colors and patterns. Those jackets give you perfect casual look and best fit for sporting use.
My favorites from the store are these tow t-shirts. Polo t-shirts are not going out of fashion anytime soon in future. These t-shirts always remain in huge demand because they give you both formal and casual look. You can wear these t-shirts for office formal as well because they come with collar. Get a perfect street style look with classic shape in a black color in this polo t-shirt. I have seen many theme parties in clubs where you have color code as black. That’s perfect tee for those occasions because you need to be in formals when you go to decent clubs. Stripe t-shirts are my hubby’s favorite, he loves stripe t-shirts because he thinks he will look thin in those t-shirts. Also, everyone knows that red and white with black or blue is deadly combination. These 100% cotton pieces feature their signature on the chest and contrast stripes for retro Italian sporting style.
Do you love the combination jacket and cap? If yes, then this pair of white jacket and cap is for you. Inspired from tennis court outfits, this bomber-style jacket looks awesome with the Ellesse cap. It gives you perfect retro sports look and a classy outfit for any casual event. This brand is famous for their sports collection and it gives you an Italian feeling with a touch of luxury. I would definitely recommend you to go through their website and checkout their lovely collection. They have great price and fast shipping available.
I hope you enjoyed reading this post and I hope this post is helpful for you. I will come back with another exciting post very soon. Till then, stay stylish the TheStyleRide.
wow such a pretty selection dear i like it,best wishes for you..
I would love to buy these t-shits. These are really nice Polo t-shirts.


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Tri-fold brochures are a versatile marketing tool that is the printed item of choice for real estate agents and universities. They are ideal for promoting properties and educational services. These handy printed mini-brochures are usually folded lengthwise two times. They will fit snugly into a standard #10 business mailing envelope when printed on standard 8×10-inch paper.
One reason business customers prefer tri-fold brochures is the versatile amount of space that is available for images and text. There can be as many as six separate panels or as few as two large pages for text and photographs. Some are designed as self-mailers, with one panel set up as an address panel. When the brochure is fully opened, the entire inside page can be used for the content layout, or it can be split into two or three separate areas.
Real estate agents regularly include many types of brochures with their business printing orders. Tri-fold styles are affordable in full color and are an ideal way to feature an individual property listing. There is ample room to list property details and to show those details in photographs. Another important item to include on all company printing is complete realtor contact information. These brochures can be distributed in a neighborhood or at the specific home when placed into a handy brochure holder at that location. Glossy finishes on the brochure help to showcase photographic images and give the design a professional look.
Universities like the fact that this style of brochure is perfect for longer text descriptions and small photos. The university, course offerings and staff are promoted in a small, affordable printed piece that can be mailed to prospective students. Online printing companies create tri-fold brochures quickly. They produce thousands every day and have artists on staff to help with design concerns. Turnaround time is short, and finished brochures are promptly delivered to any location.
Tri-fold Brochures are also used for corporate branding and identification. Telling the company story in a small brochure is an important marketing tactic to include with any new client presentation. The sales person can touch briefly on important points and then present the detailed brochure to clients as a follow-up measure. Coordinate any brochure with other company printing materials that are used by a business for best results. Order all business printing from one trusted online printing company like 4over4.com to receive the best pricing and results that occur when a business has a relationship with their printer.
Also don’t forget to visit http://www.4over4.com to learn more about our complete line of printing products like custom labels and canvas prints.

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China has had direct contact with the TNC, and is offering itself as an intermediary between Tripoli and Benghazi.
Meanwhile, the Socialist government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero newly recognized the Transitional National Council in Benghazi, as did Australia. Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez attended the Contact Group meeting of some 20 nations in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, where the TNC picked up nearly $1 bn. in pledges of aid, $600 mn. from Italy alone. Details are given here.
Abu Dhabi, 9 June: Today Spain proposed implementing an aid plan for Libya, once Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi has been overthrown, with the aim of giving the country democratic institutions and training a new army in collaboration with the Interim National Council which groups the rebels together.
Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez made this proposal at the meeting of the Contact Group on Libya held in Abu Dhabi today.
At a news conference before the session began, Jimenez said that this proposal of a “pact” between the international community and the Libyan opposition will be put into effect once Al-Qadhafi leaves power.
In her view it is difficult to make predictions concerning the fall of the dictator, but the allied countries believe that it will take place “within a short period of time”.
“We have seen that diplomatic, political, economic and military pressure is leaving Al-Qadhafi more isolated every day,” she said.
Jimenez explained that the aid plan which Spain is proposing, which would complement the road map set out by the Interim National Council, would incorporate three spheres: political, economic and security.
In the first, the goal would be to draft a constitution and establish new institutions to build a “democratic, united, independent” state.
According to Jimenez, the European Union “could lead this task” and the economic one, which would be a matter of cooperating to ensure that the wealth generated by Libya’s natural resources, mainly gas and oil, benefit the Libyan people.
The third goal, bound up with security, would mean setting in progress a programme to train the Libyan police and army so that they serve “the principles of the law-based state”.
In each of the three spheres, the 20 or so countries participating in the Contact Group on Libya would contribute their experience and knowledge, although Jimenez emphasized the particular contribution which could be made by the EU.
The minister explained that it is not a plan for “tutelage”, but for collaboration between the allies and the Interim National Council to enable the Libyan people to decide their future.
We are working in a totally new way,” she added.
As she did yesterday during her visit to Benghazi, the de facto capital of the rebels, Jimenez emphasized that the Interim National Council is the legitimate representative of the Libyan people and that it must lead the process of reconciliation without Al-Qadhafi.
The Spanish foreign minister said that the “post-Al-Qadhafi” stage should involve the participation of Libyan representatives of “all currents of thinking”, including those of “people who have belonged to the circle” of the dictator.
Jimenez praised the “serious, solid” work by the Interim National Council since the civil conflict began last February.

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PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, 3 March 2016 – Continental Tyre South Africa (CTSA) has been recognized as a leading employer, investor and exporter by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, earning a ‘Top Achiever’ Award from the municipality during its Top 50 Company Awards, held today in conjunction with the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC).
The awards ceremony, hosted by Executive Mayor Danny Jordaan, acknowledged the key role that business plays in the economic prosperity and growth of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, which incorporates Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch.
“The Top 50 Company Awards celebrates and congratulates companies on their achievements, their spirit of resilience and action, as well as their contribution to business and the economy in the Nelson Mandela Bay metropole,” Jordaan said.
Continental Tyre, in conjunction with its General Tire brand, has a long and proud history in South Africa dating back to 1949. The company is an industry leader in terms of local production and exports, and is the only tyre manufacturer that supplies original equipment (OE) tyres to all seven local vehicle manufacturers.
Continental develops intelligent technologies for transporting people and their goods. As a reliable partner, the international automotive supplier, tire manufacturer, and industrial partner provides sustainable, safe, comfortable, individual, and affordable solutions. In 2015, the corporation generated preliminary sales of €39.2 billion with its five divisions, Chassis & Safety, Interior, Powertrain, Tires, and ContiTech. Continental employs more than 208,000 people in 55 countries.
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, 3 March 2016 – Continental Tyre South Africa (CTSA) has been recognised as a leading employer, investor and exporter by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, earning a ‘Top Achiever’ Award from the municipality during its Top 50 Company Awards, held today in conjunction with the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC).

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From the Sikhs who believed hair was a gift from God, to the Native Americans who called it their antennae to the universe, to the Kardashians who spend $4,000/ 14 hours per week on their hair care rituals - humans everywhere have always worshipped the millions of silky strands growing from their scalps.
So when you start seeing your hair falling out in clumps it's natural to feel you're losing all your power and beauty. And you're not alone. By age 50, pattern baldness affects half the male population and a quarter of women in the U.S.
Hair loss remedies abound - both in the doctor's office and on the internet - but the newest, most innovative hair restoration advancement is stem cell therapy.
Mesenchymal stem cells from umbilical blood are just minutes old when they're harvested, and clinically screened before they're delivered to your hair follicles. No side effect-laden drugs or dangerous surgery - just nature's newborn gift of regeneration.
That's why stem cell therapy for hair loss is in such huge demand. Erin and her team at Evolution can barely keep up. So schedule your professional, discrete consultation early, and get your treatment in our comfortable Land O' Lakes suite today by calling (813) 333-5593 or contact us here.
It may look shocking on the carpet or in the shower drain, but hair shedding is totally normal - if it's around 80 strands a day. However, if you begin to shed significantly more than that or your hairs aren't growing back, then you'd be right to worry and ask: Why is my hair falling out?
Answers will vary. If you're genetically predisposed to hair thinning, you'll notice a gradual reduction in hair volume. As testosterone and DHEA levels fluctuate, hair follicles may gradually shrink and produce slightly finer and shorter hairs with each hair growth cycle. If your hair loss is reactive it may be caused by severe stress, nutritional deficiencies, crash dieting, or illness.
Your stem cells are undifferentiated - that means they can be transformed into specialized cells that reproduce, then help regenerate damaged blood cells, bone marrow cells, and skin cells - including the dermal papilla cells that form your hair follicles.
That is, until age or disease disrupts their power and they become dormant.
Thousands of clinical studies have shown that human multipotent stem cells can be engineered to become hair follicle stem cells. First, USC researchers harvested, activated and transplanted these cells into shaved mice, and watched them form into skin-like "organoids" that produced new hair.
The results of the most recent Italian study showed a 29 percent increase in hair density 23 weeks after the last treatment.
Science has shown that stem cell therapy for hair loss works - and Erin's team at Evolution is following suit, while inspiring sighs of relief from men and women daily.
You may have heard that "adult stem cells" can be extracted from your own bone marrow and fat tissue - the cheapest source, which doesn't require much screening or cleaning. The problem with that method is: your stem cells are as old as you are.
Umbilical cord tissue (also known as Wharton's Jelly) is the safest and most effective stem cell source. Its MSC count is vastly greater than any other source of stem cells (per mL), so it provides the most potent regeneration.
These MSCs don't require any additives or alterations before being injected. Maximum potency with minimal side effects - the regenerative practitioner's dream.
But before we can get our hands on them here in our regeneration suite, these premium stem cells need to be processed and safely delivered by a trusted supplier.
This meticulous clinical preparation ensures that the stem cells we deliver to your scalp are safe, viable, and uncompromisingly preserved. The stem cells we inject here in our regeneration suite at Evolution are of the highest quality available.
Before undergoing this procedure, be sure to discuss your current condition, medical history, any medications you're taking, and all your expectations with Erin. She always gets to know her patients to understand their concerns before prescribing any treatment.
On the day of your procedure, Erin will perform a punch biopsy to extract a small skin sample from your scalp. From that sample she will harvest hair follicles full of your dormant stem cells. She'll place the sample into a centrifuge that will spin it until your "awakened" stem cells and platelets separate from your tissue, creating a cell suspension. Then she'll mix in some MSCs harvested from umbilical cord blood. Finally, Erin will carefully and strategically inject this cell suspension back into the spots on your scalp where your hair is missing or thinning.
Within days these cells will get to work producing signal molecules called PDGFs (platelet derived growth factors) - a powerful activator of your scalp's dormant adult multipotent stem cells.
How soon will your hair grow back? That will depend on your age, genetics, hair loss severity, nutrition, environmental factors, and follow up care. So make sure to attend all of your follow-up appointments and keep Erin posted on your progress!
Stop counting hairs and masking your hair loss with blow drying, teasing, hair spray, hats, and Netflix nights in dark isolation. Stem cell therapy can help you regrow your hair naturally. Reserve your private consultation with Erin at our luxurious Land O' Lakes office suite today by calling (813) 333-5593 or contact us here.

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In container2 you input words from your second language.
by pressing check it will check if you translated it correctly and will give you a new word to translate.
if you write a wrong translation a message shows up and asks if you want to try again.
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A sleek stainless steel concept that will wrap around your wrist like a futuristic bracelet. Grooves in the face continue into the strap and the time is presented with LEDs that illuminate in lines between the grooves; hours 1-12, 5 minutes groups and single minutes.
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For standard order it works fine but for other order types the o/p type doesnt trigger on sales order creation.
Is there any way I can trace the o/p procedure analysis just the same way as we do for Price analysis?
Goto the Header outpt from the sales order and then in the chnage mode of the output got the menu tab GOTO there u can find the determine analysis.
From the analysis u can find the proboem in the output.
Ok.the issue is solved now.
Please check the output procedure assignments to sales document type.
and also check whether condition records has been maintained properly for all your document types. Maintain Dispatch Time as 4 in condition record to send immediately on saving.
Under Determination analysis you can find the whole analysis of Output Procedure.
You can also see processing Log for Output procedure. To Ckeck the Processing Log for your Output Type under Extras > Output > Header-->Edit.


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I was fortunate to spend three days at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago, about a half of its week-long gathering of cards, memorabilia, and people from the sports world. Few shows can span the range of Bill Russell, Carlton Fisk, Bo Jackson, and Ric Flair under one roof; the National's pretty much it.
The convention hall's 600+ dealers covered a huge expanse of concrete, itself better suited to robots or airplane tires than tender human feet wearing normal shoes. Walking and shopping its quarter-mile span meant taking frequent breaks on chairs or the floor, lest you blow yourself out with blisters and limp around like a car accident victim. Visitors to corporate areas (Topps, Panini, Upper Deck) benefitted from carpeting underfoot, but few small-time sellers opted for the additional $600 price tag on top of their $4000 booth fee.
My legs did tire after hours of circling Chicago's convention center, but the pursuit of quality cardboard heals most ills and there's more than enough old or new stuff to go around. Many bloggers dig into fresh wax boxes offered up by the big-name companies; I stick to pre-1980 vintage, which now stretches back more than a century.
The National's not strictly a card show, as most vintage dealers expand beyond these familiar 2"x3" rectangles of cardboard into related ephemera, be they books, player advertisements, gear, autographs, or what have you. One such postcard dealer provided two take-aways when I stopped by on Sunday afternoon.
What looks like a postcard isn't always that. "Postcards" technically say POST CARD or POSTAL CARD on the back and demarcate a writing area from an address area. "Team issues" or business promotions often use postcard-sized paper, but lack any way to mail them.
The above J.D. McCarthy postcard, a hard-to-find hit for my Jamie Quirk collection.
I'm not picky about condition and opt for affordable over presentable. This fact alone explains cards like this.
Pacific Coast League baseball, baby. Hard to go wrong buying cards from the league that spawned a trio of DiMaggio brothers. If that image looks familiar, it might be because Poor Old Baseball Cards profiled his own Art Koehler just last year.
That's it for my first group of cards. Look for more this week and a vintage giveaway on Friday. If you attended the National, add a comment with your own thoughts or blog post links!
Some interesting stuff there, thanks for posting the scans. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest.
Nice pick ups. Good to see you too.

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Think you know everything there is to know about cats? The following 10 facts are likely to surprise even the biggest cat fans.
Adult cats do not meow at each other, they only meow at humans. You might wonder, why is that? Well, the most simple explanation is that cats have learned that they can get things from us by meowing. A cat’s meow can mean a number of things from “feed me” to “I need attention”.
Perhaps the most common misconception about cats is that milk and other dairy products are good for them. In truth, most adult cats are lactose intolerant, so drinking milk would only upset their stomachs and cause diarrhea. Kittens, of course, need milk from their mother, but they do not need to consume the milk of another species.
Cats enjoy comfort and cleanliness, so they sleep two-thirds of their lives away, and spend one third of the awake time cleaning themselves. Some cat owners even suspect that the reason why cats lick themselves so often is to get rid of the “human” smell.
Undoubtedly, the fastest human alive is Usain Bolt. When he set his record for the 100-meter dash, Usain’s top speed was about 30 miles per hour. Domestic cats, though, can also run at 30 miles per hour. So, unless you are the mighty Usain Bolt, it’s probably for the best to save yourself from the embarrassment of losing and not try to race your cat.
If you have adopted a cat, you’ll make your home safe for your pet, so there won’t be any real hazards or life-threating situations your cat can encounter indoors, but outdoors is another story — traffic, wild animals, unfriendly dogs, other cats (territorial fights) and poisonous items are just a few things that could cause the untimely death of an outside cat. Keeping your cat indoors can increase his life span three to five times. If you want to let your cat outside unsupervised, then it’s best to have an outdoor cat enclosure.
Surely, your cat may seem cute and harmless with her little paws and the constant meowing and purring, but don’t let it fool you, there’s a good chance he is actually a ruthless serial killer. Researchers at the University of Georgia and National Geographic attached small cameras to house cats to monitor their outdoor activities. What they found was that one of three cats killed other smaller animals and birds, averaging about two kills per week. And it’s not like they kill for food, only 30% of the victims were eaten, most were left to rot or brought home as trophies.
Yes, it’s only a myth that cats have 9 lives, but we have to admit that cats often do survive in seemingly impossible situations. I am, of course, talking about cats’ ability to survive falls from great heights. For example, have you heard about the cat who fell 32 stories onto concrete and lived?
Okay, this one is more about us than our feline friends, but still an interesting fact. If you look at the numbers, then it makes perfect since, though. It’s estimated that there are 74-96 million cats in the United States, but slightly less than 4 million babies.
Don’t bother giving your cat something sweet, he won’t be able to taste the sweetness. Cats simply lack the taste receptor for sweet things.
The uncomfortable truth about cats, and dogs too, is that if you die home alone with your pet, he will feast on your dead body. However, don’t let yourself be too disturbed by this revelation. In the wild, cats are are opportunistic feeders, meaning that they will eat whatever is easy to find. So, eating flesh of their owners’ dead bodies, is a natural survival thing for felines.
I certainly hope that if I die my cats eat me otherwise they would die before someone finds me. But mine won’t eat anything but cat food. I hope they make an exception if necessary. What do I care. If I’m dead, go ahead babes. my other worry is, if they had to snack on me, would my family hate them for it and be too skeeved to take them in? If they don’t take my carnivore furballs in, I swear I will haunt their asses.

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The Job Search Tips on my blog are offered as a resource for Job Seekers. They are my writing, but rarely are they original ideas with me. There are many other great job search resources available, some free, some affordable, some, well, way beyond what I’d consider paying. Unfortunately, what you pay does not always represent what you get, so be very careful and choosy.
I’m certainly biased, and my opinions don’t work for everybody. So, with that in mind, here are a few alternate resources and some commentary.
Career Focus Consultants. Especially if you’re in the Nashville area, this is one to check out. Rich Leipzig is one of the most personable Career and Job-search consultants anywhere. Through Career Focus, he offers one-on-one coaching, some classes, accountability, networking, and more. He has even extended his reach and now works with Lipscomb University on career coaching.
Career Handler. By far my favorite recommendation. If you are choosing exactly one source for information, this is the one I’d suggest, no reservation. There’s a very modest cost of about $25 for the workbook, and you get some other benefits included. Use this link to save a few dollars. If you are in the greater Atlanta area, also check out Perimeter Jobseekers, a small group format gathering for job-seekers, usually hosted by Eric Handler, the author of Career Handler. Career Handler is a concise, step-by-step, guide to a career search, with great how-to guides.
Crossroads Career Network. Crossroads has been the foundation for many churches and their job and career ministries. They provide resources, they create a network of organizations (churches) who have services, and they provide many of the materials for a modest fee, or free. Generally, you will connect with a church who uses the Crossroads materials, but there are some resources directly available from the Crossroads website. A caveat. Different churches use Crossroads materials different ways, some well, some not as well. If you have multiple Crossroads-connected churches in your area, it is worth your time to check out more than one.
C3G. C3G, or Christ Centered Career Groups, is the brainchild of Peter Bourke, who is also involved with Crossroads. C3G is much more focused on networking than on job search techniques, although through networking you may find many techniques. C3G originated at North Point Church near Atlanta. Others elsewhere have begun to use the concept. If you attend a meeting, be sure to go through the registration process which allows you to join the mailing list.
Joel’s List. Joel’s List isn’t really a job-search resource. This is an Atlanta and vicinity list of networking opportunities. On the basic assumption that networking is a key to finding a job, and that it’s better to network with people who have jobs, Joel’s list gives you quite a few such opportunities. I wish I knew of similar lists for other cities.
Keith Warrick. Keith is a very active business person who just happens to occasionally teach on how to better use LinkedIn. I mention him here NOT to invite you to connect with him. Actually, I suggest you read his profile for instructions on inviting him. If you ever have an opportunity to be at one of his presentations, I highly suggest it!
Occupation Professor. Occupation Professor is one of the several business activities of Dan Whitenack, who is also the leader of the Cross Pointe Church Career Ministry (CPCCM) where I volunteer. Occupation Professor is focused on helping you find what career best suits you. If you are in a Career Search, it’s a great starting point. There is often useful Job Search advice as well.
Others: Jeff Haden who writes for LinkedIn, Inc, and others, often has great articles related to job searches. So does Seth Goden. And Stacy Zaper. And Liz Ryan. LinkedIn Pulse is a great resource. There are thousands of great resources. And thousands of not-so-great ones. See if my sampling above gives you a good start, then consider being very selective about adding others. Note: don’t be like me and get distracted reading “just one more” article. Set a time limit.
This entry was posted in JobSearchHelp and tagged "Job Search Tips" on October 4, 2014 by Tony Dye.


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Orders for U.S.-made products decreased by -0.48 % in February, to $497 billions, a decrease by $2.4 billions from $500 in January on the seasonally adjusted basis, as bookings for aircrafts and parts went down -20.48 % to $ billions, accounting for 2.05 % of total factory orders, reported by the Commerce Department. Over the past 12 months, but inventories grew by 1.86 %, Bookings for U.S.-made products decreased by -0.10 %.
Shipments grew in February by 0.48 % to $505 billions, an increase of $2 billions from $503 in January on the seasonally adjusted basis, led by 13.52 % growth in photographic equipment shipments, representing 0.12 % of total shipments, reported by the Commerce Department. Shipments excluding transportation grew by 0.66 %.
Excluding defense and transportation, which the government uses to help calculate quarterly reports on U.S. growth, orders fell by -0.33 % on the seasonally adjusted basis and unfilled orders by -0.44 %.
Orders excluding defense and transportation are considered the best gauge of capital spending by businesses.
Over the past 12 months, excluding defense and transportation bookings decreased by -0.48 %, but inventories grew by 1.96 %.
Inventories increased in February by 0.31 % to $688 billions, an increase of $2 billions from $686 in January on the seasonally adjusted basis, reported by the U.S. Commerce Department. Inventory to shipments ratio fell to 1.36 from 1.36 in the previous month.
Unfilled orders fell by -0.37 % on the seasonally adjusted basis, as inventories for turbines, generators and other power transmission equipment declined -4.41 % to $10 billions, accounting for 1.41 % of total inventories. total factory inventories jumped by 3.04 % for the year.
Total New orders / shipments ratio for all manufacturing industries was 0.98. Excluding transportation new orders / shipments ratio was 0.99. Excluding defense new orders / shipments ratio was 0.98 .
Inventory / shipments ratio for all manufacturing industries was 1.36. Excluding transportation Inventory / shipments ratio was 1.33. Excluding defense Inventory / shipments ratio was 1.34.
Picture Autor: (Wolfgang Meinhart) licence GNU.

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Even before the new rates of the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) on commodities and services came into effect, German luxury carmakers like Mercedes-Benz and BMW have already settled on passing on the benefit of the new federal tax regime to its customers in India, keen to make an early impression on the purchase decisions of auto buyers.
Mercedes-Benz India announced a price revision of its entire range of made-in-India portfolio, which includes nine models like CLA, GLA, C-Class, E-Class, S-Class, GLC, GLE, GLS and Mercedes-Maybach. The prices of the aforementioned models of Mercedes range between Rs. 32 lakh and Rs. 1.87 crore (ex-showroom Delhi). With the benefit of new tax rate under GST, the prices will see a drop by up to Rs. 7 lakh. While the latest price revision will be effective from May 26, throughout June, Mercedes-Benz can revert the prices to the old one if there is a delay in the implementation of the GST. The new tax regime is now proposed to come in effect from July 1, 2017.
“The price revision on a weighted average of 4% will be effective immediately, and is aimed at providing value to a customer’s purchase decision before GST implementation,” the company said in a statement.


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Throughout his filmography, Bong Joon-ho has frequently engaged with and remained critical of globalisation. More specifically, his fascination with its effect on local spaces - with which he has a personal connection through his home nation’s historically torrid relationship with America - usually manifests in examinations of movement. In Memories of Murder (2003), he used the template of a police procedural to analyse how a Korean style of detecting, taking its cues from folklore and rurality while emphasising physically laborious movement, was no match for the efficient American mode that had been propagated by various media for decades. In The Host (2006), he confronted the American-patented 'monster movie' by recalibrating the visual emphasis onto the humans, or rather with them - the running, screaming, terrified civilians caught in the monster’s wake - as well as assessing how the local surroundings were affected by and responded to the threat. Finally, in Snowpiercer (2013), his English-language debut, the trappings and signposts of a Hollywood dystopian action blockbuster were first considered and then dismantled as the protagonist’s physical movement from the tail section to the engine of the titular train signified his ideological reawakening - and resulted in his toppling from the narrative by the only two Korean characters, who recognised the hypocrisy of his revolution long before he did.
With his most recent film, Okja (2017), he continues to build on these ideas and to meditate on his home country’s complex correspondence with globalisation as an impending development. Once again, there is a focus on the comparative locality of South Korea in conjunction with the pervasiveness of a global corporate entity, and the movement between these spaces is part of what this article aims to examine. In addition, the film’s handling of images as an integral aspect of a corporation’s functionality, in terms of their construction, distribution, and perpetuation, will be investigated in relation to what constitutes authenticity in a globalised, digitised world - themes undoubtedly timely (and ripe for exploration in a film that was produced exclusively for Netflix). Through close textual analysis, I will attempt to elucidate how a film about a genetically modified super-pig navigates a globalised world perturbed by images that lack truth and authenticity, altogether making the argument that the eponymous animal’s innocence and friendship with her owner, Mija (Ahn Seo-hyun), provide the only images of truth and purity in which we, the audience, can fully trust.
The film opens with a barrage of visual information that melds newspaper headlines, animated slides, and a spotlit, heavily made-up, all-in-white Tilda Swinton, placing immediate accentuation onto artifice and construction. In a style that seems largely indebted to the promotional advertisements that precede Youtube videos, we are introduced to the Mirando Corporation and their newly appointed CEO Lucy (Swinton). The high-contrast between her blindingly pale dress/hair combination and the perfectly cobwebbed dankness of what we are informed is her grandfather’s old warehouse brings slightly too much attention to its own overtness and tasteless deployment as a nostalgic device. While she waxes lyrical about the company’s history, and affirms its “new core values: environment and life. Awesome!” the desire to appear sincere, well meaning, and ethically elegant comes across as an over-calculated effort to project an ethos and desirable image for the company. The overplaying of the opening, in truly Juvenalian fashion, alludes to the attempts by corporations to appear down-to-earth and relatable, which are frequently so transparent and motivated that they often do the satirists’ work themselves. See also: Corporate Memes. It is precisely these attempted methods of controlling public perception that the film continues to scrutinise, and there is certainly something to be said for a film premiering on Netflix engaging with the ease with which companies can distribute digital images.
The images and ideas also gloss over a rather dark and unsettling reality. So lovingly delivered by Swinton, and animated with such playful colour and verve is the admission that the Mirando Corporation have secretly been producing genetically modified super-piglets in their quest to solve world hunger, that the worrying moral and ethical implications seem totally lost on the enraptured live audience. You might recall a similar instance in The Lego Movie (2014) that finds the film’s evil corporate mastermind, President Business, broadcast a statement: “let’s all take extra care to follow the instructions…or you’ll be put to sleep” - before following up with a reminder that “Taco Tuesday” is fast approaching. Bong’s film is less playful in this regard, but still indulges in more conventionally \"evil\" constructs by briefly cutting away from Lucy Mirando’s President Business impersonation to Frank Dawson (Giancarlo Esposito), a leading Mirando associate, waiting and watching in the darkness of the wings. The rapid change in the mise-en-scène - namely the texture and lighting - from the eye-popping animation to the rust and grub of the warehouse’s viscera, suggests something sinister lurking beneath the colourful surface. Esposito’s character merely stands and watches, nodding along to Lucy’s obviously rehearsed monologue, but his presence and visual eeriness remind us first and foremost that the monologue is just that - rehearsed - and with good purpose.
In what is already a baffling scene that features a character suffer the punishment of having his arm frozen beyond repair with a shoe balancing on his head, this moment of magnification forms the apex, and confidently embeds the image deep within our consciousness. Later in the film, it is revealed to be the same hand movement made by the children who are forced to work in the engine of the train itself. It draws on notions of human labour’s conflation with mechanics and technology in the twentieth century - an idea with traceable roots in modernism, and the German Expressionist art movement, for example. For the audience of Okja, the reappearance of Tilda Swinton’s sharp and gangly hand in another distinctive pose that is so clearly signposted once again becomes far more akin to a citation than a coincidence. As well as foreshadowing later moments, the hand movements in Snowpiercer further illustrate Mason’s speech’s focus on the predetermination of social status, and the immobility that comes with it. She is reminding the occupants of the tail section that it is their place, and that they are locked within these confines indefinitely - the rigid and bony clasp of her fingers resembles a rusty old key twisting in its keyhole. In Okja, the movement of her fingers is slightly less mechanical; they tap up and down, one-by-one, as if playing an invisible piano. The dialogue they illustrate describes Mirando’s global distribution of the super-pigs, and boasts their coverage of 26 countries.
If we view this in binary terms with the similar instance in Snowpiercer, we find the gesture reflecting both the varying degrees of social mobility in a modern industrial setting, and the relationship between manual labour and the disembodied corporate activity of which Lucy Mirando is representative. Mason is reminding the lowest of classes forming the train’s majority that their capacity to move is restricted to and symbolised by their architectural surroundings - the tail section of a train. For the diegetic audience witnessing the presentation in Okja, the image of her hand drifting across the globe thematically conveys the freedom and control of movement awarded to multinational corporations in such an economic climate. She is demonstrating the dispersal of the genetically modified pigs in a manner that associates the Mirando Corporation’s global reach and power. The forms and levels of movement, governed by a process like globalisation, are purveyed and controlled by images.
This is built on and developed throughout the film. The mise-en-scène especially continues in the vein of artifice established by the prologue. The interiors of the Mirando headquarters, for instance, are an excessively sparse and hyper-clean, minimalistic, oddly digitised architectural arrangement. The use of giant glass doors invites the cinematography to capture the reflections of lights, computers, and the Mirando logo. When Mija visits the premises, she is rather inextricably instructed by the lone receptionist to speak to her on the phone instead of conversing face to face. They are the only two people present in such an open space, and yet their separation by a wall of glass dictates that they communicate electronically. Immediately Mirando are depicted as imagistic and inauthentic. This is played for comedy when a decorative tree is pushed over by Mija and revealed to be electronic, its wires and innards popping and fizzing. Such extremes are taken in order to maintain total control over the images they perpetuate, and to realise their own self-image as a company, that Bong frequently undermines them for comedic purposes. Following on from Mija’s encounter with the receptionist, she witnesses some Mirando officials escorting Okja into a van while ordering that no footage or photos will be taken, to prevent the risk of their inhumane treatment being broadcasted on social media. Only once Okja is safely inside does the representative pose for a selfie and subsequently upload the harmonious moment - totally in control of what images are circulated.
However, as with the cheesy smile that punctuates the representative’s super-pig selfie, and the sheer plasticity and grotesque cutesiness of Swinton in the opening, the images are exposed as transparent and inauthentic by the film’s perspective and construction. Perhaps the film’s least subtle satirical resource is its characterisation of Dr Johnny Wilcox (Jake Gyllenhaal), “TV’s most beloved zoologist and veterinarian, and the new face of the Miranda Corporation.” He is constantly presented to us as a flurry of awkward contradictions and cartoonish exaggerations, achieved primarily through Gyllenhaal’s fearless performance and the elaborate costume design by second-time Bong collaborators Choi Se-yeon (Mother, 2009) and Catherine George (Snowpiercer). It is vital to this discussion and to the film’s construction of Dr Johnny that he is first introduced to us in a private context. We know, from the opening presentation, that he is a popular television figure and considered an “expert” in his field. When he is then seen, for the first time proper in the film, struggling up the hill to meet with Mija and her grandfather in a sweat-drenched shirt - he opens their fridge for water without invitation and recoils in disgust, before complaining that all the other super-pigs were accessible on flatter land. The impression given, it is fair to say, is not exactly that of a nature-loving animal expert. Rather, the image of a man sent to do the duty his job dictates, and to keep up appearances as the face of a company, comes across more clearly.
Such an ostensibly throwaway line instead serves to encapsulate the film’s overall attitude towards the characters employed by the Mirando Corporation. Dr Johnny, as we are told early on, is the newly appointed face of the company, and in this scene, we find him to be just that - the face of a company. After the instructions to film him are given, we cut to a longer shot, allowing us the pleasure of witnessing Gyllenhaal’s gifted command of gesture as he changes costume and prepares to be on air. He hunches away and rips off his sweaty shirt rather disgustedly, immediately rebuking any semblance of emotion he appeared to show earlier. He hurriedly pulls on a Mirando-branded t-shirt, and snatches his patented jungle hat from one of his colleagues. The real treat, however, occurs when he then turns to face the camera, and allows a rather patronising, but no-doubt more comfortable and deftly easy smile to spread underneath his moustache. The skilled handling of the transition by Gyllenhaal details for us Dr Johnny slipping into his natural environment - not out in the wild or amongst nature, but in front of a camera. The transition completes itself when he opens his mouth to speak, and somehow musters an unprecedented deepness in pitch and tone of voice: he is now in TV mode. Shooting the scene in this manner exhibits genuine methodical tact, in first acquainting us with him at a moment when he is stripped down to his true, authentic self - reaching the end of a laborious climb in the sweltering heat of rural South Korea - before expounding his metamorphosis into the trusted TV personality that he has so well cultivated.
This expose of his overtly constructed image and television persona is further satirised in a company meeting scene, where he wanders in wearing a hideous yellow flower shirt, underneath a cream blazer, and coupled with denim shorts and knee-high black socks. It captures a sense of confusion in his image. He regularly declares that he is the face of the company - a multi-national corporation - and yet he is renowned for being a jungle-dwelling animal lover. In this wardrobe disaster, his outfit appears to be an attempt to rectify the discrepancy and conflate two image types into one; he is combining the smartness of office wear with clothes suitable for hiking. For someone part of a rhetoric that frequently over-concerns itself with how things will look, this instance provides a boiling point where their previously strict command over images is beginning to be compromised - not least by the film’s own penetrating gaze. The power of a singular image is most saliently ruminated on when the narrative comes full circle and the Mirando Corporation are threatened with having the captured footage of Okja’s mistreatment, and other evidence of their brutality behind the scenes, exposed and circulated with the aid of Youtube. Lucy Mirando, upon realising, spells the thesis out: “That’s the image that’ll kill us. Right there. That image.” With the carpet swept from underneath their feet, the film’s obsession with undermining their blatant inauthenticity and cringeworthy corporate fakeness pays itself off by having them essentially beaten at their own game.
As a counterpoint, both the locality of rural Korea and Mija’s relationship with Okja are immediately posited as authentic, and in many ways the antithesis of the Mirando Corporation. Following Lucy Mirando’s ghastly overture, the assault on the senses is remedied by cutting firstly from her final words (her position against a backdrop of an animated tree is noteworthy here) to Bong’s directorial credit, before the soundtrack fades out and the picture fades in to reveal the film’s titlecard, in harmony with a stunningly serene, mountainous landscape. On a purely cognitive basis, the association of the word ‘Okja’ with the image of nature confirms the eponymous animal’s true environment; it instantly disregards Mirando’s declaration that she was conceived in a laboratory for a predetermined purpose. The image holds the screen for its fair share of seconds; enough, perhaps, to qualify as an Ozu-esque pillow shot, guiding us comfortingly into this comparably utopic setting. The series of moments that follow have rightfully drawn comparisons to a fairy tale, and in particular the films of Hayao Miyazaki in their examination of the central relationship. The first shot of Mija finds her calmly blowing a dandelion, watching in child-like awe as the seeds disperse around the frame. The text on screen reads “10 years later…far from New York” - something the audience could have guessed themselves, yet the conscious announcement declaring the setting as antithetic to The Big Apple works specifically to set up the binary relationship the film seeks to investigate. While blowing on the flower, a ruffle in the leaves behind announces the arrival of Okja herself, who snuggles up to her lovingly and expresses some mild discomfort. Mija acknowledges the grievance and lifts up her giant foot, tenderly removing a spiky pinecone of sorts. It beautifully encapsulates what their relationship is founded on: mutual trust, care, and understanding.
In conjunction with the high-speed, data-driven, digitally-obsessed, globalised environment that we are first introduced to, the scenes that establish Mija and Okja’s everyday life of exploring the landscape freely and living with her grandfather up in the mountains work to code their existence as deeply local, and even folkloric. The frequent use of long shots that dwarf them by their surroundings emphasise the sheer amount of space they have in which to move, and the fact that not a single other human is seen or spoken to accentuates the quietness that globalisation makes so impossible. That disconnect from the rest of the world, which is here presented as a positive, is something Bong engaged with in Memories of Murder. Due to the lack of resources that American detectives are regularly granted access to, Korean detectives, it is claimed by the film’s protagonist, “detect with their feet” rather than brain. The lack of progress in the investigation thus results in a reinforced faith in folklore; the detectives try to better embrace their isolated surroundings as a reaction to their need for and dependence on American technology. In a typical turn to comedy, Bong has them begin to read tealeaves to try and reveal the face of the killer, and rely on their “shaman’s eyes” to find clues.
In Okja, however, the locality is not posited as a space that is frustrated and dependent on exterior powers, but rather an Edenic paradise that seems to just exist, without disturbance from the outside - not unlike the environment created in My Neighbour Totoro (1988), for example. The essence of folklore is exemplified in the first image of Mija’s grandfather, which shows him carrying firewood on his back while holding one of the sticks as a staff to accommodate his uphill trekking. He later retrieves some water from a pump well, which is positioned in front of a steaming stove that overlooks the vastness of the surroundings. The time allotted to documenting these moments expresses a tenderness towards and validation of their quiet purity. The accomplishment of day-to-day activities through manual means, such as the preparing and eating of food, the gathering of supplies, or simply rambling through the greenery, establishes a visual language of honesty and authenticity that is largely without the aid of technology. With that being said, Bong does recognise this as something of an impossibility in the modern day, and rather comically equips the grandfather with a megaphone to summon Mija for dinner - not unlike the detectives in Memories of Murder congregating around the television eagerly to watch Inspector Chief. Nonetheless, the film takes great pains to establish a luxuriously pastoral narrative harmony, in order to accentuate the disturbance when representatives of a multi-national corporation show up unannounced. Indeed, the arrival of the first Mirando official (Dr Johnny, at this point, is still struggling behind) interrupts the grandfather’s chores, while he straight-away makes himself at home by opening his laptop - a rather unsubtle Leo Marxian machine in the proverbial garden.
Once Okja is taken away, the complete prohibition on movement - which she is so used to freely enjoying - is signified by the film’s visual establishing of the new location. We cut to an aerial long shot that contains Mija in the daily struggle of getting past New Yorkers on an overwhelmingly packed flight of stairs. It is immediately clear that she will suffer in this environment, rather simply because she is too big for it, and, more tragically, too playful. The images of the illustrious pig struggling to stay upright and shrieking for help in the back of a van, or trundling to safety through a department store and leaving destruction and damage in her wake, provoke a longing for the earlier adventures in the boundless countryside, which seem increasingly further away as the madness escalates. Her capturing and subsequent torture necessarily put her (and Mija’s, to a large extent) duty as a central figure on hold; her narrative is now halted and governed by the muddled politics of contemporary America, while the film turns its head towards the Animal Liberation Front.
In much the same manner as he dealt with Curtis as a protagonist in Snowpiercer, the handling of the ALF, in particular its charismatic leader Jay (Paul Dano), conveys a scepticism towards conventional Hollywood heroism. From the outset, although the ALF are characterised as peaceful protesters and action-taking do-gooders, there is an emphasis on their own image and reception that evidently cannot be shaken. Their introduction leans dangerously towards self-consciousness and irony, as they scatter flower petals over the company van to signify their sworn allegiance to nature, as if desperate to warrant the appellation of ‘hippies’. The score - a strangely upbeat and somewhat dizzying trumpet arrangement - codes their mission as both fun and somehow regular, as if they pull off elaborate stunts to save animals on a weekly basis. When Jay shakes the can of spray paint, it clicks in time with the music, as if to colour them as more energetic and authentically engaging in an urban world of grey. When riot guards are called onto the scene, the ALF brandish umbrellas in their defence - a moving image of antiquity and quaintness, though rather transparently constructed.
In these instances, we are gradually invited to question the integrity of characters whom otherwise would usually be considered wholesome and compassionate. Their first proclamation “we don’t like violence, we don’t want to hurt you” happens to precede them driving a van into the Mirando vehicle (onto which Mija is still desperately hanging) and forces a dangerous halt in a civilian-ridden tunnel. After the commotion, and once their objective of retrieving Okja is met, they introduce themselves formally to Mija. However, no sooner do they reunite a young girl with her best friend than turn their attentions to an even more elaborate stunt. The proposition to allow Okja to be recaptured with a hidden camera attached to her body, in order to capture footage of her inevitable torture and mistreatment, is one categorically determined by image-making. For a group that largely identify themselves as anti-corporate and allies of the oppressed, many of their methods appear to have their cues taken from those they supposedly wish to bring down. For example, Mija overtly rejects their proposition, and yet K (Stephen Yeun), the Korean translator, exploits the language barrier (and thus Mija’s locality) by lying about her permission being granted. This exploitation stems primarily from a perception of Mija as an easy target, a conquerable “other”, in sociological terms. It is not unlike Curtis taking for granted that the two Korean characters in Snowpiercer will help him on his quest, which does not benefit them in the slightest, without reservation. The ALF’s treatment thereby mirrors the more exaggerated exploitation undertaken by the Mirando Corporation when they attempt to stage a reunion between Okja and her owner, whom they insist must wear a kimono.
The positioning of Jay as the narrative’s peaceful saviour is also thoroughly undermined by his brutal dispensing of K, when he confesses his earlier manipulation of Mija. He is not only dismissed from the ALF, but also beaten to within an inch of his life. It is a classical display of authority, and unquestionable power - traits one would not normally associate with an animal rights group. Further, when removing his bellboy disguise before the mission’s climax in the Mirando street parade, the film briefly grants him a low angle tracking shot, until he is striding forward in his suit, which plays into his own personal image-making and endorses his desire to be not only respected but known. In short: the good deed is simply not enough, and requires validation through recognition, which they eventually achieve through the distribution of footage on Youtube that damages the image of the Mirando Corporation. Just as Curtis, in Snowpiercer, was revealed in the end to be ideologically flawed, and contributing to the same cycle of unequal power distribution, here the ALF are firstly signposted as heroic and antithetic to the inauthenticity of Mirando, but gradually reveal as much egotism and obsession with image-making, virality, and status as those they claim to hate so much. In the end, it is only Okja and Mija’s friendship that remains authentic and uncorrupted.
As with Snowpiercer’s final shot of a boot in the snow, Okja closes on an image of rebirth, and optimism. After the trauma they suffer, Mija and Okja (along with the newborn piglet they managed to rescue) are allowed a retreat into the tranquillity of that initially utopic local space. The final shot frames Mija and her grandfather sitting for a meal, lit by the sun from the open door, while the piglet scuttles in to offer the gift of a fruit. The grandfather quietly acknowledges the gesture, and sees that all is well. The stillness of the image suddenly invites a focus on the sound design, which incorporates the cackling of the chickens, the glimmer of nearby bugs, the deep, contented breathing of Okja, the scampering of the mischievous new-born, and the crunch of a vegetable being eaten. When the film cuts to black, the melodies of birdsong accompany the end credits score. An emphasis is placed on the serenity of solitude, on the glorious isolation of untouched locality.
The notion of rebirth is not the only commonality between Okja and Snowpiercer’s endings: both conclude with a Korean character neglecting to engage with the hypocrisy of globalised entities. After discovering the inability to distinguish between the alleged “heroes” and their oppressive superpowers, Mija firmly opts to retire from the manipulation of corporate cartoons and champagne activism. Exhausted by their artifice and preoccupation with image construction, she returns to what she knows to be truly authentic: a local space.
This Alternate Take was published on April 14, 2018.


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Well, it's another season of Doctor Who. The spoilers are minimal, so skip if you are inclined.
The good news is that Moffat is doing well, and the bad news is that Moffat is doing well. What do I mean by that? I found the episode both enchanting and twisting, yet behind all that hullabaloo, predictable. That is, even the twists and turns are getting to feel familiar. That tells me that it's time for Moffat to move on. I would really like to see a new show runner along with the new Doctor. Moffat's beats are just too familiar now.
I enjoyed the new Doctor. I never had a doubt about him doing well and the actor showed me why the producers hired him. He has a grand energy. Its his energy that tells me that we new a new production team, because he's shining so much brighter than they are.
I greatly enjoyed the faces on all the extras. I do believe that they hired every actor that they could who didn't look classically pretty, giving them a wonderful age, gender, and racial range that you rarely see in any TV show.
The end of the show leaves us with questions, as it should, but I found myself not caring very much. For most of the episode, I found myself not caring very much. I was amused, but not engaged.
Themes. We have some predictable themes. First, we have the "promised land" mentioned by some robots, while the Doctor is searching for his promised land of Gallifrey. We have faces and appearances as a theme.
The audio track is far more mechanical. From the opening theme to the end, the sound of clockwork prevails.
We have a beginning where the Doctor has come back to life, and end where a robot comes back to life, and the question of what else could be coming back to life. Is that a theme or not? I don't know.


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The Spaniards are good at many things, but not at making war. All foreigners are alike appalled by their inefficiency, above all their maddening unpunctuality. The one word that no foreigner can avoid learning is mañana.
A good thing? Or a strong omen...Only time would tell what these newfangled neutrons and fission reactions would give to our ever-changing world.In all probability,this new scientific birth would change all of our lives forever and perhaps end the brutal war we were now engaged in?
War was so many things, and not the least of which confusion. What was wrong? What was right, for that matter?Was killing right or wrong? Brave or cowardly? Human nature or unnatural behavior of creatures too smart for their own good?Loyalty, betrayal, hate, love, fear, friendship, teamwork, violence. War was connected to all of these. Hard work, sadness, suffering, discipline, chaos, questions, few answers, strategy, bravery, foolishness, death, life.And both winning and losing were only two small aspects of the word war.
Comrade Norman Bethune, a member of the Communist Party of Canada, was around fifty when he was sent by the Communist Parties of Canada and the United States to China; he made light of travelling thousands of miles to help us in our War of Resistance Against Japan. He arrived in Yenan in the spring of last year, went to work in the Wutai Mountains, and to our great sorrow died a martyr at his post. What kind of spirit is this that makes a foreigner selflessly adopt the cause of the Chinese people's liberation as his own? It is the spirit of internationalism, the spirit of communism, from which every Chinese Communist must learn. Leninism teaches that the world revolution can only succeed if the proletariat of the capitalist countries supports the struggle for liberation of the colonial and semi-colonial peoples and if the proletariat of the colonies and semi-colonies supports that of the proletariat of the capitalist countries. Comrade Bethune put this Leninist line into practice. We Chinese Communists must also follow this line in our practice. We must unite with the proletariat of all the capitalist countries, with the proletariat of Japan, Britain, the United States, Germany, Italy and all other capitalist countries, for this is the only way to overthrow imperialism, to liberate our nation and people and to liberate the other nations and peoples of the world. This is our internationalism, the internationalism with which we oppose both narrow nationalism and narrow patriotism.Comrade Bethune's spirit, his utter devotion to others without any thought of self, was shown in his great sense of responsibility in his work and his great warm-heartedness towards all comrades and the people. Every Communist must learn from him. There are not a few people who are irresponsible in their work, preferring the light and shirking the heavy, passing the burdensome tasks on to others and choosing the easy ones for themselves. At every turn they think of themselves before others. When they make some small contribution, they swell with pride and brag about it for fear that others will not know. They feel no warmth towards comrades and the people but are cold, indifferent and apathetic. In truth such people are not Communists, or at least cannot be counted as devoted Communists. No one who returned from the front failed to express admiration for Bethune whenever his name was mentioned, and none remained unmoved by his spirit. In the Shansi-Chahar-Hopei border area, no soldier or civilian was unmoved who had been treated by Dr. Bethune or had seen how he worked. Every Communist must learn this true communist spirit from Comrade Bethune.Comrade Bethune was a doctor, the art of healing was his profession and he was constantly perfecting his skill, which stood very high in the Eighth Route Army's medical service. His example is an excellent lesson for those people who wish to change their work the moment they see something different and for those who despise technical work as of no consequence or as promising no future.Comrade Bethune and I met only once. Afterwards he wrote me many letters. But I was busy, and I wrote him only one letter and do not even know if he ever received it. I am deeply grieved over his death. Now we are all commemorating him, which shows how profoundly his spirit inspires everyone. We must all learn the spirit of absolute selflessness from him. With this spirit everyone can be very useful to the people. A man's ability may be great or small, but if he has this spirit, he is already noble-minded and pure, a man of moral integrity and above vulgar interests, a man who is of value to the people.